Quantity Surveyor in Chorley

Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Chorley

Division: Fitout, Retail

Reporting too: Managing Surveyor

The role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Surveyor to join a team offering to develop, grow and progress, as many before you have.

Our Surveyors are a valuable part of our business, where they take ownership of the development and implementation of all pre and post-contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting. Quantity Surveyors will have full accountability for their own work packages or projects and continue to work collaboratively with our clients and industry specialists with a firm focus on added value, compliance, commercial viability, and best practice

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 4 years experience in the construction industry, projects will see you in the retail world, ranging from refurb, newbuild, cut and carve and fitout.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain close relationships with customers, consultants, and subcontractors to improve the customer experience continuously and support future repeat and negotiated business.
• To take active responsibility for all financial procedures in conjunction with the Senior Surveyor.
• To suggest trade contractors, systems and manufacturers for team appraisal. Provide feedback to trade contractors on completion
• Be aware of element costings and costs/ft2.
• Develop initial project budget and agree detailed cost plan with the Senior Surveyor for agreement with the professional team.
• To assist in managing all cost control aspects of the project(s), ensuring the use of appropriate cost, reporting systems.
• Advise on product selection, specifications and assist with value engineering exercises
• Monitor the information flow both to and from ISG to ensure that work undertaken is fully authorised at all times.
• Attend and if necessary, chair meetings with the design team and with works contractors.
• Prepare ‘rolling’ final account throughout project and agree at PC
• Close out financial account and retention releases
• Prepare final account reconciliation (CVR), create regular budget and price updates, update computerised cost control system and prepare the monthly cost and progress report for Interior directors responsible
• Internal reporting via billing monitors, MCR’s and interim CVR’s

Skills & experience

• Substantial experience within the construction industry
• Good Understanding of JCT forms of contract & Contract law
• Good knowledge and understanding of Word and Excel packages
• Good verbal and written communication skills