Senior Quantity Surveyor

Exciting Opportunity for Senior Quantity Surveyor

J&D Pierce (Contracts) Ltd is Scotland's premier steelwork contractor working on some of the UK's most exciting construction projects like Anfield Stadium, the National Innovation Centre, and Queen Street Station, changing the skyline of the UK.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior quantity surveyor to join our commercial team located at our Glengarnock headquarters. As a senior quantity surveyor, you will play a crucial role in managing and overseeing the financial aspects of our steelwork construction projects. Your expertise in cost estimation, contract administration, and general project management will be essential in ensuring the successful completion of our projects on time and within budget. If you are interested in this position then please email your CV to careers@jdpierce.co.uk

No agency calls please.

Candidate Requirements

Core Responsibilities

• All employees are equally responsible for the health and safety of themselves, colleagues, and their working environment.
• Employees actively adhere to the Company Values with conviction and enthusiasm.
• Ensure compliance to the company and industry regulatory requirements to protect the business and its employees.
• Always represent the company in a safe, ethical, and professional manner.
• Maintain good working relationships with both internal and external clients, including colleagues.

Key Objectives

• To provide Quantity Surveying services with minimal direction from the head of department
• Manage all assigned contracts ensuring they are delivered in full, to cost and to programme.
• To perform all duties in accordance with the companies Health and Safety Policy and Quality Assurance procedures
• To act in the best interests of the company and protect the business from unnecessary commercial, reputational, and ethical risks
• Liaise across all company departments to effectively communicate project requirements
• Represent the company in a safe, ethical, and professional manner at all times
• Help to ensure all department objectives are met
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate project records
• To contribute to the full extent of their capabilities to achieve the most effective operational standards and practice
• Maintain high standards of attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance

Main Responsibilities

• Preparing interim applications for payment
• Contract administration and cost control
• Final account preparation
• Issuing early warning notices for changes affecting cost/time
• Reading and interpreting complex structural and architectural drawings
• Pricing variations
• Pricing daywork sheets
• Procurement advice
• Contract and dispute advice
• Working with all company departments involved in delivering projects to time and budget
• Attend meetings and undertake site visits where required
• Engaging subcontractors where works are outsourced
• Certifying payments to subcontractors and issuing payment notices
• Agreeing subcontract terms and conditions
• Agreeing bonds and warranties as required on contracts
• Formulating schedules of works for incorporation into subcontract agreements
• Vesting materials for off-site payments