Quantity Surveyor (Affordable Housing)
Full job description
Approach Personnel Ltd
Salary: £40,800 – £45,600 per year
Our client is a successful Construction Contractor operating within the Education, Housing, Local Authority and Maintenance sectors.
Due to a period of sustained growth we are actively recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join the company on a permanent basis to be operating in the East Midlands region.
An essential requirement of this vacancy is that you have a proven track record working in a similar role within the housing sector with a minimum of five years’ post graduate experience (or a graduate Quantity Surveyor with between one to two years post graduate experience) and varied contractual knowledge is desirable.
Duties will include:
Pre-tender measurements
Post tender project administration
Preparation of commercial costing information
Preparation of bills of quantities
Liaison with site team and other members of the contracts department
Good understanding of on site delivery
Ability to price a schedule of rates
Ability to manage numerous schemes at any one time
Ideally you will have progressed through your career and have been employed as a Quantity Surveyor for at least five years. You must have proven experience of commercially managing decent homes / social housing projects.
You must have CSCS accreditation and preferably hold a degree qualification in quantity surveying / commercial management or equivalent professional construction quantity surveying qualification.
Good general commercial awareness and excellent communication skills will be essential as you will be liaising with Clients, Consultants, sub-contractors, site teams and senior management.
A current clean driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential for this post.
If you have experience in a similar role or are looking to make the next step up in your career then please forward your CV for consideration.
This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Approach Personnel only operates in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently a resident and eligible to work in the UK.
Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response due to the high volume of applications this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification within 7 days unfortunately your application has not been successful but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.
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