Quantity Surveyor
3 days ago
Leeds
Quantity Surveyor Interim - 3+ months Inside IR35 Hybrid Working - Leeds/ Glasgow - 2 days per week on-site The role holder will provide a quantity surveying service across a range of projects & workstreams to ensure they are delivered on time and within budget, and that accurate and timely reports are produced for senior management. Key Responsibilities: • Monitor cost plans (both internally produced and externally produced), highlighting potential risk and value add opportunities, • Management of commercial and contractual aspects of relationships with consultants and contractors, • Challenge appropriately and seek to add value along the whole journey ensuring our student experience is at the heart of every decision, • Compile and issue invitations to tender, analyse contractor quotations and make recommendations for placement of orders, • Procurement of robust, clear and considered Contracts or Appointments for Contractors and Consultants for the delivery of pre and post contract services, • Attend pre-contract meetings, liaise with a wide range of construction professionals, and ensure timely completion of agreed actions, • Visit site to measure and value works completed, • Assess contractor payment entitlement and process payments, • Work closely with contractor and site management staff, • Ensure contract variations are identified, valued and agreed with the contractors in a timely manner and in line with the specific construction contract(s), • Preparing the final account and settlement where no external consultants engaged, • Liaise with Investment & Asset Management team to provide cost input into new development and refurbishment appraisals., • Review and support management of consultants who are leading delivery on our behalf, ensuring they are upholding our values and delivering on the service expected, • Review, analyse, and support drafting amendments to core documentation such as Employers Requirements, preliminaries and other key contract documentation, • Utilise existing frameworks, in line with benchmarked costings and programme information, to procure and deliver refurbishment works, • Update internal cost database for use in current and future project forecasting, • Produce monthly forecast final cost reports, taking into account variations under consideration or instructed to ensure financial modelling and cashflows are accurate and maintained, • Review existing agreements with a view to simplification of engagement & reduction in volume to ensure closer relationships producing better value for money and delivery, • Liaise with Commercial & Legal teams to ensure Contract Documentation is recorded and administered correctly, • Liaise with Finance team to sure payments can be made to all suppliers promptly and in line with the agreed terms, • Creation of a knowledge bank and library for key standard information, • Provide advice on procurement routes and apply innovative negotiation throughout the tendering cycle from consultant appointment to contractors., • Provide advice and oversight of risk management and transfer through the procurement and execution cycle, • Work with the Commercial Director & Senior team to complete the standardization of iQ Commercial documentation for implementation across the business, • Encourage continuous communication with other team members and promote company values Knowledge & Qualifications: • University degree or equivalent qualification/experience in quantity surveying or construction management, • Consultant (PQS) background preferred but will also consider Main contractor background with refurbishment & new build expertise Experience & Skills: • A demonstrable experience of cost management on a variety of projects, • Effective negotiation skills with both internal and external parties, • Be self-motivated, • Detail orientated and very organized, • Aptitude for working with numbers and absorbing and analysing technical information, • Have good IT skills (including proficiency in using Microsoft Excel and Word)