Quantity Surveyor
- Recruiter
- Willmott Dixon
- Location
- Gateshead
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 18 Aug 2022
- Closes
- 18 Aug 2022
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Surveying
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Willmott Dixon is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join the Northeast Commercial team in Gateshead. The region is going through a period of growth with exciting new projects in the pipeline ranging in value from GBP5/GBP40m across the following sectors - Education, Leisure, Health, Blue Light, Commercial and Industrial.
Your role is to provide commercial support on this project to ensure that it is procured, delivered within budget and to the highest quality whilst exceeding our customers' expectations. You will be responsible for the delivery of the project to meet its financial targets. You need to demonstrate a good working knowledge of contract conditions and procurement of packages of works as well as management of project risks. You will also have good communication skills with the ability to nurture productive relationships with both the supply chain and customers.
Duties and responsibilities of this role include:
- Assisting in accurately valuing, certifying and issuing any relevant payment notices for the works of supply chain partners in accordance with their contractual arrangement.
- Ensuring that external valuations are submitted in accordance with conditions of the main contract and that payments are received by the due date.
- Completing cost value comparison reports, ensuring they accurately reflect the current position on-site and the final projection.
- Establishing strong working relationships with our supply chain, consultants and customers as this will help you to identify any potential disputes in a timely manner and enable the introduction of effective solutions.
- Working closely with the project team and senior commercial staff to ensure budgeted targets for the project are met.
We are looking for a qualified Project Surveyor with previous procurement experience, relevant commercial skills including the ability to maximise value recovery, cost control and cash management but most importantly a confident communicator who can form and develop relationships will all stakeholders.
In return we offer:
We reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, discounted or full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.
Additional Information
At Willmott Dixon, we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.