Quantity Surveyor

Posted 29 March 2022
Salary £325 - 350 per day
LocationCambridgeshire
Job type Contract - Full Time
Job duration3 Months
Discipline Highways, Transport & Infrastructure
ReferenceJO0000032666
Contact NameMatthew Ulysses

Job description

What we need:
Carrington west are pleased to be working with our client, a busy term maintenance contractor for a major authority in East Anglia. The job is a temporary contract with a combination of home, office and site working arrangements.

What you will do:

  • Pricing of Target Costs for depot delivered works
  • Ensure all costs are correctly allocated to Target Cost Schemes.
  • Make monthly valuations to the Client.
  • Keep records of all actual usage of plant, labour materials and other sub-contracted resources
  • Deal with applications from sub-contractors and booking the cost to the correct orders
  • Keep close contact with Depot Manager/Supervisor in relation to the actual cost's records and other needs for the delivery of depot works
  • Ensure schemes are closed out and agreed commercially with accuracy and within contract time-scales
  • Manage end to end scheme cost control from Target costing input to Final account agreement.
  • Month end and CVR input
  • Payment processing - reviewing/auditing supply chain applications for validity and appropriate certification/pay-less procedures.
  • General NEC administration - NEC forms for change control, involving communicating with site teams and client.
  • Administration and processing supply chain requisitions and Task Orders.

What you will need to succeed:

  • Knowledge of  NEC principles
  • Supportive approach to less experienced staff
  • Team working - gives and receives support
  • Highly Proficient in EXCEL spreadsheets, Word, Outlook
  • Working with in a highways/NEC environment
  • Minimum HNC/HND in relevant subject

What you will get in return:
This is an excellent opportunity for an NEC experienced QS that lives in the Cambridgeshire area. The position is paying £325.00 up to £350.00 per day (inside IR35) and is initially a 3-month contract with expected extensions into the summer.

What to do now:
If you are interested in this job and match the criteria required, please send us your application today.

Footnote:
If you feel that you are right for this job technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for jobs very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current job for now, we always welcome calls from Highway maintenance & delivery professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Matt at Carrington West on 02393 876013 for more information.