Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Senior to Executive Consultant level
- Warrington and/or Chester, 2 days onsite per week
- Permanent
- Full time with flexible working and core hours
About this opportunity
Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1885, we are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world. We are a Great Place to Work certified employer, with our people at the heart of everything we do.
Climate change and Sustainability is at the top of our agenda, we have been established within the energy sector for the past 40 years and have achieved significant growth in the past years as we contribute to a sector that will have trillions of pounds of investment over the next decade. Our teams are at the forefront of the change, managing life changing projects in Solar, Hydrogen, Nuclear, Renewables and Defence, and we want you to be part of that too.
At Gleeds, our projects take us across the globe, giving you opportunities to travel or to remain at the office base you choose.
Gleeds Energy is recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team on a permanent basis in the Northwest with frequent travel to Warrington and Chester.
Our Senior Quantity Surveyors lead on projects with a range of clients across complex and challenging sectors such as Nuclear, Defence and Renewables, allowing our team members to gain a well-rounded experience at a much quicker pace. In this role you will take a lead role in our team to meet client expectations, develop a cohesive working environment and create development plans for junior team members. As well as team development responsibilities, you will work with Senior Management to formulate and deliver our services to clients both pre and post contract
Your day-to-day could sometimes involve:
- Management of contracts from inception (pre-contract support e.g., tender evaluation) to completion (post-contract support)
- Operating with NEC form of Contract such as Option A, B, C and E as well as bespoke forms of contract
- Taking a lead role with clients to ensure work is done to specification and to cost as well as seeking out contract improvements
- Stakeholder Engagement across a portfolio of projects
- Issuing /reviewing early warning notices
- Priced and Assessed Compensation Events
- Monthly Commercial Reporting
- Management of Contractors and Subcontractors accounts
- Updating Risk Registers
- Reviewing programmes
- Issuing payment certs and valuation assessment of the works
- Lead and mentor junior members of the team
However, no two days are the same. We are a flexible team that supports each other’s projects as well as getting involved with wider business activities. We believe that variety is key to your development.