Estimator / Quantity Surveyor

Are you a Quantity Surveyor with Estimating experience looking for a new role? Our client is a growing construction company. The role of Estimator / Quantity Surveyor is key to the company’s future development and success in delivering a continuous flow of new business and identifying future opportunities in both competitive tendering and design and build projects.

The Directors seek to attract a Quantity Surveyor with broad commercial skills and a strong background in Estimating whilst understanding the commercial drivers, risk profiles and key success factors for Clients procuring construction works. The Estimator / Quantity Surveyor will ensure robust, accurate and innovative advice is delivered to clients to align with their needs and business objectives.

Key Accountabilities

Work Procurement (Estimating)

• Monitor relevant planning authority websites to identify work opportunities.
• Pursue opportunities to obtain tender documents.
• Completion and submission of PQQs.

Pre-Contract (Estimating)

• Maintain sub-contract database.
• Maintain material suppliers database.
• Assess tender documents to ensure sufficient information is available to prepare tender.
• Take off quantities.
• Prepare and issue sub-contract enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt.
• Prepare and issue material supply enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt.
• Pricing of Excavations, Concrete, Brickwork, Woodwork, Roof tiling, External Render, Drainage, External works and minor landscaping (all other trades are normally sub-contracted).
• Complete tender documents for submission.
• Prepare specifications and/or Contractors proposals.
• Submit tenders and follow-up.
• Post tender negotiations.

Post Contract (Quantity Surveying)

• Maintain contract documentation and advise on pre-tender and post-contract matters.
• Preparation and issue of contractual letters to clients and / or sub-contractors.
• Post-contract liaison with clients.
• Post-contract liaison with the design team.
• Carry out take-offs for material procurement.
• Sub-contract negotiation and letting.
• Preparation and submission of interim valuations.
• Site measurement.
• Manage and value variations.
• Agreement and certification of sub-contractors interim valuations and final accounts.
• Preparation and submission of several works' final account.
• Agreement of final accounts.
• Degree calibre.
• RICS (not essential).

Skills

• Good working knowledge of forms of contract currently used within the Building and Civil Engineering industry.
• Good working knowledge of standard forms of measurement. SMM7 and CESMM3.
• Driving licence.
• Good IT skills - particularly Word and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills.

Personal Qualities

• High degree of personal motivation.
• Commercial acumen.
• Ability to work as part of a close knit management team and manage numerous activities / projects simultaneously – both short and long term.
• Ability to work on own initiative and with the minimum of supervision.
• Outgoing personality essential for dealing directly with Clients and their design team.
• Good negotiator.
• Flexibility with regard to working across all areas of the business, and hours to meet the requirements of this challenging position.

Competencies

• Leadership.
• Enterprising and Commercial Approach.
• A Planned Approach.
• Taking Responsibility.
• Customer Focus.
• Building and Maintaining Relationships.

Package

• Competitive salary depending on experience.
• Company pension.
• On-site parking.
• Performance bonus.

If you want to know more and wish to apply, please contact matt.cassady@linearrecruitment.co.uk,  07749495879.