Senior Civil Quantity Surveyor

Faithful+Gould is one of the world’s leading project and cost management consultancies operating at the forefront of the property, transport and industry sectors.  Placing great emphasis on the training, development and progression of our staff, we’re dedicated to providing high quality professional services with cutting-edge expertise.  Join us and you’ll benefit from a development programme designed to ensure your career objectives are met in full.

Due to recent business wins and a strong pipeline of projects, we are looking to grow our Cost Management Teams in our Bristol office.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with civil, infrastructure, highways & transportation experience, to be based in our Bristol Office.  We have opportunities across a wide range of sectors and our projects range in value from £0.5m to £50m+ with a variety of high profile clients giving our team a diverse and exciting workload.

Responsibilities:

• Work within a team and provide a range of Quantity Surveying / Employer’s Agent duties from project inception through to completion
• Prepare Cost Plans/Estimates/Bills of Quantities/Tender Documents
• Provide post contract Quantity Surveying / Employer’s Agent services
• Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management/client.
• Assist in mentoring and development of junior staff
• Work collaboratively with other service teams to provide an integrated approach to client delivery.
• Managing client relationships and service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management
• You shall hold a broad contact and knowledge base of local markets and will be able to demonstrate a track record of supporting of the generation of repeat business

Requirements:

• Qualified with a B.Sc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying
• Ideally Chartered member of the RICS.
• Extensive experience with both private and public-sector clients on major projects and a working knowledge of NEC / FIDIC forms of contract.
• Experience working on Civil/Infrastructure projects, including Highways/nuclear/defence/air bases.
• Commercially aware you’ll work well as part of a team and demonstrate the people management skills to support and mentor where required.
• A knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs coupled with a competent knowledge of a range of project procurement options.
• Great interpersonal skills, an ability to communicate effectively (both internally and with Clients), and a willingness and determination to progress your career quickly.
• The ability to delegate tasks and workload as appropriate.
• You will have the necessary ambition and drive to deliver a high quality professional service.
• IT skills, such as Office, Outlook, BIM / CAD measure, Cost Planning software e.g. CostX.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines
• Self-motivation and keen to become an integral office team member.
• An ability to make you own informed decisions and work unsupervised when necessary.

Rewards & Benefits:

F+G offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, well-being, financial and lifestyle choices. All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://www.yourrewardatkins.com 

Security Clearance: 

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview. 

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.