Quantity Surveyor

  • Location: Ireland - Dublin
  • Salary Guide: 40-50k
  • Discipline: Civil Engineering & Infrastructure
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Job Posted: 15 Nov 2024
Quantity Surveyor
The Role:
The Quantity Surveyor is required to provide commercial support to the project team, maintaining commercial information and ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, and ensuring that the Company’s objectives are achieved. They will liaise with customer/client representatives and other third parties on commercial issues including agreement of variations, claims, and any additional payments.
 
Key Responsibilities:
Ensure robust, accurate, and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit level
Ensure accurate cash flow reporting takes place
Carry out cost management including forecasting
Update the monthly CVR, cost, and commercial plans and have accountability, along with the project team for the commercial performance and strategy
Processes
Help ensure that commercial processes are adhered to across the business unit
Actively seek to improve processes and procedures
Have a good understanding of the processes and procedures used by any the company that we are working within, and assist in their development and improvement
External relationships
Ensure that any main contracts entered into have terms and conditions that are appropriate, with commercial risks identified
Ensure that the supply chain is engaged appropriately with the correct contract terms and conditions
Ensure that good client relationships are fostered
Be responsible for subcontract letting, negotiation, and financial accounting
Experience in dealing with County Councils
Internal relationships
Effectively assist in managing the commercial team, including cost clerks and commercial support staff
Ensure effective interaction between the commercial team and the operational site teams
Supervise and mentor Quantity Surveyors
Key measures & targets:
Accurate monthly forecasting
Ability to challenge resources and costs
Maintaining deadlines in line with the monthly commercial calendar
 
Key relationships:
Directors/Commercial Manager/Managing Quantity Surveyor and rest of commercial team and crews

Person Specification:
The successful candidate is likely to meet all of the following criteria:
Qualification/degree in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent
Previous experience in the civil engineering industry
Familiarity with contracts and knowledge of current Construction Law
Extensive experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement, and control cycle, certificates, and accruals calculations
Ability to demonstrate a good knowledge of monthly reporting and earned value analysis
Excellent team player whilst also holding the ability to work independently on their own initiative
Excellent time management skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
Ability to encourage and support junior members of the Commercial Team
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