Quantity Surveyor Job at 360 Resourcing Solutions (Liverpool)

Job Description

Our award-winning Painting division is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join the team on Merseyside. People-focused and entrepreneurial, you'll join the dedicated commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and associated planned refurbishment works in the Liverpool area. You'll be working for clients across a variety of sectors including hospitals, higher education and social housing. We work as a team, and our people-focused approach, with customers at the core means that we continue to secure cyclical painting/refurbishment contracts, and other varied project-based works - creating a stable order book for the future.

Job Responsibility

Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation for these
Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset
Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible
Build strong client, supplier, and subcontractor relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual, commercially viable solutions are sought
Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety)

Requirements

Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role
Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account
Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous
Experience of successfully managing commercially, a total value of works up to £2 million annually
Inquisitive, organised, and honest
Genuine ‘people person’ who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues
Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains
Commercial, analytical, and accurate in approach

Nice to have

Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor

What we offer

Company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
Annual leave buy/sell scheme (buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year)
Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity for health and wellbeing support, including free legal and financial advice
Annual pay reviews
Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
Training and development opportunities
Trade discounts from preferred suppliers and Specsavers vouchers

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