Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Medway, Kent
Compensation: £55,650 - £63,218
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF54418

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quantity Surveyor at our Chatham site.

The role
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for the management of cost and expenditure on building related projects (typically refurb, new build and M & E) across the contract, including construction related procurement and contract management activities, supporting company objectives of value for money and best practice in financial management

Day to day, you'll carry out a complete QS service from contract inception through to Final account on PPM, maintenance, refurbishment, and new build projects. Whilst provide accurate cost submissions to various clients, agreement of variations with contractors and Clients;

• Provide accurate cost submissions to various clients, agreement of variations with contractors and Clients,
• Management of application for payment process / interim payments / final accounts
• Provision of construction related procurement advice
• Oversee the administration of all costs associated with asset management activities, including interfaces with other departments as required

This role is 37 hours per week, based onsite at Chatham, with one day per week working from home available.

Essential experience of the Quantity Surveyor

• Experience of client facing roles, and able to demonstrate high level of technical delivery
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations 2015 and any further amendments
• Ability to offer sound advice on surveying matters and keep accurate records in support of audit trails.
• Knowledge on Mechanical and Electrical Services installations
• Must be a good team member with the ability to communicate across the spectrum with Clients, contractors, in-house management, Project managers, supervisors, finance, and procurement sections.
• Familiar with the JCT and NEC forms of contract and producing formal contract documents

Qualifications for the Quantity Surveyor
• Degree qualified in quantity surveying or comparable discipline, or working towards qualification
• Full membership (chartered) of RICS or similar professional body is desirable

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world.
To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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