Adey Steel Group
Quantity Surveyor
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Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Direct Reports: None
Reporting to: Commercial Manager
Job Function
Support the Contract and Project Management team with all aspects of commercial and financial management. Monitoring, recording, and analyzing costs and resources and enhancing the value of contracts through effective financial control. Assist with reviews of contracts to mitigate Adey Steel commercial risk through appropriate use of contracts with particular emphasis on providing commercial support to the rail division.
Job Description
- Provide QS support and services to the Contract and Project Managers.
- Assist Contract and Project Managers in the application and development of contract programs.
- Ensure activity schedules and application dates are understood and followed in line with the contract requirements.
- Ensure contract reviews and contract financial reports are maintained, are accurate, and are available for review by other members of the Adey Steel team.
- Administer valuations and the pricing of variations.
- Report to Contract and Project Managers any anomalies on a Client account.
- Maintain records cost value reconciliations (profit and loss).
- Development of knowledge relevant to contract conditions.
- Monitor job costings against quoted figures, raising any anomalies with the Contract and Project Managers.
- Assist Contract and Project Managers with procurement of goods and services, and liaise with the purchasing department.
- Chase agreement on prices.
- Ensure applications are completed on time with Commercial Manager and Contract/Project Manager.
- Ensure timely completion of all relevant information for Commercial Manager to liaise with Contract Manager on the final account.
- Liaise with other departments within the Company.
- Liaise and negotiate with the client and members of the professional team.
- Understand the implications of the Health & Safety Regulations.
- Attending meetings, both internally and externally, to support commercial requirements.
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- Experience in construction and steel quantity surveying, including NEC and JCT contracts.
- Ideally CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme).
- Hold a relevant qualification in Quantity Surveying.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbally.
- Must be well organized with good time management skills.
- Have an accurate and methodical approach to maintaining financial and commercial information.
- Basic understanding of the wider construction processes.
- Good understanding and competency with the use of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, and Microsoft Projects.
- Full Driving Licence.
The job description provides a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list of duties and responsibilities. You will be required to carry out any other reasonable duties within the overall function, appropriate with the level of responsibilities of this post.
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