Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor

We are looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor from the civil engineering, construction, MIECA, M&E, engineering, infrastructure or utilities sectors. A full UK driving licence is also required, and the right to live and work in the UK indefinitely without sponsorship.

Our Client

Our client is a market leading design, build and installation organisation operating at the cutting edge of engineering excellence driven and supported by a passion for innovation. They have continuously diversified and expanded their expertise, enabling them to deliver a huge range of advanced solutions for the Civil & Structural Engineering, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Defence, Marine, Nuclear, Renewable Energy and Industrial sectors, amongst many others. They always complete projects successfully and give their clients total support for each and every contract.

Due to sustained growth, a significant forward order workload and a continued commitment to be at the forefront of the industry, our client seeks a talented and motivated Quantity Surveyor. The successful candidate will have the day-to-day responsibility for the commercial management of a wide variety of projects and sites, often running simultaneously at differing stages.

The Role

• Work closely with the management, internal teams and operations staff to ensure that the company’s commercial position is maintained and always protected
• Work under deadline pressures in an efficient, composed and calm manner
• Work with suppliers and sub-contractors to help improve performance and profit if possible
• Oversee and manage project commercial and financial activities and general governance
• Risk and opportunity identification and management
• Review existing commercial processes to identify and implement enhancement if required
• Ensure contracts have been reviewed and approved prior to commencement of works
• Vetting of terms, contract evaluations, and sub-contract procurement and selection
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to operations and internal teams
• Notification, preparation and agreement of any change, claims or extensions of time
• Undertake commercial audits for each contract to ensure compliance with specifications
• Provide project accounts, including the measurement and agreement of interim assessments, early warning notifications, WIP, compensation events and change etc.
• Financial reconciliation and management of other associated contractual administration
• Attend and contribute to risk, cost and value, progress and update meetings
• Preparation of weekly and monthly CVR reports, including KPI information, estimates of defined costs to complete, and any pain or gain position
• Preparing, agreeing and submitting final accounts
• Preparation and administration of sub-contract accounts and required documents

The Person

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor in a relevant or allied field
• Advanced working knowledge of NEC Form of Contract
• Knowledge of the general construction sequence for an array of project types
• Ability to apply the principles of quantity surveying and commercial governance
• Experience of sub-contracting principles
• Ability to implement procedures to quantify the cost of construction works, including the use of appropriate methods of measurement
• Supporting the project team with commercial advice or contract requirements
• Effective negotiation skills with both internal and external clients and teams
• Able to identify contractual requirements of projects to assimilate risk and opportunity
• Correspond and negotiate with clients, suppliers, contractors, site teams and colleagues
• Efficiently manage situations when workload presents conflicting demands on time

An attractive basic salary plus extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity and security of work and forward career progression given that our client possesses a significant contract pipeline for the long-term future and is firmly committed to continued growth over the next 5-10 years

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