Senior Quantity Surveyor

Join the thriving and dynamic UI Social Infrastructure team in Brentwood! As a rapidly growing business, we are excited to welcome a new Senior Quantity Surveyor to contribute to our success. If you're looking for a long-term career opportunity with a Main Contractor, where you can develop your skills and be part of an industry-leading organisation, this role is for you.

• You are to be the commercial lead on a long‑term partnering framework and be responsible for the commercial success of the projects whilst adhering to commercial administration procedures.
• To promote and deliver a collaborative environment with both the client and throughout the management of the subcontract / supply chain account.

• The preparation of tenders as directed including checking of quantities, scope and programme.
• Compile tender event schedule for pricing.
• Analyse subcontract tender quotations for exclusions and conditions and compile tender offering to client (minimum 3 quotes).
• Adhere to internal settlement gateways prior to tender return release.
• Advise client on tender qualifications, allowances and ensure pricing is inline with Partnering Framework.

• Co‑operate and work in partnership with the project team to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects in order to support the achievement of business unit objectives and to deliver target margins.
• Support the Operations Manager to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept and documents stored by the team to protect the company’s position, seeking advice from the Commercial Manager where necessary.
• Provide advice to the management team on contractual, valuation and measurement matters.

• Prepare and implement the project procurement strategy with Operations Manager.
• Support the Group Procurement Department buying deals by ensuring they are communicated to subcontractors at tender stage and applied at order stage.
• Chair subcontract interview meetings in association with Operations team.
• Prepare subcontract enquiries including site measurement and formulating the tender list in consultation with the wider management team along with subsequent analysis and assessment of subcontract quotations.
• Negotiate sub‑contract packages to deliver the most favourable outcome for the company.
• Draft and place sub‑contract orders as and when authorised and ensure no subcontractors commence on site without a subcontract order fully completed.

• Support the Operations Manager in providing monthly reports to the Client, ensuring that such reports contain accurate forecasts of our rolling draft final account, full information concerning variations and record contractual notices and reporting.
• Develop & maintain close relationships with client, consultants & subcontractors to continuously improve customer experience, improve our company position and obtain repeat & negotiated business.
• Evaluate, submit and agree the price of C.V.I's and contract instructions provisional sums, demonstrate value for money etc.
• Prepare and agree monthly valuations with the client’s representative and ensure same are invoiced, paid, in full and on time.
• Ensure that any agreement with client representatives is documented.
• Ensure that adequate records are kept in respect of any future claims.
• Prepare and submit alternative proposals for material and specifications to the client for approval.
• Site overhead costs and advise the Operations Manager on action to be taken to remedy over‑expenditure with client.
• Prepare and agree quarterly open‑book audits (cost and value reconciliation) with the client’s representative and reach final account position yearly.
• Prepare and once approved by line manager submit all necessary contractual claims.

• Prepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement as well as making sure that any agreement of variations with supply chain is documented.
• Measure, value, negotiate and check as necessary all subcontract interim and final account applications and process all associated…