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Quantity Surveyor

Employer
Aldwych Consulting
Location
England, London, City of London
Salary
£45000 - £60000 per annum
Closing date
20 Feb 2024
Reference
BBBH1995
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Sector
Construction
Contract Type
Permanent
Specialism
Quantity Surveyor
Level
Consultant
Business Type
Consultancy
Application Type
Quick Apply

Job Details

Are you a Quantity Surveyor potentially looking for your next move? Are you interested in exploring an opportunity with a reputable, supportive and diverse construction consultancy firm? Interested in having a variety of projects and sectors available for you to work on? Then keep reading!

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a Quantity Surveyor to join a Construction Consultancy firm in Manchester. We are looking for an ambitious and self-motivated person who will run small projects and parts of large complex projects as part of team. You will work across a vast array of exciting projects within residential, aviation, and rail!

This opportunity will suit someone who is looking to progress quickly, who is looking for an excellent employee culture and someone who is a self-starter!

Responsibilities:

  • Assist in establishing client's requirements and undertake initial cost planning exercises.
  • Carry out cost planning and value engineering to RIBA design stages and give informed client cost advice.
  • Have an understanding and developing an opinion on procurement strategies.
  • Prepare tender and contract documents, including BOQ's for checking by senior staff.
  • Carry out tender appraisals and identify a recommendation for the client.
  • Monitor and record costs of projects.
  • Identify risks to projects and assess cost variations.
  • Value completed works and arrange payments in accordance with the contract.
  • Be able to produce draft project or claim reports under the supervision of senior staff.
  • Issue notices in accordance with the contract under claim situation.
  • Liaise and confidently communicate with other members of the project or client team.
  • Maintain detailed variation and risk register information.
  • Able to prepare draft final accounts.

Requirements:

  • Confident to attend and input into project meetings.
  • Gaining experience or understanding of the CVR process.
  • An understanding of ADR methods.
  • Thorough knowledge of construction techniques and principles.
  • Demonstrates an appetite for CPD.
  • Numerate.
  • Reliable and trustworthy.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Smart & presentable.
  • Confident.
  • Accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Good communicator.
  • Ability to follow work instructions.
  • Ability to work as part of a team.
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Willingness to work on a secondment role in a client's office or on site premises

Benefits:

  • 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays.
  • Private medical insurance
  • Eligible for discretionary Company bonus scheme.
  • Professional membership with RICS

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Company

Aldwych Consulting deliver on Recruitment Solutions within the Private Consultancy sectors in the UK and internationally,  
We have an exceptional track record of helping clients and candidates by working collaboratively and investing expertise in the industry to make outstanding introductions.

With over seventeen years industry experience and a team of specialist consultants, Aldwych Consulting are the recruiter of choice whether you are an employer or a job seeker. 

We have a first class reputation with clients from boutique consultancies though to global international firms. 

Our areas of specialism include:

– Cost Management  / Quantity Surveying
– Project Management
– Building Surveying

Contact Us

07944558829

Company info
Telephone
+447944558829
Location
63/66 Hatton Garden
London
London
EC1N 8LE
United Kingdom

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