Senior Quantity Surveyor (Cut & Carve)

Overview

Take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.

Responsibilities

• Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit project as it develops.
• Liaise with and commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
• Take ownership for, administer and represent the company in commercial and contractual issues, including but not limited to:
  • Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c and finalising s/c orders, financial and commercially manage to Final Account completion.
  • Prepare and present forecasts, targets and CV reconciliations.
  • Prepare and agree valuations, including generating certificates and invoice/payments.
  • Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
  • Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit and agree Final Account in a timely manner.
  • Involvement in value engineering and design development.
• Maintain and protect JSS commercial and contractual entitlement.
• Prelim controls/monitoring - establish and maintain.
• Site records/admin and document control.
• Insurance and warranties.
• Risk/opportunity
  • Review and update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes and consider within any forecast reports.
  • Manage risk arising.
  • Manage opportunity.
• CVR - Maintain an independent view in commercial reporting following the Valuation Policy.
• Manage and oversee the junior commercial staff.
• Tender - Support and work with the pre-construction department in tenders and 2-stage tenders.
• Cash management - ensure timely payment and adequate cash management positions are maintained.

Qualifications

• Commercial appreciation.
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS).
• Adjudication / dispute resolution.
• Leadership and delegation skills.
• Introduction to management.
• Legal appreciation / overview.
• CPD - Legislation and Industry Trends.
• CVR appreciation.
• Presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally and in writing.
• Manage both people and situations sensitively and to commercial advantage.
• Commercially inventive and astute.
• Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness.

Additional Information

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase.
• Company Car or Car Allowance.
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more).
• Employer pension.
• Competitive mileage rate.
• Travel expenses.
• Flexible and remote working.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Professional and Educational development.

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

The full job specification is available on request.

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It's not all about your technical expertise. Don't hold back, we'd love to hear from you.