Quantity Surveyor

Role Overview

The Quantity Surveyor will provide commercial support and advice across our projects, liaising with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally.

What you'll do

The following reflect the main tasks associated with your position:

• Provide commercial support to aid with the delivery of the contracted work
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Commercial review and risk analysis of potential contracts and review of contract documentation throughout the contract period.
• External liaison and commercial administration of all suppliers and customers regarding project progress and contractual issues
• Compile all monthly commercial reporting, ensuring accuracy and completion to agreed timescales
• Preparation of the forecasting and reporting of costs against value to ensure that it is in line with the contract profitability forecast
• Ensure the accuracy of the commercial data
• Procurement of supply chain at project commencement and throughout the course of the project
• Ensure compliance with all contractual requirements, provide support and training on both the contract and the schedule of rates to maximize value recovery
• Provide key commercial and contract information across the contract team
• Liaise with management to ensure accuracy of costs, and best practice in material buying
• Take responsibility regarding health, safety and the environment providing commercial support
• Preparation of contractual correspondence, both to the supply chain, and key stakeholders
• Liaise with the client on site and represent the Company at progress meetings where required, in order to provide a customer/client focused approach to the project, and in the resolving of operational and design issues.
• Client negotiation and dispute resolution from inception to final account
• Preparation of detailed cashflows, both internally and for presentation to the client
• Undertake any other reasonable duties as required to ensure an efficient and commercially satisfactory outcome of the Project.

What you'll bring

As a Quantity Surveyor your main skills and experience will include:

Essential:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent commercially related discipline #
• 4 years’ experience in a similar role
• A thorough understanding of commercial issues in the industry
• Ability to contribute to and work well as part of a team
• Ability to plan, organise and manage time effectively to achieve deadlines

Desirable Criteria:

• Achievement of, or working towards, professional membership of an appropriate organisation such as RICS or ICES etc

How we'll reward you

In return, we offer an attractive salary plus we’ll provide a wide selection of lifestyle offers, development and learning programmes, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your work/life priorities.

Our Core Benefits for this role include:

• Generous Annual Leave allowance increasing with service
• Ability to purchase additional holidays each year
• Car Allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Paid Membership Fees of a relevant Institution or Professional Body
• Life Assurance – Four Times Salary
• Health Cash Plan – Discounted Optical, Dental and other health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Use of our Company Gym at our Head Office in Belfast
• Discounted Gym Membership

At Lagan Specialist Contracting Group, we want everyone to feel welcome. That’s why we want you to know that we'll work with you to make the application process as smooth as possible. So please just let us know if you need any adjustments or support – we'll do whatever we can to help.
To apply for this post please submit a copy of your CV, before the closing date. We wish you every success with your application

LAGAN SPECIALIST CONTRACTING GROUP ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITES EMPLOYER - We will not discriminate against anyone on the grounds of Sex, Pregnancy or maternity, Gender reassignment, Marital or Civil Partnership status, Religious or other similar philosophical belief, Political Opinion, Racial group, Sexual orientation, Disability or Age.