Senior Quantity Surveyor - Groundworks

An excellent opportunity for Senior Quantity Surveyors or Quantity Surveyors that are looking for a step up in responsibility, looking to gain invaluable experience and to progress their career with a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment. Our client is one of the UK's largest Civil Engineering and Building Contractor specialising in Infrastructure and Groundworks. Their success, is owed to our strong core values maintained from the company's family origins in 1995, in addition to a dedicated and elite workforce. We continue to grow rapidly thanks to our sterling reputation within the industry. We are an innovative and passionate business, who understands that the key to a successful business is successful people; therefore, we recruit the best, and offer and encourage development and training along with high rewards. The right people can make a real difference; it is this attitude that has got us to where we are today. Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities Understand the principles of safety on site and company projects. Support the Safety Director and safety team in the application of safety policy and practice. Ensure that any concerns are addressed immediately with the support of the safety team and/ or Directors as appropriate. Prepare and/ or review tenders with estimators assisting with understanding the client's requirements and offering value engineering. Provide early cost advice to clients on variations, ensuring only authorised variations are undertaken. Understand construction issues, offer advice on drawings and works and ensure projects have all current drawings/ up to date information to work from. Identify commercial risks and provide appropriate solution/response. Understand Company procurement and its impact on job cost/performance. Undertake costs analysis working with Company buyers. Advise on procurement/cost control. Value completed work, ensuring timely payments. Understand importance of cash flow and timely payments, including retention payments. Build strong relationships with client staff and Company production staff The current Stafford Commercial team consists of 12: Commercial Manager, 2 Senior QS's, 1 Senior Estimator, 2 QS's, 2 Graduate QS's and 4 Trainee QS's. The team's workload is fast increasing due to the excellent growth of the business and therefore we need someone to come in and help the team out on a full-time basis The ideal candidate will be a current Senior Quantity Surveyor or a Quantity Surveyor looking to progress, and they must be experienced in Groundworks. Excellent salary and remuneration on offer to the successful candidate