Senior Quantity Surveyor, London, Kent

My client is an established UK wide Consultancy group that provide a full range of design and consultancy services to the built environment.

They are looking to expand their Cost Management team with the addition of a Senior Quantity Surveyor in their head office in Central London.

See the main criteria for the role below:

Main Duties

• Providing reliable strategic and informed commercial (financial and contractual) advice;
• offering Clients peace of mind that prices secured via the selected tender process are robust and supported by thorough documentation;
• Ensuring value for money is realised in terms of the final quality, price and delivery programme achieved.
• Lead / influence the technical team to deliver the following accountabilities and responsibilities:
• Ensure project work meets all relevant technical and professional standards on a consistent basis.
• Deliver work to meet/exceed Clients' expectations in terms of brief, service innovation, overall quality of work, value for money and delivery to planned timescales.
• Achieve a continuous improvement in the technical quality and innovation of the work produced.
• Ensure that work is performed in compliance with relevant Health & Safety Legislation.
• Promotion of the client pledge with customers to ensure timely payment of invoices.
• Ensure that the Business Management System and the Quality Management
• Development of new business opportunities and repeat business.
• Preparation of PQQs and Fee Bids and in the production of website news, case studies and other marketing content for all projects.
• Support the Regional/Group Manager in the development of the Profit Centre Business Plans.
• Provide advice / technical support to the rest of the team and the Business as a whole on an ad hoc basis.
• Actively participate in training plans.
• Maximisation of the value generated by managing all projects to achieve or exceed the gross margin targets.

Technical Ability

• To have sufficient breadth of technical knowledge and expertise across all aspects of quantity surveying services to be able to ensure all work is delivered to a high technical standard.
• Be able to understand the technical and design requirements of projects and ensure compliance with the relevant technical, health, safety and environmental standards.
• To be able to play an active and/or lead role in the delivery of the technical work.
• Input into the technical nature of work and provide guidance to ensure an appropriate approach is taken to deliver the technical output.
• To ensure the accuracy, appropriateness and completeness of the client/project brief ensuring the brief is fully understood and confirmed before its acceptance.
• Full understanding of how to use Workbench and the interpretation of key reports relating to job profitability and revenue forecasting.
• Apply yourself and learn how to use new software appropriate to your role, such as CATO, CAD Measure and BIM Measure.
• Develop an understanding of the Business Management System, Quality Management systems and professional Project Management / Quality Assurance plans and processes.
• Develop a working knowledge of the companies policies, procedures and working practices

Management and Leadership

• Assist with the management of workload in order to ensure satisfactory completion of all tasks to agreed timescales.
• Liaise with the project team and Client as necessary to achieve agreed targets.
• Understand and communicate the Client's aspirations, establish the Project Brief and agree the best implementation strategy.
• To assist in developing collaborative relationships with other team leaders in the business to deliver the portfolio of projects.

Key Behaviour Traits

• Be enthusiastic, pro-active, flexible and adaptive in the pursuit of achieving the planned team goals / targets and agreed changes in requirements.
• Able to influence and collaborate with other staff.
• Able to put cases across with impact and conviction whilst presenting facts clearly and logically.
• Project a strong sense of confidence in your ability in handling difficult situations and problem solving achieve positive results.
• Actively provide advice and support to more junior staff

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• Professional qualification
• Post-graduate qualification
• Graduate qualification
• 6 years plus working in a professional services environment

For further information on this or any other related positions do not hesitate to contact Tom Howell on 0207 960 2589 or

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