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Quantity Surveyor- Cost planning

  • Location

    Dublin

  • Sector:

    Professional & Technical Jobs

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    NEG. Depending on experience

  • Contact:

    3D Personnel

  • Contact email:

    jmcgowan.5173FEA25.0@applythis.net

  • Contact phone:

    +353 (0)861841361 /

  • Salary high:

    26400

  • Salary low:

    17600

  • Job ref:

    VAC-11781

  • Published:

    about 6 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2018-03-23

Vacancy: Quantity Surveyor (Cost-planning)

Location: Dublin Head office

Salary: NEG. Depending on experience

3DPersonnel’s client is a large developer developing homes through-out Ireland. They have been developing homes since the early 90’s and have gained a reputation for delivering the highest standard homes through-out their time they have gained a reputation for being one of Irelands best developers to work for work and with.

3DPersonnel’s has a unique opportunity for a high calibre Quantity Surveyor, to assist in the provision of quantity surveying services under the direction of a Senior Quantity Surveyor undertaking pre-contract duties. This role is diverse and will include interpreting information from live and completed projects along with the measurement of planned works to help robustly project construction costs for upcoming and prospective projects. It will also involve contributing to the decision making process driving key project decisions at various stages through acquisition and design development. The role comes with flexible working conditions.

Key responsibilities

  • Typically the candidate will be expected to undertake and assist with the following duties:
  • A member of the cost planning team tasked with the preparation of cost plans from early feasibility through to detailed cost planning ready for handover to project team.
  • Participation in design team meetings through the design phases offering cost advice to ensure the financial viability of the project without compromising the design.
  • Ensure that the design team stay cognisant of the most efficient unit types, unit and project layouts and building materials when progressing a scheme design.
  • Liaison with project delivery teams ensuring construction budgets for upcoming developments are robust.
  • Liaising with the sales teams to ensure specifications and budgets properly reflect the market expectations of each project.
  • Taking off Quantities to create Bills of Quantities for upcoming developments, interpreting those BoQ’s to provide site teams with working documents and budgets.
  • Interrogation of current project exit costs to ensure real time cost data is informing new projects.
  • Prepare Part V applications to Local Authorities and follow those submissions to ensure compliance is achieved.
  • Contribute to the annual budget process through re-assessments of future site development costs and feasibility using current detailed and macro cost data.
  • Ensure Cubit is the QS tool of choice including support to the site teams on the extraction and in/out of information from the software.
  • Attend meetings and undertake site visits.

The candidate;

  • Post-Graduate experience in PQS or Contractors office.
  • An ability to achieve demanding time and quality targets.
  • Good IT skills with competency at Buildsoft-Cubit, Cost-ex or equivalent, Microsoft Word and Excel
  • A willingness to attend training and to develop relevant knowledge, techniques and skills.
  • To have strong analytical skills and ability to present findings
  • To have good spoken and written communication skills
  • To be methodical, pay attention to detail and be accurate
  • To be good at working with people at all levels and willing to work in a team.
  • To be self-motivated with ability to work on own initiative
  • To be able to co-ordinate a number of different projects at the same time.
  • To be willing to accept responsibility for completing designated tasks.