Senior Quantity Surveyor in Leeds - CV-Library

About the company

My client is one of the best self-delivering and management Civil Engineering, Tier One Main Contractors in the UK. They are currently operating at a turnover of £850M PA and have gained a brilliant reputation across the UK working on some of the largest and most prestigious projects. Some of the projects they have worked on have been Thames Tideway Tunnel, London City Airport expansion, HS2, and the Olympic Park. The types of works they are famous for range from groundworks, RC structures, major earthworks, deep drainage, marine works, and piling. With regards to the companies’ staff, they don’t tend to leave them! The company staff turnover is very low and this is due to the development their staff receive, as well as the opportunity to work on some of the best, technically challenging, and exciting civil engineering projects.

About the role

Due to the company continuing to grow and win more projects they are now looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team. The successful candidate will be setting out on site, driving quality, and coordinating the site engineering control activities to satisfy contract programme requirements and delegating. My client has a guaranteed workload of 5 years which will offer you brilliant stability, the projects will range in value from £8M to £50M. The types of works you will be working on will involve deep drainage, earthworks, RC structures, and piling. On top of this, they are also looking for someone that they can train, develop, improve and help progress into a Commercial manager in a couple of years.

The project you will initially be working on is a major flood alleviation scheme and future work will include Environment Agency work all over the Yorkshire region.

Some of your duties will involve managing a small commercial team involving Quantity Surveyors, Assistants, Juniors & graduates. You will be responsible for supervising, mentoring, and encouraging all junior staff in their personal professional development. On top of this, you will co-operate with, report to, and implement the reasonable directives of the Senior Quantity Surveyor and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting). You will also liaise with contracts management in the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.

Benefits and Rewards

You will be rewarded with a basic salary ranging from £55,000 - £70,000 + a car allowance and 28 days of annual leave. As previously mentioned, you will be joining a client who is looking to grow and develop a long-term team within this region, this will offer long-term opportunities to grow with the business. They also have a brilliantly, technically gifted team, this means you will be working with some of the industry’s best, helping you improve on your technical ability.

Requirements

• Civil Engineering Qualification – Degree level or equivalent.

• Working as Site Agent for a UK-based Tier One Main Contractor, working on infrastructure projects is essential.

• Ideally, I will need someone with at least 10 years experience working for a UK-based tier 1 contractor