If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!
Aureos are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to workwithinourEnergy Business Unitin Blantyre, and formpart of the Commercial team. TheQuantity Surveyor plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results. Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercialreportingand maximising profit.
Aureos Energy work collaboratively with our customers to deliver critical national infrastructure projects across the UK's Energy network. Our goals are to:
- Grow: turnover,marginand customer satisfaction
- Improve: operational delivery,reliabilityand outcomes
- Sustain: our people,communitiesand the environment
Aureos'sAction Agenda - Unleashing our potential, a business-wide strategy focusing on seven key priorities:
- Sustainable innovation: Embedding sustainable improvements with an aim to be net zero
- Structure and Governance: Through monthly Performance review meetings and clear delegation of authority
- Business Development and Customer Relationship Management: Growing into new markets and developing relationships and strategies with new and existing customers
- Safety,Healthand Wellbeing: implementing tiers of H&S management and bring the operational input to the fore
- People and inclusion: With specific training and succession planning
- Operational effectiveness: Enhancing our capabilities and strengthening the existing core of the business
- Digitisation: Through an internal Programme Management office, lean tools, and digital platforms.
With sustainable growth in mind, our Quantity Surveyoris responsible forassistingthe commercial team in completing andmaintainingwell organised records, contribution to thetimelyproduction of applications forpayment andaccurateproject reporting.
The responsible candidate willbe responsible forthe following:
Primary tasks and duties:
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you willassistthe commercial team in providing support to the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, costcontrolandaccuratereporting of all schemes. Your role will require you to:
- Input into the application and credit control processes
- Understanding of income forecast and pricing of variations
- Understanding of the change control system
- Understanding of project risk
- Understanding of the production of CVRs
- Understanding the production of forecasting data
- Understanding the costing process
- Understanding the management of the full sub-contract cycle and input into sub-contract documentation
- Assistingwith weekly cost to complete/budget reviews with the contract delivery teams.
- Upload documentation as and when necessary, in line with business requirements
- Review weekly site records including allocation sheets and site diaries.
- Attend project progress meetings.
- Assistingwith the preparation of monthly financial performance reports
- Gain experience outside of the commercial function to better understand the role of the business and the quantity surveyor within the business.
Secondary tasks andduties:
Weoperatea team ethos across the Energy Business Unit and strive toassistcolleagues in the execution of their duties where this isappropriateand brings added value. The Quantity Surveyoris responsible forthe following in this respect:
- Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are met
- Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI's
- Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement
- Promote a culture of integration, continuousimprovementand use of best practice across the client base
- Assistingwith the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste
- Encourage,supportandassistwith the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams
- Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit
- Other tasksappropriate tothe role of Quantity Surveyor, asidentifiedby the Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor
Behaviours:
Aureos Energy expects all employees to conduct themselves in a safe professional manner, applying the following key behaviours across all aspects of their work.
- We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect.
- We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively
- We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs
- Accountability and decision making
- We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly.Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture
- We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective andtimelymanner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes
- Communication and engagement
- We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators.
- We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all
- When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding
- We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion.
- We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own
- We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success
- Improvement and innovation
- We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working.
- Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear
- We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement
Expectations:
Targets for the Quantity Surveyor will be set and reviewed on a 6 monthly basis, aligned with the responsibilities and behaviours listed within this job description. The section below will be used to record key targets, which will align with Performance Reviews undertaken via the current Group process.
The Quantity Surveyor is expected to:
- Contribute to thetimelyachievement of forecast figures for turnover,profitand income
- Contribute totimelyproduction ofaccurateinternal accounts and internal/external reports/audits
- Contribute totimelyproduction ofaccuratecost and forecasting information
- Contribute to change control system
- Contribute to prompt placement and payment of sub-contracts. Maintenance of sub-contract KPI reports
- Maintain Professional Development Log
Skills,qualificationsand experience:
Essential:
- Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent.
- Substantial experience working in contracting commercial department.
- Experienceof on multi-disciplined HV/LV Infrastructure projects is desirable, working with DNO's and Private Networks experience is preferrable.
- Proficient in Microsoft packages (Excel)
Desirable:
- Use of ERP systems such as COINS
- Hold or working toward Professional Qualification
- Working knowledge of construction industry conditions of contract
In return you will receive:
- 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Assistanceand wellbeing support
#CVL
Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.
Equal Opportunities
Aureosare an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Full job description from WhatJobs. Apply for this role →