Project / Senior QS

Reporting to the Operations Director, the Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the project budgets and managing all the costs involved in large-scale construction projects. This role requires focus and the ability to push and achieve targets, budgets, quality and results, even when faced with opposition. Whilst supported and guided by the Operations Director, you will be required to make decisions in a timely and appropriate manner whilst adhering to operating procedures.,

• Management of commercial and contractual relationships with clients, consultants and subcontractors
• Maximise the profitability of contracts and achieve optimum cashflow
• Review project details in conjunction with the design, buying and contract teams to assess feasibility / scope compliance and issue budgets accordingly.
• Presenting detailed information on costs regularly to ensure the initial budget is not exceeded
• Attend multi-team pre-contract meetings , and ensure timely completion of agreed actions
• Manage and submit accounts accurately and on time to clients including full entitlement to any ongoing variations
• Negotiate and agree interim / final applications, to ensure prompt payments
• Prepare and manage subcontract accounts from inception to final account.
• Visit sites regularly to measure and value work completed as well as looking for variation opportunities
• Identify, highlight and manage risks whilst maintaining the relationship with the client
• Monitor progress and manage expectations internally and externally
  
  We are seeking an experienced, responsible, Project/Senior QS to join our busy, growing organisation., This role requires a person with drive, assertion and the ability to effectively communicate with others. A collaborative approach and the ability to influence and persuade others are important to the success of the role. In this position you will be required to manage and build a team, therefore strong people skills as well as commercial knowledge is essential., Hold a relevant qualification, degree or equivalent experience (eg. Quantity Surveying or Construction Management)
• Demonstrate depth of experience in a commercial role within construction, preferably the facades / cladding sector
• Have a strong educational background with well developed analytical, numeracy and literacy skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of cost and value management
• Have good working knowledge of the JCT suite of contracts
• Be self-motivated, detail orientated and very organised, with an aptitude for absorbing and analysing information
• Demonstrate a genuine interest and understanding of construction processes
• Be able to work well both in a team and individually with the ability to manage a team
• Possess good communication and people skills
• Remain calm under pressure
• Hold a valid driving licence
Location / Hours The role will be Head Office based in Fareham, Hampshire with occasional travel to sites in the South region. Office hours will be Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm (4.30pm finish on Fridays).

T&T Facades are a specialist facade contractor providing the design, supply, and installation of a large range of products including:
• Glazing
• Curtain Walling
• Cladding
• Render
• Steel Frame Systems
• Flashings and bracketry
Established in 2000 and becoming a limited company in 2006. T&T Facades offer the full external façade envelope. With our experience and attention to detail, we ensure that all projects receive first class attention, thus eliminating the possibility of costly pitfalls. Since 2000 our design skills and technical knowledge have ensured the upmost flexibility and aptitude for every kind of architectural project. The company is proud to be associated with high profile projects including the SCCI (Southampton Centre for Cancer Immunology), East Street and Cumberland Place student accommodation buildings in Southampton, Robert Clack school campus in Dagenham, Harbour Road luxury accommodation, Portsmouth, Swindon Health Centre and the regeneration of Bracknell Town Centre to name a few. T&T Facades is not a company to stand still. We are not afraid to put imagination before convention, to continually push the design boundaries and to make the impossible possible. We like a challenge and we like our people to think the same way.