Senior Quantity Surveyor, Christchurch

• Full Time
• Application Closes 28 Feb 2025
• Canterbury - Christchurch City
• Surveyor

Sound like the right place for you?  

We admire passionate and dedicated professionals who excel at building strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders, as this is a core part of our business and has led us to where we are today! Our projects range from education, residential, commercial and healthcare so previous experience in this line will be highly regarded.  

What’s life like at Southbase Construction: 

At Southbase Construction, you will be surrounded by knowledgeable professionals who support each other and have a laugh along the way, who treat the project as their own, with a determination to deliver and exceed client’s expectations. We are proud of the culture we have created and look to continue to bring in the very best to be part of our story. We invest in our people with genuine leadership and development opportunities available and competitive salaries available. 

Your new role

You will be stepping into a project that fits with your skills and experience with progression opportunities to stretch yourself under individual mentoring and guidance. This role will see you take the lead with project financial planning/project set up, working with project and site managers to understand construction methodologies, tender management, managing subcontractors claims, managing and processing variations, final account work in terms of cost reporting and reconciliations. Client engagement, site visits and HSE are all part of this role.

Skills required

• Strong background as a leading Quantity Surveyor in large commercial projects with a main contractor, with at least 7 years experience. 
• Degree in Quantity Surveying
• You must possess great sub-contractor relationship development and management skills.  
• You will enjoy driving profitability on jobs, and have a sharp eye for identifying any variations in savings.  
• Your contractual knowledge is sound and you can point to relevant legislation.  
• You are a team player and are able to add value as a team member through your individuality.   

Please send your CV with Cover letter to recruitment@southbase.co.nz