Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Nationwide
Up to 90k pending experience

Job Description

We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and to UK infrastructure.   

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

You will be a Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS within our UK Infrastructure business working on a variety of client projects and initiatives. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice 
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Commission management as needed

ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role: 

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC preferred)
• Change management
• Cost Management
• Change control
• Valuation
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Governance processing
• Collaborative approaches
• Sharing best practice
• Line management
• Commission management

Qualifications

• Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject