Estimator / Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £48,000 – £66,000 per year

Estimator/Quantity Surveyor – Domestic properties
Ruislip, Northolt (travelling to sites in South East/West)
Salary Negotiable depending upon experience
On behalf of my client, a projects contractor renowned for the high quality, time effective and safe delivery of energy efficient property refurbishment projects UK wide, they are seeking an Estimator/Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team.
Your office will be based on a contract in Ruislip working for the MOD’s contractor, responsible for project works circa (1M to 2.5M / 50 to 150 houses), from submitting a tender through to quantity surveying the works. You will initially be dealing with 2 to 3 projects with the view of extending this to 4 to 5 projects.
It will be your responsibility to provide technical clarification to works undertaken within the client specification to ensure these are back-to back with subcontractor quotes.
Your responsibilities will include;
* Supporting, planning, site management and Finance to commercially deliver the successful management of projects working closely with the Operations Manager.
* Experience in refurbishment programmes of domestic properties, making sure they are fully compliant with current building regulations.
* Experience in NEC, JCT and bespoke forms of contracts
* Overseeing projects to ensure costs remain in line with FFM% and milestones are delivered to control cashflow.
* Compiling tenders from client specification ensuring all requirements are covered with subcontract delivery and liaising with subcontractors to confirm such items.
* Calculating the cost of materials, transport, labour, and equipment hire.
* Validating subcontractor quotes both in value and specification
* Weekly / monthly Earned Value reporting, cost monitoring, profit/loss reporting, monthly WIP reconciliations and updated Cost to Complete reporting
* On-going commercial management of projects: Interim valuations, final accounts, etc.
Key skills
* Previous experience of working in the domestic housing sector is required
* Experience with EWI / Roofing and scaffolding works
* Understanding of all domestic trades to enable candidate to validate quotes
* Experience in both estimating and quantity surveying
* Strong NEC, JCT and bespoke contract experience
* Be able to demonstrate a wide range of general quantity surveying skills as well as the ability to adapt to work of a specialist nature within the team
* Understanding of Microsoft Excel (Essential), Microsoft Projects (Desired)
* High level of numeracy and literacy
* Strong commercial attitude and the ability to communicate to site management.
* Attention to detail and prioritise workload.
* Degree level educated.
If you are an Estimator / Quantity Survey with a domestic refurbishment background please apply accordingly, if you feel this role sounds like a good match for yourself.