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Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor Decarbonisation on a Permanent basis located near Birmingham.

Our client is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team and specialise within the Decarbonisation sector. The client acts as a Main Contractor, controlling of all elements of the build including:

- Civils,

- Construction,

- Building Fabric,

- Solar,

- M&E, etc.

You will be supporting projects focused on the design and integration of commercial scale decarbonisation solutions for the public and private sectors throughout the UK and Ireland.

Role and Responsibilities:

* Be responsible for securing the successful financial delivery of projects by controlling costs, progressing monthly valuations, and managing variations and change orders.

* Liaising with contracts, estimating and pre-construction teams to obtain full understanding of each project scope.

* Review and set out project package allowances prior to handover for tendering of works by operations team.

* Review & collate subcontractor package awards.

* Engage Sub-contractors, handle negotiations, prepare sub-contract documents.

* Review and interrogate new and existing contracts, orders, and suppliers to ensure associated terms and conditions are relevant and acceptable.

* Track & maintain monthly job performance reporting and feedback the same to Lead QS.

* Prepare on-time monthly valuations following site measurements and work-in-progress reviews and follow up to make sure that payments are received on time as per the agreed contract conditions.

* Vette and process monthly subcontractor payments.

* Attend monthly commercial meetings to provide update on any ongoing contract specific negotiations and overall job performance.

* Assist in the commercial activities of the business and provide support/advice in this regard to the Projects Managers as required.

* Attend sites as required (England primarily, but may extend to Wales, Scotland or Ireland – dependent on workload and project awards).

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Criteria:

Third level qualification in a Surveying or Cost Engineering discipline or can demonstrate an equivalent level of experience.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar Commercial role.

Commercially astute and ambitious.

Strong contractual knowledge of both JCT and NEC Forms of Contract.

High standard of organisational and time management skills.

High level of IT literacy, especially in Microsoft Packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

Excellent written and verbal communication & negotiation skills.

Excellent attention to detail.

Excellent client engagement skills.

Current UK Driving License.

Benefits

* Full in-house training and career development opportunities

* Competitive pension scheme

* Life assurance scheme

* Health cash plan

* Free annual health check during working hours

* 30 days annual leave increasing in line with length of service.

* Secure, free onsite parking

* Free Tea and Coffee.

* Friendly and supportive working environment in state-of-the-art facilities

Our Company

Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time