Senior Quantity Surveyor

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Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Ground Engineering team as a Senior Quantity Surveyor on the Sizewell C project and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

To ensure commercial & contractual control and coordination of the efforts of all parties involved in the execution of any specified project or range of projects. To provide guidance to other members of the Commercial/Quantity Surveying team and Project Directors/Managers on all aspects relating to commercial activity on a specified project or range of projects.

The Successful Candidate Will Have The Following Accountabilities

• Accountable for the activities of any directly reporting quantity surveying staff, including mentoring junior members of the team, and provide advice and guidance to other members of the team and to Project Directors/Managers, as required;
• In conjunction with the relevant Project Management team member, be accountable for the profitability of the project(s), and develop an appropriate commercial strategy for the project(s) to ensure delivery of required margins;
• Contribute to the management and maintenance of a contract cost reporting system, ensuring all financial information is managed and up-to-date and tracked with budget/tender allowances, commitments and deviations highlighted and managed;
• With other members of the team, produce and provide accurate forecasts of project cost to completion and final value;
• Continually monitor projected costs to completion in line with budget;
• Ensure that necessary interface information between customer, subcontractors and other departments is provided in a timely manner;
• Pro-actively monitor cash flow and valuation plan, ensuring applications are made correctly and in a timely manner;
• Ensure contract variations are identified, valued and turned into agreed variation orders with the customer in a timely manner;
• Assist in ensuring effective records are maintained to support claims and that applications for payment for variations are issued in a timely manner;
• Manage the subcontract tender process, including the selection of subcontractors and provision of all relevant contract and schedule documentation;
• Take an active role in assisting the Project Management team members in arranging and undertaking project reviews and issue of associated reports;
• Provide accurate monthly reporting of cost and value on the in line with the Company’s reporting process.

Substantial previous experience in Quantity Surveying within a relevant business environment and a valid CSCS card are required. Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE.

• Sound working knowledge of construction and contract law and various forms of Conditions of Contract;
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of tendering and procurement processes;
• Significant knowledge of construction techniques on particular projects;
• Ability to apply the knowledge and principles of commercial management to construction projects;
• Working knowledge of basic plant, equipment and materials;
• Knowledge and understanding of sub-contracting principles, together with the ability to draft and administer sub contracts;
• Ability to implement procedures to quantify and cost construction works, including the use of appropriate standard methods of measurement;
• Understanding of the requirements to provide and obtain Insurance, Bonds and Warranties;
• Proficiency in administration, writing, numeracy, IT and MS Office;
• People management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels and work as part of a team and on own initiative;
• Enthusiasm and results focus, with an ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines;
• Effective negotiation skills with both internal and external customers.

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