Quantity Surveyor – Property Services
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Interim Quantity Surveyor – Property Services
Job Ref: Kirklees 0009 43F3 / 1Pay Rate: £21.98 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 4 months
City: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Hybrid working
The purpose of the role is to provide the full range of Quantity Surveying services on complex projects as required under a commission including all Pre-Contract and Post-Contract services.
Key Responsibilities:
Achieving team aims and improving staff performance, responding to change to improve service delivery. Meeting customer expectations.Effectively employed resources to meet financial targets and service objectives. Planned workloads to meet target aims, reprioritised resources to meet deadlines.
Achieving personal targets and identifying development needs, effective contribution to organisational goals.
Positive working relationships with customers and colleagues to ensure project objectives are delivered in a courteous and professional manner.
Ensuring the service is cost effective and the section operates as a successful business unit and cost centre through monitoring and provision of accurate performance management information.
Projects and staff managed effectively to meet service key performance indicators, customer objectives and capital programmes.
Commissions completed in full, to the quality, time, and cost requirements of the brief. Option appraisals, feasibility studies and cost estimates meet customer requirements. Resources utilised to achieve the financial target required for each commission.
High standards of customer care and professionalism are observed at all times when dealing with customers and colleagues through effective communication methods (inter-personal and ICT).A high level of customer satisfaction is achieved by proactively seeking feedback from customers. Customer feedback is built into service delivery and customer complaints are dealt with effectively.
High standards of professionalism in the delivery of services. Levels of competency are maintained within the team in accordance with the requirements of the appropriate professional body. Projects are delivered to uniform standards following the quality management procedures of the Service.
Pre-contract services are delivered effectively on complex projects and measured quantities meet the New Rule of Measurement. Suitable procurement arrangements are used including form of contract, insurance responsibilities, warranties, and bonds.
Produce estimates in early design stages for stage sign offs and project approvals.Ensure full compliance with EU procurement and Public Procurement Rules.
Estimates of prime cost and provisional sums establish levels of contingencies on complex projects. Contract documents are prepared to suit the adopted form of contract and tenders received contain no errors.
Assess and process Contractor payments.
Assess and make recommendations when dealing with any Contractor claims in conjunction with/and in support of the Project manager.
Qualifications:
Quantity Surveying related qualification to graduate level and have appropriate experience within a multi-disciplined professional design organisation.Chartered member of RICS with significant post qualification experience.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.Experience in planning, delivering, and evaluating a series of interrelated activities, undertaken to achieve a specific end result within a set timeframe, working to formal project management methodology.
Experience managing, controlling, and using financial resources, assessing financial implications of actions, monitoring and reporting on variances, identifying remedial actions as a result of variances.
Experience in development of the professional, commercial, contractual, and legal factors affecting the Service.
Understanding of construction and procurement processes, contract administration, technical language, and information, interpreting these for others.
The ability to apply financial control and manage the complexities of multi and single disciplinary design projects in a politically sensitive and commercial environment.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Adobe Pro).
Full UK driving licence and access to own car with business insurance.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Job Ref: Kirklees 0009 43F3 / 1
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