Senior Surveyor – Award-Winning Residential Developments – East London

Excellent opportunity for a Senior Surveyor to join a reputable award-winning plc residential developer.

With a considerable injection of new sites into their pipeline, this organisation is continuously expanding across the board and is looking to appoint an ambitious Quantity Surveyor to complement the Commercial Team. 
    

Key Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager/Senior Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for the commercial function or specific phase on a development to facilitate delivery and cost effective completion of one scheme. To review quality standard and programme constraints. Think Customer.

• Determination of budget for approval in cooperation with his peers
• Liaison with the technical team and design consultants so as to ensure design concepts and proposals are developed in line with the approved budgets and procurement tracker. 
• Monitoring changes so as to continuously identify the status of costs
• To establish subcontract sources early in the programme so that they can contribute to the design in terms of value engineering and alternative solutions
• Develop robust and inclusive definitions of the scope of the works and in accordance with Build Specification
• Ensure procurement of all subcontract elements of the development are completed in accordance with the company requirements and sustainability objectives
• To directly manage the surveying function
• Preparing scope and works and trade packages
• Preparing selected tender list for approval
• Subcontract tendering and develop strategy including EDIS enquiries 
• Recommendation of subcontractors on “Level Playing Field” ensuring complete scope of works is covered and all qualifications addressed and a detailed comparison of all tenders
• Holding and taking minutes of Subcontract Post-Tender and Pre-Order Meetings
• Preparing subcontract documentation for signing by both parties in accordance with BH’s Call
• Off Contract procedure
• Raising subcontractor payments and approving those of any reporting
• Forecasting value of design variations including completing TVO process
• Agreeing variations with subcontractor
• Countersigning site instructions via electronic system and reporting on costs accordingly for cost report purposes
• Producing subcontractor instruction/variation reports
• Agreeing final account with subcontractors, no later than three months after practical completion of their works
• Completing monthly cost reports for approval
• Attending Design Team Meetings as required
• Attending subcontractor progress meetings as required
• Writing contractual letters when / if required to subcontractors in conjunction with the
• Project Manager
• Assisting Project Manager with financial implications of site progress decisions
• Monitor with Project Manager preliminary expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports
• Monitor with Technical Manager Fee expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports
• Monitor with the Buying Department material / Purchase Ledger expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports
• Preparing and maintaining sub contract monitoring spreadsheets such as procurement programmes and appointment records
• Provide cost data as required to estimating department to assist in the pricing of future contracts / phases
• Financial checking “CPR” 
• Due Diligence reports
• Forming and Managing relations with key members of Supply Chain
• Managing and developing staff members

Ideal candidate

• You will either be an existing Quantity Surveyor or an ambitious Junior or Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking to take the next step within a prestigious residential developer.
• Experience working for a specialist contractor with expertise in joinery / or dry lining.
• The ideal candidate will be eager, hardworking and a good team player with a keen interest in high-end residential-led projects.
• Ideally Quantity Surveying or Construction degree level educated with 2+ years industry experience
• Be thorough and accurate
• Leave nothing to chance
• See things through to a proper conclusion

Expected Qualifications:

• ONC
• HNC in Building Studies
• Accredited degree in construction
• RICS/CIOB

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please contact me in confidence at anna.gromadzka@psdgroup.com