The Company:
We are working with a very long-established regional contractor who carry out varied work including civil engineering, utilities, infrastructure and environmental schemes for both public and private sector clients.
Their growth over the years is based upon sticking to their values and developing great reciprocal relationships with their clients. They have won many accolades for the work they do and are well known for how well they treat their staff.
They have also secured their place on a number of long-term framework contracts providing long term stability and growth.
The Role:
They now want to recruit an experienced Quantity Surveyor to expand their team in line with current and future workload.
They take on utilities, environmental improvement, highways, regeneration and public realm projects valued up to £10million.
The role is based from the office and projects, they also offer home working and flexible working (start early leave early/late and leave late to work around you).
Generally, you would be looking after 1-2 jobs at a time depending on their size and complexity; duties would include;
Placing sub-contracts orders with a small pool of long-term sub-contractors and doing cost to complete forecasts at the end of each month.
Managing cash flow, risks and opportunities and making sure the financial side is good and creating profitability.
Making accurate and detailed monthly cost reports.
Preparing and agreeing on monthly valuations, including forecasts into the final accounts.
Maintain strong relationships with the client and the design team to ensure that the project is going as planned.
Manage project costs with the ops lead and achieve high-quality standards and preserve health and safety.
You:
They would like to recruit a Quantity Surveyor who has previously worked on schemes similar to those described above.
They would also be keen to chat with people currently working at Intermediate QS level with ambitions to gain a progression as they have helped with this progression previously and it's worked really well.
Be able to commute to their office in Greater Manchester.
You’ll have a minimum 5 years’ experience in Quantity Surveying.
Rewards:
They will pay a good salary with a surrounding package that includes a fully expensed car or car allowance, BUPA, an excellent enhanced pension scheme, bonus and other benefits.
You will be working with a successful contractor in a friendly working environment who have excellent relationships with their supply chain and clients.
They offer job security as they have an excellent pipeline of work.