Senior Quantity Surveyor

Our client is currently looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Belfast, and to work on varied project portfolio across the education / residential /commercial / aviation & hotel property sectors.  

Your Purpose:  

- Lead and manage commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities, internal job costings and resource requirements.  

- Take a hands-on approach to manage the client relationship and service delivery on a project basis in conjunction with other colleagues.  

- Work collaboratively with the project management, health & safety and building surveying teams in project delivery.  

- Take the lead, set the pace, and monitor all work executed at all stages to ensure that an accurate, professional, and quality service is delivered to clients.  

- Play a key role in generating repeat business and new business opportunities/market opportunities.  

- Apply the principles of quality assurance and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's policies.  

- Managing more junior colleagues, including undertaking performance and development reviews and mentoring/coaching less experienced colleagues.  

- Work within a team and provide the full range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to completion.  

- Supporting the client’s procurement strategies.  

- Site presence as required by specific project deliverables.  

- Prepare Estimates/Cost Plans/Tender Documents/Tender Reports.  

- Provide post contract Quantity Surveying services.  

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

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

- Managing client relationships and service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management.

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

- Post graduate experience.  

- Chartered member of the RICS (or equivalent, desirable).  

- Hold a broad contact and knowledge base of local markets and will be able to demonstrate a track record of supporting the generation of repeat and/or new business.  

- Extensive experience with both public and private sector clients on major projects and a working knowledge of both JCT and NEC forms of contract.  

- Commercially aware, work well as part of a team and demonstrate the people management skills to support and mentor where required.  

- Experience across property sectors.  

- A 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.  

- Great interpersonal skills, an ability to communicate effectively (both internally and with Clients), and a willingness and determination to progress your career quickly.  

- The necessary ambition and drive to deliver a high-quality professional service.  

- IT skills, such as Office, Outlook, BIM / CAD measure, Cost Planning software e.g., Cost-X.  

- Good organisational skills.  

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

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

- Full driving licence.