Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor needed in Northallerton, £300 per day PAYE - Reference: RQ

Main Duties and Responsibilities Financial accounts and commercial processes

• Cost forecasting, management and control processes, including the use of contract programmes, change and risk registers.
• Profitability forecasts, cost/budget comparisons and cash flow.
• Work to ensure the continual improvement of processes, procedures and demonstrate Value for Money (VFM).
• Ensure all commercial processes comply with Brierley Homes' corporate governance and comply with company and legal standards.
• Assessment of financial performance through applying the quantity of work completed to arrive at cost and value reconciliation reporting.
• Apply the contractual and statutory provisions relating to applications for payment including Contractor and Employer/Project Manager assessments, certificates and payment for both interim and final accounts.
• Preparation and evaluation of compensation event claims, and/or other claims based upon contractual entitlement, and/or insurance claims.

Contract Management and Supply Chain Management

• Assist with supply chain procurement and management.
• Administration of contracts and/or subcontracts including payment mechanisms, change procedures, and resolution of contentious issues, final accounts agreement and management.
• Identification, recording, notification and negotiation of change in accordance with the contract.
• Evaluation of change through analysis of rates or compensation methods, and agreement of the effects of change.
• Familiar with standard forms of contract such as NEC, JCT.
• Able to provide advice on contractual matters and formulating contractual correspondence.
• Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures.
• Use of programmes for analysis and demonstration of delay and disruption and entitlement to extensions of time.

Cost control

This is a Full time role on a temporary contract basis.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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