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Beard

Quantity Surveyor

Oxford
Posted about 18 hours ago
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About the Company

We're looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic individual to join our Commercial Team in Oxford and to make a positive impact within our growing business. We undertake diverse and interesting projects ranging from traditional refurbishment projects to complex new build design and build, and everything in between.

This role is a blend of office and site working.

About the Role

You’ll be responsible for:

  • Leading or supporting the commercial delivery of our construction projects
  • Managing all supply chain partner accounts from initial enquiry through to agreement of final account
  • Working alongside the operational lead to ensure costs are controlled in-line with budgets
  • Managing the value recovery process, ensuring timely submission and certification of applications for payment, and prompt submission and agreement of variations
  • Leading or supporting the financial reporting process, including attending regular review meetings with the management team in line with company reporting timetable
  • Leading or supporting commercial appraisal of design development and value engineering process
  • Dispute avoidance
  • Giving support, coaching, and mentoring to trainees and Assistant Quantity Surveyors as part of our development programme
  • Promoting company vision, values and a culture of continuous improvement
  • Communicating with colleagues, customers, consultants and sub-contractors in a warm and persuasive manner, adopting a style suitable for the audience and building a positive working relationship

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What you will bring:

  • Ability to demonstrate strong commercial acumen
  • Ability to build rapport & good working relationships with supply chain partners, consultants and customers
  • Strong analytical and negotiation skills
  • Natural inclination to being a team player and the drive to perform to the best of your ability
  • Proficient in using Microsoft office software and keen to take on board new software
  • Relevant degree, MCIOB, MRICS or similar

Experience:

  • You'll have relevant experience with a similar sized or larger construction company
  • Demonstrable experience of being commercial lead on projects
  • Competent with the JCT suite of contracts & workable knowledge of NEC contract forms
  • Experience in design & build & traditional
  • Had exposure to or led two stage procurement routes
  • Cost planning

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Benefits (subject to completion of introductory period of up to 6 months):

  • 27 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
  • Other leave - Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave and Family Leave (after qualifying period)
  • Pension - Company contributions x 1.5 employee contribution, up to a maximum of 7.5% (5% employee contribution)
  • Company sick pay up to 12 weeks
  • Death in Service - three times annual salary, not including car allowance
  • Health care cash plan after three months
  • Private Healthcare - Single cover with the option to add family members at your own cost, via payroll deduction
  • Discounts and offers on our Salary Extras platform, salary sacrifice car scheme, bike and tech scheme
  • Training & development - Mandatory training (dependent on role) plus help to develop to be the best you can be
  • Discretionary bonus - Up to a maximum of 7.5% of salary dependent on achieving planned company and / or office (as applicable) budgeted turnover, your role and objectives, pro-rata for the first year of employment

To read more about Beard and this role, please visit our website - https://www.beardconstruction.co.uk/careers/vacancies

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Skills

Commercial Acumen
Negotiation
Analytical Skills
JCT Contracts
NEC Contracts
Cost Planning
Value Engineering
Financial Reporting
Supply Chain Management
Dispute Avoidance
Microsoft Office
Project Delivery

Location

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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