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Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

I'm currently looking for a permanent Senior Quantity Surveyor working with a Tier 1 consultancy operating within the Yorkshire region. With a choice of either working out of the office in Leeds or Sheffield, this is a fantastic opportunity to Join a rapidly expanding commercial team to work on a diverse and exciting range of projects and programmes of work from £1m to £40m+ supporting a variety of high profile local and national clients.
Key responsibilities for this Senior Quantity Surveyor position:
- Provide a full range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to completion. working both as part of a team and individually.
- Prepare cost plans, estimates, bills of quantities, tender documents.
- Provide post contract Quantity Surveying services.
- Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management and clients.
- Work collaboratively with other service teams to provide an integrated approach to client delivery.
- Develop client relationships and provide an outstanding level of service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management.
- Take responsibility to develop and utilise junior resource.
Experience required for the Senior Quantity Surveyor position:
- A high level of behavioural and interpersonal skills, with an ability to communicate effectively both internally and with Clients.
- Ability to work well as part of a team, but also confidence and determination to deliver excellence in market-facing roles with clients.
- Experience working for a professional quantity surveying/cost management consultancy business, with a demonstrable track record of delivering a high-quality service.
- Qualified with a BSc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying.
- Ideally Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (or equivalent), or working towards final APC sitting in the next 12 months.
- Desirable to have experience within at least one of the following sectors: Health, Higher or Further Education, Student Accommodation and Commercial.
- Working knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract.
- A broad contact and knowledge base with sector and/or local markets.
- Able to demonstrate a track record of supporting of the generation of repeat business.
- Knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs coupled with a competent knowledge of a range of project procurement options.
- Knowledge and understanding of the key commercial issues relating to works delivered in the private sector.
- IT skills, such as MS office, excel, outlook, BIM / CAD measure, cost planning software CostX/CATO.
- Good organisational skills.
- Self-motivation and keen to become an integral team member.
- An ability to make you own informed decisions and work unsupervised when necessary.
- A practical understanding of construction risk and commercial management.
- Full driving licence (desirable).

Package offered for this for this role:
- Excellent salary fully negotiable depending on level of experience ranging up to £60,000
- 26 holiday days plus bank holidays
- Company Pension
- Flexible working scheme
- Private Healthcare
- Excellent progression scheme offered.
How to apply for this Senior Quantity Surveyor role:
If you are interested in the Senior Quantity Surveyor position, then please apply via this job board or alternatively you can send an up-to-date CV to Liam.Allison@navartis.co.uk or call me on 07547104915.
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