Ogilvie Construction
Central Scotland

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Why join Ogilvie Construction?:

Ogilvie Construction, part of the family-owned Ogilvie Group founded in 1946 has grown into one of Scotland’s leading privately owned construction companies. With a diverse project portfolio across multiple sectors such as community, education, health, residential, sports and student accommodation, we are a multi-skilled organisation that provides a rewarding and challenging working environment for all employees.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team in Central Scotland.

The Role:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Reviewing and reporting on tender information including pricing, sub-contractors quotes, preliminaries and contract conditions.
  • Reviewing internal contract preliminary requirements and preparing spend budgets/cost forecasts.
  • Preparation of cash flow reports.
  • Advising on contract requirements and managing project risks in conjunction with the project team.
  • Early involvement on Design & Build projects in reviewing schedules of services, appointment and novation agreements and design responsibility matrices.
  • Manage evaluation of the tender/contract sum, subcontractors and internally costed elements.
  • Managing procurement of sub-contractor packages, placing formal orders and agreement of sub-contract terms and conditions.
  • Responsible for arranging and recording sub-contractor pre-start meetings and minutes.
  • Responsible for managing issue of budgets and target prices for internal trades
  • Managing assistant quantity surveyor operations.
  • Responsible for reparation of, submission and agreement of main contract interim valuations.
  • Provide support and advice to administration/accounts staff on any monies due, the dates when monies become due, and provide support in collection of monies as and when required.
  • Managing re-measurement of the works, for main contract, sub-contractor valuations and in-house operations.
  • Managing the process of sub-contractor payment applications, payments, payment and withholding notices in line with protocols.
  • Providing contract advice to the site team, advising on obligations of main contract and issuing any/all formal notices as required/agreed with the team.
  • Managing project financial control, including preparation of prelims budgets and cost projections, managing cash flow and preparing end projection forecasts.
  • Preparation of financial and written reports for monthly internal cost report (CPR) meetings, and recording minutes.
  • Managing change control. Coordinating pricing of contract instructions, provisional sums, pending instructions and preparation of a change control monthly tracker.
  • Responsibility for coordinating and checking requirement for and provision of bonds, collateral warranties, project insurances including 6.5.1 cover if required.
  • Responsible for preparation, evaluation and agreement of contractual claims, to the client, sub-contractors and consultants.
  • Managing agreement of final accounts with sub-contractors.
  • Responsibility for preparation of, and agreement of the main contract final account with the employer/employers quantity surveyor.

What we are looking for:

  • Degree qualified in an appropriate discipline.
  • Membership of relevant professional institution is preferred
  • Sound knowledge of construction processes
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • Ability to work with, support and advise a team.
  • Ability to work on own initiative, be assertive and confident and to prioritise to meet deadlines.

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