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Intermediate Quantity Surveyor, Job ref. JO3393

Derry Area

Permanent

Full Time

Salary Negotiable (Competitive)  

Market Leading Company – First Class Career Development Opportunity

We are working with one of Northern Ireland’s most successful building contractors and developers. They are renowned for their high-end developments and are an award-winning company as a testament to the quality of and bespoke style of their properties. Due to ongoing success and continued growth, they wish to appoint a suitably experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor for upcoming projects.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Advise and report regularly to Management on contractual and legal matters.
• Assist tender submission cash flow.
• Advise on contractual matters – general and project level.
• Identify contract grounds for claim.
• Determine claim strategy.
• Review notices and contractual correspondence.
• Assist the claims process with planners.
• Follow up claim negotiations and maximise returns.

Commercial and QS support:

• Advise on appointing project staff (commercial).
• Look for opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce cost. 
• Assist project cash management. 
• Advise and support with project correspondence. 
• Negotiate and agree subcontractors. 
• Ensure final accounts are closed in a timely manner. 
• Identify and investigate losses.
   

Project:

• Assist with insurance and bonds in place. 
• Look for opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce cost. 
• Timely drafting commercial/contractual correspondence. 
• Negotiating subcontract and suppliers’ prices and terms. 
• Prepare subcontract and suppliers documents. 
• Prepare and review monthly cost reports. 
• Ensure risk registers, variation trackers and extension of time tracker sheets are reviewed and updated monthly and included within monthly reports. 
• Negotiating subcontractors and suppliers final accounts. 
• Variations: measurement and pricing. 
• Variations: Negotiate with client, quantity surveyor and subcontractor. 

What we are looking for:  

• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveyor 
• 2-4 years’ experience in a quantity surveyor role on construction/civils projects 
• Ability to work on large scale, high headcount construction sites & sub-contractors essential. 
• Liaise with Construction Manager when dealing with internal stakeholders and client’s representatives while on site including attendance at meetings 
• Strong time management skills. 
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. 
• Strong understanding of the construction industry and working on site 
• Ability to use time productively, maximize efficiency and meet challenging work goals

If interested, what you need to do next: 

To register your interest in this position in confidence please submit a copy of your full up-to-date C.V. with a cover email/letter highlighting your suitability for the position. 

Please include the Job Reference Number. 

Suitable candidates will be screened and contacted, your interest gauged, and your permission sought to send your C.V. to the hiring client for review. 

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Our clients reserve the right to enhance the short-listing criteria where and when this is deemed necessary. 

Candidates who do not meet the essential criteria for this role may be contacted in the future to discuss other roles. 

Sending your C.V. to us is initially an expression of interest in a role not a direct application, suitable applicants will be contacted to discuss further prior to their C.V. being released. 

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Experience:

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