Senior Quantity Surveyor

An exciting opportunity to join the Quantity Surveying Team as a Senior Quantity Surveyor with the opportunity to work from home.

Frankham are seeking an ambitious and highly motivated Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team to act as a Technical Lead, capable of taking a lead role in client management, driven towards developing the team and energised to assist with our digital transformation.

At Frankham, you’ll find yourself working as part of a young, growing and enthusiastic team. This role will provide the opportunity to work on a vast array of projects including residential refurbishment, new build, Bluelight, healthcare and public buildings well as genuine opportunities for career progression.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience in a consultancy environment.
• Professional Member of the RICS or close to achieving Chartered status.
• Experience of a variety of construction projects within both the public and private sectors; familiarity with healthcare, education, housing refurbishment (including re-cladding), mixed use new build residential developments would be advantageous.
• Proven knowledge of all aspects of Quantity Surveying including both pre and post contract related duties.
• Should be conversant with Excel spreadsheets and other standard Windows applications. Familiarity with bespoke industry software; Causeway CATO in particular would again be advantageous.
• Proven experience of delivering projects to time and budget.
• Effective communication skills in a client facing role.

Role Requirements

• Understand the Client’s aspirations, establish the Project Brief and agree the best implementation strategy.
• Prepare feasibility stage reports confirming likely expenditure, optional costs and anticipated programme to a level of detail informed by design progress and Client’s constraints (time and budget); including liaising with other consultants.
• Review procurement strategy and advise the most appropriate solution in terms of contract form, cost certainty, flexibility and timescales.
• Liaise with all project team members to agree the proposed solution meets the brief in terms of functionality, statutory / legislative requirements, value for money / budget constraints, delivery programme and other related issues (e.g. sustainability)
• Produce appropriate tender documentation to secure a robust response including reviewing design information, confirming tender lists and responding to queries.
• Monitor design development and track commercial impact on agreed budget precedent to producing a detailed pre-tender estimate.
• Attend tender opening, undertake adjudication / reporting function including convening post-tender interviews, as necessary.
• Collate Contract Documentation ensuring it is complete and properly executed.
• Convene, chair, minute and attend (as agreed) all necessary progress meetings.
• Undertake post contract administration duties (again as agreed) including issuing all necessary instructions / certificates and processing interim payment applications.
• Provide regular progress reports advising performance against programme and budget, anticipating potential issues and advising possible solutions.
• Agree the Final Account for the completed project considering all matters which may have had a material impact on cost and implementation.
• Gather, produce, respond to and disseminate in a timely manner all correspondence and other material pertaining to the above and the project as a whole; including saving data in accordance with Company policy.
• Providing advice / technical support to the rest of the team and the Company as a whole on an ad hoc basis.
• Generally keeping up to date with new initiatives, changes in legislation, etc. affecting the industry as a whole and performance of professional services in particular.
• Any other duties reasonably required of the post-holder following consultation.
• To assist in the preparation of SQs and Fee Bids. To assist in the production of website news, case studies and other marketing content for all projects.
• To assist in the development of new business opportunities and repeat business.
• To contribute as directed to team management meetings.
• To become fully conversant with Workbench and interpretation of Workbench Reports.
• To assist where directed in developing, owning, communicating and putting into practice ideas to improve the performance of the team, the Profit Centre, the Division and the Group.
• Support the Regional/Group Manager in the development of the Profit Centre Business Plans.

Benefits & Initiatives

Frankham offers excellent benefits and initiatives, including:

• Home/office working policy.
• Flexible working policy.
• Annual leave – sell, buy & carry-over policies.
• Health Shield cash plan.
• Long service award.
• Incentive scheme.
• Frankham Friday.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Annual season ticket loan.
• Generous maternity & paternity pay.