Capita have an exceptional opportunity for a highly capable client-side Senior Quantity Surveyor/ Senior Employers Agent to join an expanding organisation specialising in the Private High Rise Residential sector based in our Sheffield office.

Working alongside the Project Manager, in this newly created role you, you will have full accountability for preparing, managing, and reporting all financial costs, managing evaluation of works and leading a team on several UK & Europe based industrial/ commercial projects, each valued up to £100m.

Job title:

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior Employers Agent

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake Project Management duties throughout the entire project lifecycle
• Undertake Quantity Surveying duties throughout the entire project lifecycle
• Administration of the Building Contract and undertaking the role of Employers Agent
• Undertake the role of key Client contact and carry out client liaison throughout
• Preparation of estimates, cost plans and tender documentation including Employer’s Requirements using various forms of measurement and contracts
• Preparation and agreement of interim valuations with Contractors and issue recommendations for payment
• Pricing of variations throughout the duration of the project and provide cost advice
• Attend site meetings and provide input and support to the project
• Produce monthly PM progress reports
• Administer the Reviewable Design Data (RDD) process as required by the Building Contract
• Provide commercial advice throughout the entire project life cycle
• Preparation of monthly financial cost reports and cash flow forecasts throughout the period of the project
• Re-measurement of quantities with contractors, and the preparation and agreement of final accounts including claims. Prepare final accounts for clients.
• The preparation and analysis of statistical cost information to monitor trends in the Building Industry and assisting with the cost planning of future projects

What we’re looking for:

• Substantial Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator experience working within a contractor/ client-side project environment.
• Experience ideally gained in a similar or related industry
• Degree qualified or equivalent and/or hold or working towards professional qualification (RICS, IACCM or similar)
• Ability to estimate change / variations using various methods
• Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete
• Good negotiation skills with ability to manage expectations
• Good contractual knowledge and experience

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we create places where people can prosper.

Today, critical infrastructure and public building projects need to be sustainable and environmentally appropriate. They must deliver value for the people that will use them - local communities and businesses - for decades to come. The wide range of demands requires a more holistic approach to design. That’s where we come in.

Our clients rely on our commitment to understanding their challenges and finding smarter solutions, and a broad range of experts offering a distinctively diverse set of skills. Our leadership team, who are practitioners themselves, understand what it takes to deliver.

Our culture is built on over 100 years of delivering excellence and creating solutions for critical infrastructure challenges. This enables us to provide a different perspective and approach; one based on what our clients need and can afford.

From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and holistic, collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 25 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Car allowance additional to base pay
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• a discretionary annual bonus based on performance / car allowance or company car dependent on experience
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform
• Remote Working

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

2 stage interview process with competency-based questions

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Equal Opportunities

We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you’ll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.