Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Kendal
Salary: Negotiable
Main Purpose:
To assist Senior Quantity Surveyor in their role and commence undertaking own minor contracts and specific tasks to other contracts for Senior Quantity Surveyor.
Skills Required
- NVQ Level 3, A Level's, HNC, Degree or equivalent qualifications or equivalent experience
- Good knowledge including Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
- Strong attention to detail Good time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Main Responsibilities:
- Measure every material/quantity required for site by analysing drawings.
- Liaise with subcontractors for quotations.
- Compare prices from different costs
- Chase subcontractors for prices.
- Prepare Subcontract orders for approval by Senior QS.
- Prepare subcontract payments with current contracts and final accounts/ check retention value.
- Pass quotation costs to Senior Quantity Surveyor for authorisation, approval or feedback.
- Adhere to budgets and source quotations which provide best value and best quality.
- Pass procurement information to relevant Quantity Surveyor for approval.
- Input cost data for subcontractors.
- Monitor and review quotations and costs and where necessary negotiate with subcontractors to secure best value and best quality.
- Liaise with subcontractors on site work issues.
- Visit site to observe progress of works including recording any subcontract issues.
- Attend progress meetings.
- To consult with Quantity Surveyor for continuous mentoring support including discussing good practice and work-related issues on a daily basis.
- Progress own minor contracts from commencement through to completion including undertaking all roles as done by a Quantity Surveyor requesting assistance where required.
- Providing monthly budgets recently for own contracts.
- Develop writing correspondence to subcontractors on site issues including ensuring specific outcomes in discussion with Quantity Surveyor.
- Develop knowledge of filing system for subcontractors' correspondence for site.
- Control the drawings issued from the office rack and ensures other Assistant Quantity
- Surveyors/ Trainee Quantity Surveyors comply with their duties for placing and sorting of the drawings as required.
In return you will recieve a negotiable salary, 20 days holiday plus the 8 bank holidays.
To apply for this role please send an up to date CV to Elizabeth.tagg@velosi-intec.com, or call Elizabeth on 01524 86 55 51 for more information.
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