Junior Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Overall Purpose:

• To provide quantity surveying based support and capability to Building & Facilities Management Department, to enable the UKAEA, collaborating partners and its tenants to undertake their activities in properly maintained and supported facilities.
• To enable delivery of cost effective operation and maintenance of UKAEA building services and plant, ensuring compliance with current legislation, codes of practice and good engineering principles.
• To contribute to the organisational processes with the aim of delivering continuous improvements of value and project delivery in accordance with all applicable standards.
• Critical to this role is ensuring that the quantity surveying professional services are provided in a timely, cost effective manner and at an appropriate quality. It is important that due regard is paid to the requirements and priorities of the various stakeholders.
• To be guided in tasks and progression of works by senior QS and other surveying professional staff

Accountabilities:

Procurement assistance

• Monitor and examine tender submission and upcoming work stream for compliance with Government procurement regulations, under guidance from Procurement team
• Assemble baseline budgets information for projects and maintenance tasks
• Completion and responses to queries raised by prospective contractors and suppliers

Pre-Contract estimating

• Maintain contract data base under guidance
• Maintain material suppliers database
• Assess tender documents to ensure sufficient information available to prepare tender
• Take off quantities and prepare costings under supervision
• Prepare and issue contract enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
• Prepare and issue material supply enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
• Pricing of buildings and civil engineering projects and maintenance tasks
• Examine and assess tender documents / liaise with prospective contractors
• Prepare specifications and / or proposals
• Assist with post tender negotiations

Post Contract quantity surveying

• Maintain contract documentation and advise on pre tender and post contract matters
• Preparation and issue of contractual letters to clients and / or sub-contractors
• Post contract liaison with clients
• Post contract liaison with design team
• Carry out take offs for material procurement
• Sub-contract negotiation and letting
• Preparation and submission of interim valuations
• Site measurement
• Manage and value variations
• Preparation towards agreement and certification of contractors' interim valuations and final accounts
• Preparation and submission of project works final account s
• Preparation towards agreement of final accounts in support of Contract Project Managers

Budget Responsibility:

Circa. £100,000 per annum

Specific Qualifications/Experience:

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a quantity surveying or with equivalent experience.
• Relevant experience in construction, engineering or facilities management
• Knowledge of the management of internal and external stakeholders at different levels.
• Working knowledge and understanding of construction techniques and materials

Desirable

• Working towards membership of a relevant chartered body e.g. RICS etc; support and mentorship in this will be available.

• Experience in the use of Computerised systems.

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