Quantity Surveyor – Civils and Utilities

Salary: £84,000 per year

Quantity Surveyor – Civils and utilities

up to £70,000 

Coventry 

My client is looking for a pro-active, enthusiastic and experienced Quantity Surveyor, with Civil Engineering and Utilities experience, specifically to develop our WIRS and GIRS division which is at it’s final stages of gaining accreditation.

You will have the ability to prioritise a demanding workload, maintain a meticulous eye for detail and have the ability to complete a smooth handover to the project delivery team.

Role/ Responsibilities

• Proactively seek new work opportunities
• Price all projects to tender specification
• Source all resources, materials and labour, collating all costing information and location availability
• Manage interim payment schedules and final accounts
• Report to Directors with weekly costing’s, budget reviews and progress of upcoming projects
• Record and report on additions/variations and evidence this to clients to gain prior agreements
• Brief project managers on project requirements and resources prior to project start
• Client/customer liaison regarding budgets and queries maintaining excellent customer focus
• Monitor resource allocation, works programming schedule
• You will receive administration and financial support from the office team as required

Key Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within a Quantity Surveyor role
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the Civil Engineering/Utilities Industry
• Member of a professional body or working toward i.e., RICS, ICES or equivalent.
• Proven experience of sourcing and gaining new works contracts
• Financially/ Commercially aware and numerically confident
• Able to build effective working relationships with customers and suppliers
• Excellent interpersonal and professional communication skills, both verbal and written and able to communicate effectively with both internal and external personnel at all levels
• The ability to manage multiple tasks, assign, prioritise and manage own time effectively in order to meet or exceed role expectations and objectives
• Ability to remain calm when working under pressure
• Excellent level of IT – Word, Excel and Outlook
• Extremely organised and self- motivated