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Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Salary: upto £85,000

Location: Lacock, Wiltshire

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 40 hours

Stonegate Farmers are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our ever-growing business. As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the preparation of cost estimates and managing of financial aspects and overall completion of business construction projects across a £30m portfolio. This is to include work across both Residential and Industrial buildings (new build, extensions, and fit-outs) and associated groundworks and civil infrastructure.

About Stonegate Farmers Ltd

Stonegate Farmers Ltd is an integrated free range and organic egg business organised across three divisions comprising farming and agriculture, egg packing and cooked egg processing. Established in 1926 and under new ownership since 2016, we have grown into one the largest free-range and organic egg producers within the UK.

Moving millions of mother nature’s most fragile food items every day takes finesse and know how. We work closely with our producers to collect, grade and package each individual egg. So many fresh eggs requires fresh thinking therefore we only employ the most enthusiastic people for our operations, who have hearts of gold – just like our eggs!

We deliver daily from hen houses right across the country to the most exclusive restaurants and to many of the UK’s leading supermarkets, together with first class egg products to some of the biggest names in food manufacturing.

Role & Responsibilities:

* Prepare cost estimates and budgets for construction projects, covering materials, labour costs and other related matters

* Oversee appointed contractors to ensure projects are delivered in line with both programme and budget

* Produce and manage procurement schedules in line with project programme

* Management of sub-contract payments, including negotiation of subcontract variations

* Weekly cost / value report generations

* Negotiation of contracts with both contractors and suppliers

* Agreeing final accounts with contractors

* Preparation of accurate project cash flow forecasts

* Ensure all Health and Safety regulations are adhered to during the entirety of schemes

Person Specification:

* Able to display our company values: Respect, Aspire, Courage, One Team & Diversity

* Excellent negotiation skills

* Acute numerical skills and strong commercial acumen

* Strong problem solving and resolution skills

* Meticulous attention to detail

* Able to communicate effectively across various business levels, both internally and externally

* Be able to display the company values of Courageous, One Team, Respect, Diversity and Aspire.

Qualifications / Experience:

* BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

* Must have relevant experience and qualifications in H&S & Compliance

* Must be flexible in travel and hold a Full UK Driving License

* Successful track record as commercial lead on schemes upto £1m

* Able to demonstrate budget management up to £4m p/a

* Previous experience across Industrial/ Residential buildings

* Knowledge of various types of contract engagement, namely JCT