Quantity Surveyor - Groundworks​/Civils

Quantity Surveyor - Northampton - Up to £80K

Tradeline are actively recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join a highly successful Civil Engineering and Building Contractor specialising in Infrastructure and Groundworks within the Residential sectors.

Our client is offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join their Northampton Commercial Team as a Quantity Surveyor. You will be responsible for projects ranging across the East Midlands and Northern Home Counties area.

This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career with a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment.

Our client is innovative, dynamic, and a passionate business, who understand that the key to a successful business is successful people; therefore, they recruit the best and offer and encourage development and training along with high rewards.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

* Regular site visits and liaising with the production team.

* Preparing and reviewing tenders with estimators and assisting with understanding the client's requirements to offer value engineering.

* Providing early cost advice to clients on variations and ensuring only authorised variations are undertaken.

* Offering technical advice on drawings and ensuring each projects have the correct documentation.

* Managing the end-to-end commercial aspects of the assigned projects to maximise value and collaborating with the Finance and Procurement departments accordingly.

* Ensuring all commercial accountabilities are undertaken in a timely manner, with a high degree of accuracy and measure.

* Analysing rates & prices and agreement of variations and / or compensation events as required.

* Identification and analysis of potential debt risks and negotiating financial reconciliation with third parties to provide reasonable solutions.

* Forecasting monthly and annual profit figures ensuring figures are maintained throughout the lifetime of the project.

* Understanding the principles of safety on sites and projects.

* Supporting the safety Director and safety team in the application of safety policy and practice.

* Ensuring that any safety concerns are addressed immediately with the support of the safety team and Directors as appropriate.

* Building strong working relationships with clients including social networking.

* Allocating work to sub-contractors including assistance with procurement when required.

Requirements:

* Relevant experience as a Quantity Surveyor.

* Experience working on groundwork or civil infrastructure projects.

* Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel.

* Effective oral and written communication skills.

* Excellent interpersonal skills.

* Demonstrate an extremely high level of confidentiality.

* Excellent organisational skills.

* Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.

* Must be able to gather and analyse information skilfully.

* Must be highly motivated and be willing to work hard