Assistant Quantity Surveyor - T&D Construction

Description

Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions.

Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 75 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Transmission & Distribution.

• The below responsibilities will be conducted with the support of a Senior Quantity Surveyor.

• Conduct monthly internal reporting through the CVR and internal commercial management procedures.

• Conduct monthly reporting to the client in accordance with the contract and the client periodical reporting procedure.

• Ensure cash flow is optimised through the development of activity schedules, the submission of monthly valuations and the control of subcontractor accounts.

• Drive the recovery of outstanding monies and ensure all queries are fully resolved in a timely manner.

• Identify commercial risks, opportunities, value engineering and change events.

• Manage change events in accordance with the contract including early warnings, CE notification, CE quotation and through to CE implementation and inclusion into the new cost and programme baselines.

• Produce cost estimates and subcontract enquiries for both tender proposals and compensation events.

• Ensure the project delivery teams adhere to risk management procedures and financial compliance.

• Record the commercial KPI data at project level and minimise any potential negative effect on your projects.

• Maintain the projects adherence to payment timescales.

• Prepare and manage sub-contracts throughout the project, through to Final Account agreement.

• Work closely with the project delivery teams to enforce the business drivers and outcomes for your projects.

• Maximise profitability having regard to client and subcontractor relations, third party incomers and the company’s strategic objectives regarding client relations and the risk/reward philosophy.

• Be a commercially and contractually astute individual that takes ownership of performance.

• Assist with the management, preparation and submission of tender enquires.

• Undertake costing activities, utilising a sound working knowledge of tender process.

• Interact and communicate effectively with clients and colleagues to achieve project objectives.

• Be able to manage multiple projects and conflicting deadlines.

• Be able to work autonomously and/or as part of a project team.

• Identify new skills and competencies required to meet business needs and actively support development and recruitment of talent.

• Support the continued development of more junior team personnel providing commercial guidance and establishing training needs.

• BSc or HND (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or an equivalent commercially related subject. The education requirement can be substituted for equivalent years of experience.

• Experience with in the Power Transmission & Distribution sector preferred.

• Awareness and experience of construction methods, technology, standard forms of measurement and the NEC 3 and NEC 4 forms of contract (Options A &
  
  C).

• Excellent computer literacy with experience MS Office suite of programs.

• Ability to understand, interpret and analyse a project programme.

• Chartership or working towards chartership through the RICS or similar accredited institution.

• Excellent communication skills and analytical skills with the ability to apply intensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.

• Pro‑active in building knowledge and understanding of the industry.

• Strong understanding of project management to execute project work.

• Capability to coach and develop the team.

• Ability to develop innovative and practical solutions to a range of problems and an understanding of how one issue may be part of a much larger solution.

• Ability to make an effective and collaborative contribution to the team through sharing knowledge, promoting ideas and valuing the contribution of all team members.

• Able to travel and work on‑site where necessary.

• High standards of verbal and written communication.

• Collaborative and keen to share information, knowledge and skills.

• Keen to seek out new opportunities for learning and career progression.

• Be able to identify the goals of any project and work steadily towards them.

• Ability to adhere to a structured and methodical approach to any task, identifying priorities and setting deadlines.