Senior Quantity Surveyor

Berkeley Group; Hertford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property development firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Hertford Locks development team. This role demands expertise in budgeting, liaising with technical teams, and managing surveying functions while ensuring compliance with sustainability objectives. Applicants should possess site-based experience along with a relevant educational background in quantity surveying. The position offers 25 days of annual leave, increasing with service, along with health benefits, a pension plan, and lifestyle perks.

Benefits

25 days annual leave, increasing with service

Private Medical Insurance

Access to online discount platform

Berkeley Foundation volunteer day

Private pension plan

Group life assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in residential schemes with a developer or main contractor.
• Site-based experience is essential.
• Educational background in quantity surveying or a related field is required.
• Possession of a professional qualification is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Determine budgets in cooperation with peers.
• Liaise with the technical team and design consultants.
• Monitor changes and identify cost statuses.
• Establish subcontract sources early in the program.
• Develop robust definitions of the scope of works.
• Manage surveying functions on multiple developments.
• Prepare scope and works and trade packages.
• Prepare selected tender list for approval.
• Handle subcontract tendering and recommendations.

Skills

Experience within a developer or main contractor

Site based experience

Relevant educational background in quantity surveying

Professional qualification

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Department: Commercial

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Hertford, Hertfordshire

Description

St Joseph is Berkeley's newest brand, created to bring our passion for quality, place making and building communities to Birmingham and the West Midlands.

In this role, you will provide value to the business and insight on sustainability issues for St Joseph division, with a focus on ensuring the division meets Berkeley Group Sustainability Strategy and Standards. Key to this role is the ability to liaise with different teams across the business including Construction, Technical and Land and Planning teams. This will include setting out approaches to meet the divisional and group targets; helping to deliver work streams; and monitoring, reporting and communicating local performance.

Due to the multi-phase nature of St Joseph divisional projects means that there will be opportunity to get involved in strategic sustainability initiatives and delivery of sustainability related targets under Our Vision 2030 as well as overseeing the day to day environmental issues.

The role

This role is part of our Hertford Locks development team, this role will be based onsite and will form part of a multi-discipline project team, reporting to the Commercial Manager.

• Determination of budget for approval in cooperation with their peers.
• Liaison with the technical team and design consultants to ensure design concepts and proposals are developed in line with the approved budgets and procurement tracker.
• Monitoring changes to continuously identify the status of costs.
• To establish subcontract sources early in the programme so that they can contribute to the design in terms of value engineering and alternative solutions.
• Develop robust and inclusive definitions of the scope of the works.
• Ensure procurement of all subcontract elements of the development are completed in accordance with the company requirements and sustainability objectives.
• To directly manage the surveying function on a number of developments.
• Preparing scope and works and trade packages.
• Preparing selected tender list for approval.
• Subcontract tendering.
• Recommendation of subcontractors on “Level Playing Field” ensuring complete scope of works is covered and all qualifications addressed.
• Holding and taking minutes of Subcontract Post-Tender and Pre-Order Meetings.
• Preparing subcontract documentation for signing by both parties in accordance with BH’s Call Off Contract procedure.
• Raising subcontractor payments.
• Sending agreed number of copies of all Contract Drawings and any revised drawings as issued to subcontractors.
• Forecasting value of design variations.
• Agreeing variations with subcontractor.
• Countersigning site instructions.
• Producing subcontractor instruction/variation reports.
• Agreeing final account with subcontractors, no later than one month after practical completion of their works.
• Fully completing monthly cost reports for approval.
• Attending Design Team Meetings as required.
• Attending subcontractor progress meetings as required.
• Attending miscellaneous meetings at various locations as required to assist with the continual progress of the contract.
• Writing contractual letters when / if required to subcontractors in conjunction with the Project Manager.
• Assisting Project Manager with financial implications of site progress decisions.
• Monitor with Project Manager preliminary expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports.
• Monitor with Technical Manager Fee expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports.
• Monitor with the Buying Department material / Purchase Ledger expenditure / forecasts on a weekly / monthly basis for the purpose of preparing cost reports.
• Preparing and maintaining sub contract monitoring spreadsheets such as procurement programmes and appointment records.
• Provide cost data as required to estimating department to assist in the pricing of future contracts / phases.

Experience required

• Experience within a developer or main contractor undertaking residential schemes.
• Site based experience.
• Relevant educational background in quantity surveying or relevant subject.
• Professional qualification.

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.

Internal applicants: If you’re an internal applicant, please ensure you’ve informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.