Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor, or aspiring Assistant QS looking to add a one of the most recognisable brands in the housebuilding industry to your CV?

Pettigrew Recruitment Group is working one of the biggest names in the industry as they look to bring on an Assistant / Quantity Surveyor for a permanent role based in Livingston. This developer is hugely respected in the housebuilding world, with a healthy pipeline of future developments, now would be a great time to play a part in their journey.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial, your responsibilities will include:

Produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to you.
Produce quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises for each site you are responsible for.
Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
Maintain trade specifications.
Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
Manage Professional Fees Budget.
Assist with material buying when required.
Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off’s for land appraisals when required.

To be considered we are looking for individuals with the following:

Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor with a residential house builder.
Knowledge of cost control systems and valuation reporting.
A strong work ethic and ability to prioritise workload.

Does this sound like the next role for you? Get in touch with us to find out more.

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