Quantity Surveyor

QS / Quantity Surveyor or Assistant QS - Building / Construction – Northamptonshire Company: Opportunity to join a growing regional building contractor, specialising in commercial, education, leisure and industrial sector projects. Roles available for QS and Assistant QS levels. Duties: As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be responsible for: To ensure the successful financial completion of projects, protecting the exposure of the Company to financial risks, together with adherence to the commercial procedures of the Business. Responsibilities: * Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting). * Ensuring the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter. * Liaising with Contracts Managers on the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events. * Preparing accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approving such drafts as prepared by Commercial Team within the Region. * Supervising, mentoring and encouraging junior staff in their personal professional development. * Ensuring consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner. * Ensuring that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved. * Assisting Contracts Manager in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract. * Ensuring prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms). * Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution. * Responsible for managing meetings. Requirements: To be considered for this Quantity Surveyor role you must meet the following criteria: -Previous employment as a QS / Quantity Surveyor / Project Surveyor or Senior QS. -Previous Main contractor employment. -Previous building sector project experience is essential. Permanent job only. Remuneration: -£30k - £55k basic (dependent on experience) - Car Allowance -Pension To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now. Services advertised by Talk Recruitment are that of an employment business and/or agency