Quantity Surveyor (Construction)

Edinburgh, Midlothian
EH20 group

The role: Quantity Surveyor

Our client is a Scottish wide construction company that is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join a team of Quantity Surveyors based in Edinburgh & Stirling, you will be responsible for managing commercial aspects of projects and identifying opportunities for increasing profit margins. The role is mostly Edinburgh based with the occasion day or two per month In Stirling.

Benefits

• 50,000 to 60,000 Salary
• Early finish Friday
• 32 days annual holiday entitlement + public holidays
• Company vehicle provided
• Generous contributory personal Pension Scheme
• Salary exchange pension with employer NI savings included
• Profit share scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Duties

• To undertake the day to day commercial/surveying activities of allocated projects
• Continuous liaison with the Project Manager to ensure understanding of commercial matters relating to the project and support successful operational delivery
• Development of project cost plans and working closely with the design team and operational colleagues through the pre-construction process
• Procurement of subcontract work packages, issuing detailed tender reports in advance of subcontractor appointments
• Measuring and valuing works carried out on site
• Formulation of monthly valuations, commercial reporting, the identification and valuation or variations and the control of expenditure
• Recognise H&S, risk and margin when carrying out all works
• Ensure adherence to sub-contracts and assist with sub-contractor payments

About you

• Have an honours degree in Quantity Surveying
• Have at least 5 years Construction experience in a Contracting Quantity Surveying role Preferred