Quantity Surveyor

Daniel Owen Ltd

Job title: Quantity Surveyor

Salary: 60,000 – 65,000 (DOE) + Car package

Location: Orpington

Repairs & Maintenance

Daniel Owen are proud to be representing a Social Housing Contractor in the South-East London area that are looking for a brand new Quantity Surveyor to join their team.

You will be carrying out tasks such as being responsible for individual contractor accounts and regular reports and analysis. You will also provide commercial insight and support to ensure financial efficiency is achieved.

You will play a key role in budget management. You will be reviewing applications for payments, as well as creation of weekly and monthly reports for the Commercial Manager and Commercial Director as required.

Responsibilities:

• Support project delivery whilst achieving target margins
• Ensure all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept and documents stored
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with customers, consultants, subcontractors and your colleagues
• Prepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement
• Make sure any agreement of variations with the supply chain is documented and recorded

To be successful in the role you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Experience in working in a repairs quantity surveying / commercial environment
• Experience of working in a social housing / housing maintenance environment
• Understanding of NHF and other bespoke schedule of rate based contracts.
• Good planning, budgeting, organising and prioritisation skills. Experience of keeping sound business records
• Strong report writing skills and able to interpret financial and other systems data. A good standard of written business English and a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Able to build and sustain working relationships with different departments to achieve goals
• Ability to work in a fast paced work environment and manage multiple activities and priorities to a deadline.
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities and a desire to develop new skills to progress within the organisation.

If this sounds like a role that suits your profile, then feel free to get in touch.