Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Derby, East Midlands

Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Type: Permanent, Full Time

Application Deadline: 15/11/2024

About Us

Build Recruitment is proud to partner with a leading Social Housing contractor, offering an excellent opportunity for a highly experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Midlands team. Our company prides itself on delivering high-quality projects across the East Midlands, and we value the expertise and contributions of our team members.

Role Overview

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will play a crucial role in overseeing financial cost control and reporting for one or more developments from award to completion. This will include managing final accounts for clients and sub-contractors, recovering retentions, and archiving materials upon project completion. You will also be responsible for effective cash management and proper administration of subcontractor accounts, as well as cultivating long-lasting relationships and promoting dispute avoidance. In addition, you will identify and communicate any potential commercial threats to the Managing Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Director, and supervise and train Assistant and Trainee Surveyors while maintaining high-quality work.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have a minimum of a degree in quantity surveying or a related field, along with significant relevant experience within the construction industry. You should also possess strong decision-making and communication skills, excellent numeracy, literacy, and IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office. We are looking for someone who is client-focused and able to prioritise work against tight deadlines and conflicting priorities, with extensive knowledge of measurement and valuation, final accounts, sub-contract orders, and purchasing. Strong commercial skills to maximise value recovery, cost control, and cash management are also essential, along with proficiency in preparing and understanding financial reports.

Benefits

In return for your hard work and dedication, we offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including a performance bonus based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), 26 days of annual holidays, life assurance, and a pension. We also provide additional benefits such as private medical insurance, the option to purchase extra holidays, and the opportunity for career growth and development within our organisation.

Application Deadline

Please submit your application by 15/11/2024. We look forward to reviewing your application and potentially welcoming you to our team!

Build Recruitment Limited acts as an Employment Business for the supply of temporary workers and an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Build Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.