Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor Wanted !

Your new company
Provide expertise and experience to support a stable and safe supply of essential gas and water services. Amongst our vital work, we service clean and waste water mains, maintain water treatment facilities, and expand and renew underground gas mains in often busy and high-impact areas.

We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

Your new role
As we look to increase our efficiency whilst outperforming against project and customer
expectations, it is essential we plan in the most innovative, robust and accurate fashion.
With this in mind, we are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyors to join the team.

Purpose of the role:

Commercial management of a large infrastructure project or a portfolio of
smaller projects.
Manage costs in relation to infrastructure projects with experience of identifying
commercial risks and opportunities in respect of their works.
Deliver varied commercial duties including responsibility for procuring and
managing supply chain.
Optimise commercial performance through diligent cost control and value for
money opportunities, whilst achieving the required standards and quality for our
customers.
Create and maintain commercial relationships to both internal and external
stakeholders.
Contract administration with both client and subcontractors.
Provide support and adherence for the Gated Business Lifecycle process
Mentor and develop junior members of the team.
Proactively drive career and personal development, including professional
certification.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a key member of a wholly collaborative team and will use your experience, enthusiasm and skills to help the team drive efficiency and outperformance.

Key responsibilities:

Assist the programme area estimating team to ensure robust estimates are provided that align to scope and make allowance for risks and opportunities
Subcontracts are properly prepared & reflect agreed scope. Subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, early warnings, compensation events,
Work closely with the procurement team, Construction Manager and Project Delivery Manager (PDM) to develop & monitor procurement strategy.
Work closely with the site Team attending site regularly to ensure they are aware of and can manage the allowances and outputs, provide robust challenge to achieve outperformance, communicate change control and escalate when necessary.


What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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