Ingleton Wood is a growing and dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across the majority of industry sectors including commercial, health, education, defence, residential and community. Our services include architecture, building surveying, building services engineering, planning, interior design, sustainability, civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying, project management, CDM and health and safety services. We have offices in London, Billericay, Cambridge, Colchester, Norwich and Oxford and plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.
We are currently looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team, in our Billericay office. The role will involve providing Quantity Surveying services across a range of sectors, with all types of construction projects, from outset until completion. The selected candidate will provide cost advice for all types of construction and procurement routes, produce cost plan and budget to suit client requirements and contract documents for projects to be tendered, advise on contractual matters, assess tenders, support the Project Manager, attend site visits and project meetings, agree final accounts with Contractors and clients, appoint specialist Contractors if required, and communicate with clients to keep them fully informed of progress. Essential skills, experience, and attributes include full and detailed knowledge of Building Regulations and traditional and modern construction techniques, familiarity with Building Control management systems, a degree in Quantity Surveying, full Chartered Membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors or working towards, and knowledge of the suite of JCT contracts and NEC knowledge. We offer our staff competitive salaries and earning opportunities, great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events, opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment, a competitive Company Pension Scheme, opportunities for flexible and remote working, a cycle to work Scheme, an Employee Referral Scheme, Death in service benefit, a Health cash plan scheme, generous holiday entitlement with long service recognition and festive shutdown, and early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
Responsibilities:
- Provide cost advice for all types of construction and procurement routes.
- Produce cost plan and budget to suit client requirements and contract documents for projects to be tendered.
- Advise on contractual matters and guide clients to seek legal input or drafting, when necessary.
- Assess tenders and make recommendations to clients by providing a tender analysis.
- Support the Project Manager and attend site visits and project meetings.
- Agree final accounts with Contractors and clients.
- Appoint specialist Contractors if required, and communicate with clients to keep them fully informed of progress.
