Managing Quantity Surveyor

Locations Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees

Job Description

Do you want to be at the forefront of one of the world's most ambitious sustainability initiatives?

Balfour Beatty have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world over the past 115 years redefining excellence and setting the industry benchmark with every project.

As a result, alongside several consortium partners Balfour Beatty have been selected by bp (British Petroleum) to construct a first of a kind fully integrated gas fired power station with carbon capture and storage which is a key driving force behind plans to make Teesside the UK's first decarbonised industrial cluster.

Balfour Beatty is seeking a dynamic Managing Quantity Surveyor to contribute to the Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project based at our site in Redcar and Cleveland.

Very experienced QS who manages all costs and income relating on a large building and civil engineering project or on a number of smaller ones, from the initial calculations to the final figures. Will have significant experience in minimising the costs of a project and enhancing value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. Typically, they will have a track record of managing a commercial team and be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB, and a mentor to other commercial staff on their journey to becoming professionally qualified.

They will maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Financial:
Manages all costs and income within their area of responsibility
Organisational:
Direct reports could include all lower grades of the commercial team
Interfaces Internal:
Commercial and wider Project Team
External:
Subcontractors and Customers

• Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company's governance requirements maximises LEAN/digital opportunities

• Ability to mitigate potentially damaging commercially situations
• Applies principles of cost management & elemental cost analysis including life cycle implications where required
• Effectively manages Subcontractors and wider supply chain
• Recognises and understands cost sensitive areas
• Manage the preparation of Pricing documents, Activity Schedules, Bills of Quantities and Target Costs
• Risk and opportunity analysis and management
• Undertakes benchmarking exercises & sets / monitors Performance indicators (KPI)
• Reviews progress of the project against the various programmes
• Preparation of delay and disruption programmes
• Monitors & controls critical elements of the process
• Effectively reviews and reports commercial progress and performance as well as managing accurate out turn cost predictions
• Identifies & communicates threats to budget & programme

• Report and explain the commercial progress to senior project staff
• Cost Planning and pre contract cost control
• Manages commercial aspects with Customer and Stakeholders for their area of responsibility
• Advising and contractual matters and formulating correspondence

• Manages procurement identifying and mitigating procurement risks and optimising opportunities
• Evaluate and negotiate complex tenders including Subcontractors and suppliers

• Recruitment and management of HR/People aspects for direct and indirect reports (PDRs etc)

The following qualifications or their equivalent are essential:

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying
• Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)
• CSCS Card (Professional Qualified Person)

Our people are our biggest asset and we focus on recruiting, training and developing the people who can apply innovation to deliver the infrastructure of the future. We nurture these talents, offer a great benefits package in addition to a competitive base salary and continually invest in developing the skills of our people at every level.

Some of our key benefits are:

• An attractive/negotiated salary
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Company car if applicable
• Pension savings schemes
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and family friendly policies
• Access to our Refer and Earn scheme
  
  Discretionary annual salary reviews

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