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We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Quantity Surveyor to manage all costs related to civil construction projects. From initial inquiry and estimate through to project completion, you will ensure that costs and risks are minimized, while maintaining value for money and meeting required standards of quality. The Quantity Surveyor role will involve overseeing contract variations, adhering to building regulations, and supporting the company in achieving its mission statement, especially regarding safety and welfare. Key Responsibilities: Safety Management: Understand and adhere to safety principles on-site. Work alongside the Safety Director and team to implement safety policies. Address any concerns immediately, with support from the safety team or senior management. Tendering and Costing: Prepare and review tenders with estimators, helping to understand client requirements and provide value engineering suggestions. Cost Advice and Variations: Offer early cost advice on client variations, ensuring only authorized changes are carried out. Construction Advice: Provide expert advice on construction issues, ensuring projects have up-to-date drawings and correct information. Risk Management: Identify and respond to commercial risks appropriately. Procurement Support: Understand company procurement processes and their impact on job costs and performance. Cost Analysis: Collaborate with the company s buyers to perform cost analysis, offering advice on procurement and cost control. Value Work: Ensure the accurate valuation of completed works and timely payments. Cash Flow Management: Monitor cash flow and ensure timely payments, including retention payments. Client and Team Relationships: Build strong relationships with client staff and the company s production team. Subcontractor Management: Allocate work to sub-contractors and assist with procurement when required. Contract Knowledge: Have a good understanding of various construction contracts and assist in their management. Ongoing Development: Pursue continuous professional development and assist with the development of assistants/trainees. Other Duties: Perform other reasonable duties as required by the business. Key Objectives: Accurately measure and value site works to minimize costs and recover value. Continuously develop skills in residential groundworks and IT proficiency (particularly Excel and company software). Ensure accurate subcontractor payments, valuations, and cross-checking of work. Conduct site meetings and take notes. Conclude subcontract final accounts and recover any losses. Maintain professional standards and enhance the company s reputation. Essential Skills/Competencies: Advanced PC skills, particularly in Excel. Strong numerical and mathematical ability. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Leadership capabilities and ability to interpret data and information effectively. Desirable Knowledge: A solid understanding of contractual terms in construction. Personal Qualities: Strong reasoning and problem-solving abilities. Quick to adapt to new concepts. Proactive, with a high level of confidentiality and discretion. Team player, resilient, and focused. Clean driving license. Other Requirements: Ongoing personal and professional development. If you are an experienced Quantity Surveyor with a passion for the construction industry, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team at Civils Contractor.

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

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Estimator West Midlands | Contract or Permanent Amoria Bond are looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor and an Estimator to join an well recognised Groundworks company based in the West Midlands. The Role: - Residential & Commercial Groundworks projects - Sub-Contractor work - Fast pace environment The Senior Quantity Surveyor: - Residential & Commercial Groundworks experience - Measurement and Valuing - Foundation & Drainage experience - Ability to work in a Commercial Team - This is an excellent opportunity to join a brilliant Groundworks business in the West Midlands who are expanding due to growth. For the right Senior Quantity Surveyor & Estimator this role can end up being very long term. Rates are negotiable and subject to experience. Interested? Click Apply Now & Send your CV to be considered for this position. Amoria Bond operates as an employment agency and employment business. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age or experience, and we confirm that we are happy to accept applications from persons of any age or experience for this role

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Bridgwater We are looking to procure an experienced, civil engineering "Senior Quantity Surveyor" to join a small contractor based near Bridgwater. They work on a broad range of projects across Devon and Somerset for large commercial main contractors and direct for the clients. A busy order book as a result of their broad client base covering commercial, education, housing and care sectors. Individual projects range from from £500k - £6m and include: Roads and Infrastructure Section 278 works Piling and earthworks Ground-works UtilitiesThey are looking for a stand alone Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their happy team. Reporting into the Managing director you will be responsible for up to 4 projects concurrently. Key duties will include: Supporting their estimator on tenders Procurement of Subcontractors Monthly CVR's Variations and Claims Client meetings Final AccountsThis role would suit a local to the area area who wants to join a friendly and flexible business and a relaxed autonomous environment. We are looking for applications from candidates with the following skills and experience; Degree or similar in Quantity Surveying Currently working for a civil engineering main contractor or subcontractor with groundworks experience. Willingness to undertake onsite measurement and reporting. Local to the Taunton area or a genuine relocator UK licence - travel between head office and sites essentialSalary up to £55K plus package. Please contact Joe Knowles on (phone number removed) or click to apply. Girling Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

My client is a £4 million turnover groundwork`s sub contractor, privately owned and growing year on year. They are presently looking for Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Estimators with experience on Groundworks packages to undertake a variety of commercially focussed duties on groundwork`s schemes valued anything from £200,000 to £2 million. Due to an influx of work and lots of success my client is looking to build on his existing team and offers a great opportunity to work with and learn from some great Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Estimators. This is an opportunity for a permanent position with this sub contractor. Please read on for more info, this is a great opportunity, so apply now and do be quick. Types of Projects: • Groundworks & Civil Engineering • Highways • Environmental Works • Private & Public Realm • Utilities Locations of work: • West Midlands • Warwickshire • Staffordshire • Cambridgeshire • Bedfordshire • General Midlands Area Salary and Package • Salary up to £70,000 • Company Car or Car Allowance • 30 Days Annual Leave including Bank Holidays The Team: This is an excellent opportunity for someone to grow their career with an excellent groundwork`s contractor. You will be responsible for assisting with valuations, variations, take offs, procurement of subcontractors and dealing with the client daily. If you are already capable of managing your own schemes from start to finish then you will be able to crack on and deliver the projects. The contractor is growing and has plans to develop the business over the next 2/3 years much further hence the upturn in workload and the requirement for additional Quantity Surveying Staff and Estimators. Send me your CV`s in application urgently. Other Vacancies: 1x Quantity Surveyor – Glasgow / 2x Quantity Surveyor – Liverpool / 1x Senior Quantity Surveyor – Dorset / 1x Project Manager – Sheffield / 2x Quantity Surveyor - Sheffield