Senior Quantity Surveyor

At UI Social Infrastructure, we revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration and maintenance of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods and ensuring homes are safe and compliant. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to fully integrated property service solutions, we provide a wide range of services for public sector clients.

Our experienced teams are specialists in working within occupied properties, ensuring that there is minimal disruption to residents and communities. We collaborate with community and social value specialists to deliver long lasting benefits for all.

Join the thriving and dynamic UI Social Infrastructure team in Dartford! As a rapidly growing business, we are excited to welcome a new Senior Quantity Surveyor to contribute to our success. If you're looking for a long-term career opportunity with a Main Contractor, where you can develop your skills and be part of an industry-leading organisation, this role is for you.

You are to be the commercial lead on a long term partnering framework and be responsible for the commercial success of the projects whilst adhering to commercial administration procedures. Experienced working within Social Housing, planned and responsive repairs

To promote and deliver a collaborative environment with both the client and throughout the management of the subcontract / supply chain account.

Experience working on social housing contracts, including planned works and repairs

The Quantity Surveyor will take the on validation pricing and provide monthly cost advice to the client based on validation surveys produced.

The role is also responsible for planning application workstream this is inclusive of Client valuations, procurement, payment and client claiming in line with agreed contract terms, as well as forecasting costs.

The Quantity Surveyor will lead on compiling and managing open book reconciliation and audit information, maintain live monthly reconciliation through the live data sheet, identify unrecovered costs and claims (WIP), and redirect queries to the responsible QS / SQS and ensure actions are closed out in a timely manner.

• Take lead responsibility for validation pricing activities.
• Review validation survey outputs and advise the client monthly on costs, valuations and forecasted spend.
• Ensure pricing submissions are accurate, commercially robust and aligned to agreed commercial processes and contract agreements.
• Provide clear commentary on cost movements, risks, opportunities and recovery positions.

• Take commercial ownership of planning application SOW procurement activities.
• Manage procurement process for planning application works/packages, including enquiry, comparison and recommendation.
• Administer payments and claiming from the client in line with agreed TCMs and contractual/commercial requirements.
• Produce and maintain planning application forecasts, including cost-to-complete and cash forecasts.
• Track and reconcile planning application spend against budgets and approved allowances.

• Lead on compiling reconciliation and audit information for internal and client review.
• Ensure subcontractor costs are correctly allocated by team members against the correct IDs/cost codes.
• Compile, maintain and run the sideways sheet to provide a live monthly reconciliation position.
• Update adjustments and corrections in a timely manner to maintain accurate reporting.
• Identify where subcontractor claims or costs have not been recovered and elevate queries to the responsible QS or SQS. Support audit readiness by ensuring records, backup and reconciliations are complete and traceable.

• Act as sole Quantity Surveyor for Planned Maintenance Leaseholder Recovery.
• Manage commercial activities on these programmes from cradle to grave, including procurement through yearly close out.
• Prepare and maintain valuations, variations, final accounts and supporting records as required.
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