Project / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Full job description We're looking for a Project / Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our client in the Kent region.  Our client specialises in providing comprehensive commercial and contractual support throughout the entire lifespan of contracts. Additionally, they offer a suite of Quantity Surveying services tailored to tier 1 contractors and specialised subcontractors operating within the construction and civil engineering industries. Our client caters to clients within both the building and infrastructure sectors. Location: Kent Contract: Full Time, Permanent Salary: £60K-£70K What will you be responsible for? As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be an integral part of our client's commercial team. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will play a crucial role in managing and minimising project costs and risks to maximise value while ensuring compliance with legal standards and quality specifications outlined in the contract. Your Role: Advising on financial feasibility of projects at early stages Organising the division of projects into component work packages for procurement. Assessing returns from sub-contractors and awarding work packages, negotiating with sub-contractor supply chain to achieve best value. Managing applications for payment from sub contractors, preparation of applications for payment to clients. Monitoring and measuring actual expenditure against budgeted project expenditure in the form of CVR (Cost Value Reconciliation Reports and preparation of final accounts What are we looking for? This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is great for you if you are: Be able to manage both up-stream to client and down-stream sub-contractors Attend conferences and work related functions and represent our client at a senior level Be able to explain and demonstrate, via internal training, a contract monthly payment cycle Be able to explain to their clients why certain contract terms and conditions should not be accepted - begin to carry out contract reviews - supervised Begin to advance and formulate 'attack' and 'defence' strategies for adjudications Seek to make yourself invaluable to many of our client's smaller clients and one or two of their larger clients Their clients should be asking for you again on their 'next' project Be conversant with all the major aspects of either NEC or JCT (or both) Belong to professional body (RICS/CICES/CIOB) at member level To assist with client training and hold one-to-one sessions with junior employees Be comfortable communicating with all QS's and being to communicate with QS's of their clients 80% self-sufficient - be able to converse with other Senior QSs and Managing QSs on most commercial matters Apply:  If you're interested in this opportunity, then please get in touch today with Eunhae Kim on (phone number removed) or apply with your CV