About the job

Description

Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor 

Location: Oxford, OX2

Job Type: 40 hours per week, On Site, Permanent, Full time

Salary: Competitive salary based on experience, salary range will be shared post application.

Regional contractor, Beard, who have offices in Bristol, Guildford, Oxford, Southampton and Swindon are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their Oxford office.

To play a central role ensuring projects are delivered on time and profitable. You will also be responsible for ensuring sub-contract orders are let expeditiously and in line with the subcontractors’ procurement schedule, the project is fully valued and accurate project reports are prepared for management consideration.

About the company:

Founded in 1892, Beard developed their craft to realise any vision. Their values of being friendly, efficient, and committed define their culture and attract people genuinely invested in delivering excellence, from auditoriums and sports centres to chapel conversions and community restorations.

Over the years, their combination of traditional building skills and modern construction management techniques enables them to deliver award-winning projects. As a family business now led by their fourth-generation chairman, Beard remains dedicated to their people, customers, and communities.

They have more than doubled their turnover to £230 million in the last 10 years and now directly employ around 360 people, a talented team that drives their continued success.

Job Description: 

• Give adequate and proper supervision to trainees and assistant quantity surveyors
• Promote company visions, values and a culture of continuous improvement
• Communicate with colleagues, customers, consultants and sub-contractors in a warm and persuasive manner, adopting a style suitable for the audience and building positive working relationships.
• Ensure that comparative prices are obtained and that company procurement procedures are followed.
• Ensure that the terms agreed with sub-contractors are robust and that risk and cost effective solutions for the project are provided. Liaise closely with the buyer, ensure that subcontract orders and professional appointments are documented properly and in a timely manner.
• During the project, check accounts submitted by subcontractors, ensure payments are raised and that any necessary contractual notices are in place with sub-contractors, consultants and suppliers. Liaise with the contracts manager throughout.
• Agree schedule of valuation dates with customer or their representative.
• Ensure that contract valuations are submitted so as to obtain timely issue of certificates, thus maximising Beard’s cash.
• Keep a record of dates for valuations, issue of certificates and receipts of payment on the project. 
• Ensure that all variations are priced and agreed progressively throughout the contract to enable the final account to be agreed as close as practically possible to practical completion of the project. Ensure that retention monies are promptly released at the correct time.
• Submit financial reports (including the monthly project reviews) in line with the company reporting timetable & produce reports of standard Beard templates and COINS software. 
• Review in detail the cost and values, progress, procurement, design status and profitability of the works in hand as well as work planned.
• Advise of any disputed items in external valuations and / final account, overdue valuations, certificates and / payments any sub-contract problems, disputes, or other issues or potential issues and addresses difficult situations as soon as they arise.
• Attend pre commencement meetings and ensure that all relevant information is transferred from the estimators to the project team selected for the project.

The right candidate will have:

1. Degree, MCIOB, MRICS or similar (essential)
2. 3- 5 years of surveying experience with a similar sized company or other relevant experience (essential) 
3. Full UK driving licence (required)

What Beard can offer you:

• Car scheme
• Colleague referral scheme
• Performance bonus
• Discretionary bonus 
• Private healthcare
• 27 Annual leave days + BH
• Pension and life assurance
• Family leave and Maternity/Paternity leave
• Free flu jabs
• Recognition awards
• + SO many more

So, if this sounds like you- please apply today! We’d love to hear from you.