Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job title:

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Company

Sisk

Job description

Overview:John Sisk & Son are looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a new project in Greenwich, London. The project is a high rise residential project worth approx. £40m. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change. Responsibilities:

• Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit project as it develops.
• Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
• Take ownership for, administer & represent the company in commercial & contractual issues, including but not limited to:

• Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c & finalising s/c orders, financial & commercially manage to Final Account completion.
• Prepare & present forecasts, targets & CV reconciliations.
• Prepare & agree valuations, including generating certificates & invoice/payments.
• Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
• Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit & agree Final Account in a timely manner.
• Involvement in value engineering & design development
• Maintain & protect JSS commercial & contractual entitlement
• Prelim controls/monitoring – establish & maintain
• Site records/admin & document control
• Insurance & warranties
• Risk/opportunity

• Review & update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes & consider within any forecast reports
• Manage risk arising
• Manage opportunity
• CVR – Maintain an independent view in commercial reporting following the Valuation Policy
• Manage & oversee the junior commercial staff.
• Tender – Support & work with the pre-construction department in tenders & 2-stage tenders

Qualifications:

• Commercial appreciation
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS)
• Adjudication / dispute resolution
• Leadership & delegation skills
• Introduction to management
• Legal appreciation / overview
• CPD – Legislation & Industry Trends
• CVR appreciation
• Presentation & communication skills
• Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally & in writing
• Manage both people & situations sensitively & to commercial advantage.
• Commercially inventive & astute

Additional Information:

• Competitive Salary

• Company Car or Car Allowance

• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)

• Employer pension

• Competitive mileage rate

• Travel expenses

• Flexible and remote working

• Enhanced parental leave

• Professional and Educational development

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.*The full job specification is available on requestAt Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply for roles if they don’t feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:51:45 GMT

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