Quantity Surveyor
About the Role
Are you a detail-driven Quantity Surveyor with a passion for delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget?
At OCU, we’re looking for a skilled professional to join our team and play a key role in managing cost and contractual aspects across a range of exciting projects.
There is plenty of opportunity for development and progression. This is an additional role within our team as part of our growth in Scotland.
If you are interested in strengthening the skills you have and learn additional skills, please keep reading!
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate cost estimates from drawings and specifications.
- Develop and manage detailed project budgets.
- Monitor and optimize project costs throughout the lifecycle
- Lead the tendering process and evaluate supplier bids.
- Resolve contractual issues during project delivery.
- Implement cost control measures and track expenditure.
- Identify risks and opportunities affecting profitability.
- Prepare interim and final payment valuations.
- Collaborate with teams to monitor and manage risk.
What We’re Looking For
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field.
- Chartered (RICS/CICES) or working towards chartered status.
- Strong knowledge of contracts, procurement, and cost management.
- Proficient in QS software and Microsoft Office.
Company Information:
OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
- Division
- OCU Group
- Locations
- Eccles, Scotland
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment Status
- PAYE/Staff
Eccles, Scotland
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
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