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Senior Quantity Surveyor - London

Senior Quantity Surveyor - London

  • Location

    City of London

  • Sector:

    Rail & Civil Infrastructure

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum

  • Contact:

    Sam Mather

  • Contact email:

    sam.mather@talascendint.com

  • Job ref:

    BBBH91787_1573722943

  • Published:

    over 4 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2019-12-14


Senior Quantity Surveyor

My Client is currently recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to be initially based on a M&E Commercial project in Central London. The project's you will be involved on include Rail and Mixed Use.
They are a leading Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation contractor with projects in Ireland, Europe and the UK. They are involved in projects across many sectors such as Pharmaceutical, Power, Waste to Energy, Commercial, Data Centre and Petrochemical.
The successful candidate will join an already established team on the all phases from Pre Construction to Handover on this project. The project is an M&E installation and has a project value in excess of £25 million.
Role and Responsibilities of the Senior QS are:

  • Preparing early stage budgets and detailed cost plans
  • Performing risk and value management and cost control
  • Advising on procurement strategy
  • Preparing tender and contracts documents, including bills of quantities
  • Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks
  • Preparing and analysing costings for tenders
  • Establishing and operating cost and financial control systems
  • Certifying progress claims and payments to contractors against work completed
  • Negotiating to ensure budgets are not exceeded
  • Measurement from drawings of the Mechanical and Electrical components
  • Providing advice on contractual claims
  • Maintain contemporaneous accurate records
  • Valuing completed work and compiling application for payment
  • Monthly cost and value reports
  • Project cost and programme forecasts


Education Required

  • Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
  • The Senior QS will have the following Experience
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience on UK projects
  • Experience and knowledge in M&E Commercial Projects
  • To be proficient in MS Office applications- Excel, MS project, Powerpoint
  • Experience in NEC and JCT forms of contract is a must


What My Client Offers

  • Supports Progression and development within
  • Educational Assistance
  • Company Pension
  • Permanent role with opportunities to work on varied projects in Ireland, the UK and Mainland Europe