MEP Quantity Surveyor (All Levels)

My client are a young, dynamic, London based leading Main Contractor who have been operating for over 20 years.
 
As a Main Contractor, they construct new buildings, alter, refurbish and remodel existing buildings, and fit out interior spaces.
 
With a Company Turnover of circa £160 mil, they employ around 160 staff across the business.

 
Due to growth, they are now seeing an MEP Quantity Surveyor to join their team on a permanent basis at either a Intermediate or Senior level.
 

THE JOB – Senior or Intermediate MEP Quantity Surveyor
 
Monday – Friday / 8am – 5pm
 
Based in their Central London Office, you will be working in a team of 3 M&E Quantity Surveyors,
 
You will be tendering the MEP packages on new projects and assisting in managing sub-contractor variation accounts.
 
Most projects are based in central London and across multiple sectors including CAT A and B office fit-out, high end residential, schools, hotel and leisure sector along with private clients.
 
Projects are procured on a single stage, two stage or negotiated basis, and are a mix of traditional design and design and build projects. 
 
Combined MEP package contract values typically range from circa £3m to £10m in value.
 
The candidate will demonstrate competence/ experience in the following key areas:  
 

• Experience in tendering MEP packages on a single stage and two stage basis.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the tender information that needs to be provided to sub-contractors at tender stage to ensure robust tender returns.
• Demonstrate ability to work to a procurement tender event schedule to achieve key procurement programme dates.
• Ability to formulate detailed project specific pricing schedules based on design documentation, programme and logistical requirements of project.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the key risks inherent in a project including design risk, CDP requirements, spatial coordination, acoustic requirements, fire strategy, requirements.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of project requirements and compliances with specific BREEAM, WELL, Wired Score and Security Needs Assessment targets.
• Understanding and identification of potential design information deficiencies within consultant design packages and process for raising these to the design team for clarification.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the interfaces of MEPH packages with other associated trade packages and the impact of changes an/ or interfaces with these packages.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of tender analysis process to ensure robust interrogation of sub-contractor tender returns, to identify and rectify errors in tender returns, ensuring full compliance with tender requirements, including chairing of mid and post tender meetings and issue of detailed minutes.
• Ability to format detailed recommendation reports for sub-contractor appointment.
• Good knowledge of programme and sequencing requirements and the impact of this on sub-contract tenders and subsequent variation accounts.
• Experience in managing sub-contractor variation accounts and applications including valuation and accurate reporting of costs including chairing account meetings and issuing detailed minutes.
• Experience in managing upstream change order process including accurate cost reporting on cost/ value basis.
• Experience in reviewing initial client cost plans against historical and current cost plan models and identifying accuracy of, or shortfalls within the cost plans that need to be addressed. This would be by a combination of reviewing the clients historical project £/ft2 database and from the candidates own knowledge of package costs and rates.
• Experience in undertaking and driving value engineering exercises and ability to advise on potential MEPH alternatives for design team consideration.

• Intermediate - £45,000 - £60,000 / Senior - £65,000 - £80,000
• Car Allowance (£7,500)
• 23 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (Rises to a maximum of 26) + Xmas & New Year Off + Free Half Day for Wellness
• Healthcare
• London Doctors Clinic
• Death in Service
• Pension Scheme
• Sociable days (Golf Day etc)