Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Balfour Beatty Rail are recruiting for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to support commercial & contractual control and co-ordination of the efforts of all parties involved in the execution of a specified project or range of projects.

Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard company HSE procedures and work instructions

In conjunction with the relevant Project Management team member(s), be a contributor 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 for sections of the project

Continually monitor projected costs to completion in line with budget

Ensure that necessary interface information between customers, sub-contractors and other departments is provided in a timely manner

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 for a section of the works

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 sub-contractors and provision of all relevant contract and schedule documentation

Ensure that subcontracts are placed in an appropriate manner to step down appropriate responsibilities from the Main Contract

Ensure that each sub-contractor’s account is managed strictly in accordance with their terms and conditions

Assist the Project Management team member(s) in arranging and undertaking project reviews and issue of associated reports

Provide accurate monthly reporting of cost and value on the project(s) in line with the Company’s reporting process for a section of the works

Ensure works are undertaken with BMS and Group Minimum Commercial Expectations

Where appropriate and where used on the specified project, utilise BIM to support progress monitoring, provide commercial reporting and incorporate information to support change management, variations orders and encourage all sub-contractors/ supply chain members to integrate their work into BIM

Live the Balfour Beatty Values

Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

Support the delivery of the CSUK Sustainability 2020 roadmap

Previous experience in Quantity Surveying, some of which should have been obtained within a relevant business environment (Rail, Civil Engineering or Construction)

A valid CSCS card are required

Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as InstCES/RICS

Sound working knowledge of construction and contract law and various forms of Conditions of Contract

Detailed knowledge and understanding of tendering and procurement processes

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…