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About the company

The company provides a diverse range of specialist construction and engineering services. At the moment the group turns over £1.5B with plenty of different parts to the company. They create and maintain assets for both public and private sector customers in the specialist sectors of rail, highways, airport works and engineering. They deliver nationally but are organised regionally; their collaborative customer-focused style and record of successful delivery results in regular repeat business. The company have offices based in the Midlands, Peterborough, Kent, Doncaster, Surrey and London.

The company specialise in Rail infrastructure, Highways infrastructure, Water and New build.

About the role

Due to the company rebuilding their commercial team, there is need for a Quantity Surveyor to support the senior quantity surveyor, within the Highways maintenance sector of the company. You will be responsible for managing costs with the goal of making as much profit as possible for the company on the projects you’ll be working on and ensuring delivery of payment whilst developing client relationships. The successful individual will be involved in viewing and evaluating payments including site measurements and will undertake general surveying of projects as required including reviewing and pricing of variations and preparing valuations with Project Managers and the Commercial Director.

The projects that you’ll be involved in will be ranging from highways term maintenance works to bridge infrastructure around the Bath area. My client has a ten year framework with the local council and that is the project that you will be working on.

Term contract for maintenance and improvement works on highways, bridges and other paved areas. Works taking place over an original 5 year term, with 5 years additional awarded through meeting of KPI targets:

* Carriageway/Footway patching & resurfacing

* White works

* Floor relief/Drainage improvement schemes

* Cyclic gully cleansing

* Emergency response

* Winter maintenance

* Bridge maintenance

Benefits and rewards

The company is huge on personal development, progression and long term stability. You’ll be working for a company where they want you to work up the ladder and progress through the company as well as a fun working environment.

You’ll be rewarded with a very competitive salary ranging from £45,000- £55,000. They also offer a £5,500 car allowance as well as 6 times death in service and private healthcare.

Requirements

You’ll be required to have a good standard of education preferably to Foundation Degree level (HND,HNC) in a Construction , Civils, commercial management or quantity surveying or equivalent qualification.

It’s important to have experience working within highways for a tier 1 or tier 2 company as a quantity surveyor and to show good long term stability at the companies you have worked for.

You’ll also need a full UK driver’s license to allow to get from the office to the construction site and to other locations you might require to visit