Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join their Leeds Real Estate team to help guide our clients and their professional teams on a number of exciting and iconic projects across Yorkshire

You’ll have a real desire and commitment to understand how the builders of the past put together their buildings, and what that means to modern contractors. You’ll be working on a day-to-day basis with leading conservators, architects and engineers to ensure that the client and contractor deliver the best value for money – advising all parties on the best solutions from a qualitative and commercial perspective.

We’re looking for individuals possessing a keen interest in this space with a good knowledge of construction, whether from a Main Contracting or PQS background who possess an outgoing / collaborative approach.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan

• Tendering and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage

• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes

• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place.

• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client.

• Inputting into value engineering

• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts

• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stage

Experience/Skills

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management/quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle.

• Ideally MRICS qualified or working towards this.

• Degree or HNC qualification

For further information on this role or an off the record chat please contact Claire Pattison on 07715 104398.