Principal Quantity Surveyor
Historic Royal Palaces is the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle & Gardens.
We are looking for a Principal Quantity Surveyor to join the in-house team of surveying and property professionals working to conserve six palaces, including two World Heritage Sites, scheduled monuments and Grade 1 listed buildings, whilst keeping them alive as vibrant visitor attractions. We have a £50m programme of building conservation works, new build, refurbishment, conversion, representation and infrastructure projects and need to add quantity surveyors to our team.
Your role will be to provide and manage the quantity surveying services in order to deliver high quality construction projects to a high standard, ensuring the QS team outputs are consistent and timely. You will provide best value via procurement strategies, and will provide long range cost estimates.
Closing date 12th May 2019
Your in-depth knowledge will cover all aspects of quantity surveying, pre and post contract duties, and you will have an in depth understanding of how to appoint integrated project teams with back-to-back contracts. You will have practical knowledge of project management, and you will know how to identify risks, assessing their likelihood and impact.
You will have chartered status in addition to your degree in Quantity Surveying, with extensive experience since your MRICS qualification, including proven work on historic buildings projects and managing staff.
Closing date 12th May 2019
This vacancy is closed to applications.
