Job Description
Quantity Surveyor

Permanent

Location: Lanarkshire

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 DOE + perks package

Ref: GR1563

Gibson Recruitment Limited

Your New Employer:
Our client is a well-respected contractor who have been experiencing a period of significant growth in recent years. This expanding Main Contractor now require a Quantity Surveyor, due to recent success with tendered projects, to deliver various projects within the central belt of Scotland.

Applications are encouraged from Quantity Surveyors who value a positive working environment where teamwork, transparency and customer service are key principles.

Projects include commercial, industrial, and residential construction.

Your New Role & Responsibilities:
Within this role, you will seek to minimise the cost and risk of a construction project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required legal standards and quality. This includes ensuring statutory building regulations are met. You will prepare estimates and costs of the work and when the project is in progress, you will keep track of any variations to the contract that may affect costs and create reports to show profitability. Working either in an office or on site, you will be involved in every stage of a project.

Assist in establishing a client’s requirements and undertake feasibility studies to ensure their proposals will work

Prepare and analyse project costings for tenders, such as materials, quantities, labour, and time

Prepare tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client

Negotiate contracts and work schedules





Allocate work to subcontractors and oversee their work at all stages of the construction

Perform risk, value management and cost control during construction

Undertake cost analysis for repair and maintenance project work

Advise on a procurement strategy

Identify, analyse, and develop responses to commercial risks

Provide advice on contractual claims and disputes

Analyse outcomes and write detailed progress reports

Value completed work, oversee bills, and arrange payments

Maintain awareness of the different building contracts in current use

Understand the implications of health and safety regulations

The successful candidate will possess:

Degree in Quantity Surveying.

Applicants MUST reside in Scotland, within commuting distance of the advertised location.

Demonstrable experience (commercial building, refurbishment or retrofit works)

Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear reports to convey complex information in a straightforward way to a diverse range of people

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop relationships

Numerical and data analysis skills

A creative and innovative approach to problem solving

IT skills and the ability to learn sophisticated design and costing IT packages

Teamwork skills and the ability to motivate and lead those on site

Resilience, determination, and the ability to work well under pressure

Strong commercial awareness

A practical, logical, and methodical approach to work

Attention to detail

Detailed knowledge of past and current building and construction technology, processes, materials, business, and legal matters.

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