Senior Quantity Surveyor

H&J Martin Limited (part of the Lagan Specialist Contracting Group) is now recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor.

Company: H&J Martin Limited – Asset Management
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Location: Belfast or Cookstown


Role Overview
Due to continued growth our Asset Management division have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team. The successful candidate will ensure all commercial functions for the Division are completed to professional standards within agreed time and cost budgets.

What you’ll do
The following reflect the main tasks associated with your position and are not intended to be exclusive or exhaustive:

• Take overall responsibility for the QS team, this includes Apprentices, Juniors and experienced Quantity Surveyors
• Manage the QS team workload, ensuring contract KPI’s and contractual timelines are adhered to.
• Issue monthly reports to the Senior Management team setting out performance of the team and escalating any risks or issues
• Ensure prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and ensure that subcontractor payments are dealt with fairly and in accordance with subcontract terms
• Supervise, mentor and encourage junior surveying staff in their personal professional development
• Preparation of the forecasting and reporting of costs against value to ensure that it is in line with the contract profitability forecast

What you'll bring
As a Quantity Surveyor your main skills and experience will include:

Essential Criteria

• Have relevant Quantity Surveying experience within a Construction or Facilities Management environment
• Possess either a Third Level Qualification in Quantity Surveying or demonstrate a level of experience obtained working in a comparable role
• Demonstrable experience of working on MTC contracts utilising schedules of rates such as PSA
• Detailed understanding of Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR), preparation, detailed forecasting principles and monthly reporting.

Desirable Criteria

• Have knowledge of construction practices that can be used on site to analyse the design and propose potential cost saving and value engineering measures
• Knowledge of alternative Schedules of rates
• Experience of QS software such as Barcellos

How we'll reward you
In return, we offer a competitive 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 include:

• Performance based annual bonus
• Employer Pension Contribution
• Membership of relevant Institutions & Professional Bodies
• Life Assurance
• Health Cash Plans
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Car Allowance
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Your application
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. Please be advised that H&J Martin will seek an Access NI Disclosure for this position, which will be used in the decision-making process

We wish you every success in your application.

The closing date for completed applications is 19th November 2024 at 12noon.

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