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Senior Quantity Surveyor

Key details

Title:
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location:
North West
Contract type:
Permanent - Full Time
Applications close:
29 August 2023
Functions:
Commercial
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Full Time 37.5 hours – Happy to talk Flexible and Agile Working

Here at Morgan Sindall Construction talented people are key to our success. We truly believe this, so much so that it forms part of our vision and values. The way we work moving forward for us, involves combining traditional ways of working with greater flexibility and agility wherever we can. It is important to us that this is something available to everyone, including you, our future colleagues.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be joining the existing team of passionate and dedicated commercial staff.

We are looking for senior quantity surveyors who have a wealth of knowledge in the main contracting market.

Experience of working on Educational, Healthcare, Leisure or Defence schemes between £5 and £20 million is an advantage.

We are looking for people who share our passion for the project at hand whilst also being able to work within a fun and hardworking team environment.

About You

As a senior quantity surveyor you will

  • Provide commercial expertise to aid with the delivery of the contracted work by taking the commercial lead in a geographical focused team.
  • The provision of accurate and timely commercial reports and advice to the management team whilst ensuring the contract achieves the appropriate commercial targets.
  • Experience on 2 stage projects preferable and experience managing own projects rather than as part of a larger team

Already experienced as a senior quantity surveyor you will be educated to BSc in Quantity Surveying (or other equivalent commercially related discipline) and you will be working towards professional membership of an appropriate organisation (for example, RICS/CIOB). You will have a detailed knowledge of company management systems including; Commercial and financial (Commercial Manager /COINS/Sphere). You will also have proven experience of managing quantity surveyors on a large contract.

Benefits

We strive to support our colleagues to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We understand that many of our people have family and personal responsibilities and so we are committed to providing that support. Here are just some of the benefits you can expect:

Pension Scheme matched up to 6%; 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and rising to 30 days after 8 years’ service and the holiday plus scheme; Private Healthcare Cover; Life Assurance up to 4 times your basic salary; Recognition for professional qualification/membership achieved up to £1000; Mental Wellbeing and Employee Supports; People Portal for high street discounts; Long Service Awards; Sharesave Plan; Incentive Scheme; Enhanced Family leave and more!

About the North West team:

The North West Team are currently involved in a number of high profile projects within the Greater Manchester and Merseyside regions.

Recently completed schemes include the Arts and Humanities Building for MMU, the new Science and Engineering Building for the University of Salford, the Spine for Liverpool City Council and the new Student Campus at Copperas Hill for Liverpool John Moores University and New Bailey C, Robotics centre for the University of Salford and the House of Sport repurposing in Manchester. Live schemes include Wirral Growth Company, and Islington wharf Phase 1 and 4 in Manchester, North Manchester General Hospital, Gorton Community Hub, Hammerstone Road Deport, New House Academy, Rochdale and University of Central Lancashire, School of Veterinary Medicine.

We work across all sectors including Education, Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Retail, Leisure and Health sectors. Our key clients include MUSE, Liverpool City Council, Manchester City Council.

Our projects are delivered to the highest quality standards and our teams are exemplary in providing exceptional customer service; truly embracing the ethos of collaborative working. We are passionate and take pride in our projects which ensures that working with us is a positive experience. As part of our growth we are now looking for like minded people to share in our passion and perfect delivery philosophy

Please refer to the full Job Description upon completing your application

At Morgan Sindall Construction we encourage diversity of people and thought, and we embrace peoples’ differences.

Everyone is unique and we value the different ideas, experiences, and perspectives that each individual brings to their work, their team, and the wider business.

We are committed to ensuring we create the very best place to work in the industry, and an environment where every person feels included and is treated equally, fairly and with respect.

We actively promote an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work. It’s this approach we believe brings out the best in everyone and creates a fun, dynamic, innovative, and rewarding environment.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Disability Confident Employer status. We are also an Investors in People Platinum company.

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