Senior Quantity Surveyor

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors and who is looking for multiple experienced professionals to join them on permanent basis. This role is for a Quantity Surveyor located in Birmingham.  

Due to continued success and strong pipeline, they are looking for a self-assured and motivated Quantity Surveyor to join their Midlands Property team in Birmingham. Candidates with experience in commercial offices, corporate real estate, education and residential sectors will have the opportunity to work on a diverse and exciting range of projects and programmes of work from £1m to £50m+ supporting a variety of high profile local and national clients.  

Some of them main responsibilities for this role include:  

- Provide a full range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to completion, working both as part of a team and individually.  

- Prepare cost plans, estimates, bills of quantities, tender documents.  

- Provide post contract Quantity Surveying services.  

- Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management and clients.  

- Work collaboratively with other service teams to provide an integrated approach to client delivery.  

- Develop client relationships and provide an outstanding level of service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management.

- A high level of behavioural and interpersonal skills, with an ability to communicate effectively both internally and with Clients.  

- Ability to work well as part of a team, but also confidence and determination to deliver excellence in market-facing roles with clients.  

- Experience working for a professional quantity surveying/cost management consultancy business, with a demonstrable track record of delivering a high-quality service.  

- Qualified with a BSc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying.  

- Working towards final APC sitting in the next 12 months.  

- Experience within at least one of the following sectors: Commercial Offices, Education, Residential - apartments, student accommodation.  

- Working knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract.  

- Knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs coupled with a competent knowledge of a range of project procurement options.  

- IT skills, such as MS office, excel, outlook, BIM / CAD measure, cost planning software CostX/CATO.  

- Good organisational skills.  

- Self-motivation and keen to become an integral team member.  

- An ability to make your own informed decisions and work unsupervised when necessary.