Quantity Surveyor at Arbico Plc

Responsibilities

• Prepare Bills of Quantities, Schedules of Works, Specifications and all contract documentation, ensuring that these comply with the project brief and timescale, budget estimates, all relevant legislation, regulations and policies
• Prepare preliminary estimates, cost plans, feasibility studies including advising company on economical construction methods, procurement, programming and contract matters, to enable costs to be accurately advised to clients.
• Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client.
• Prepare reports with recommendations on new work and work in progress for the site and Executive Management team, so that progress can be monitored and appropriate decisions made
• Assisting in establishing a client’s requirements and undertaking feasibility studies.
• Performing risk and value management and cost control.
• Advising on procurement strategy.
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks.
• Preparing and analysing costings for tenders.
• Providing insight on contractual claims.
• Analysing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports.
• Valuing completed work and liaising with the Finance to arrange payments.
• Maintaining awareness of the different building contracts in current use.
• preparation of contracts, including details regarding quantities of required materials
• Conducts on-going cost analysis of all construction work; feasibility studies of client requests; site visits, assessments and projections for future work

Requirements

• Minimum of 2nd Class upper degree in Quantity Survey
• 7-10 years construction industry experience
• Membership of relevant professional body (NIQS, RICS)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate (written and verbal) and interact with all levels of personnel
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Visio)