Managing Quantity Surveyor

Thames Water; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Annual leave 26+ days

Pension scheme

Private medical health care

Wellbeing benefits

Cycle to work

Life assurance

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a Managing Quantity Surveyor to lead a team of up to 40 QS professionals and drive commercial performance across major projects in AMP8. This pivotal role delivers value, governance and contract assurance for an essential utility's delivery programme.

Hybrid based in Reading, you will ensure contractual compliance, develop procurement strategies, manage budgets and supplier performance, provide guidance on disputes, and support career progression and chartership for your

Qualifications

• Degree or master’s in quantity surveying or equivalent.
• Experience leading up to 40 Quantity Surveyors and developing them to chartership.
• Extensive experience in commercial management of projects pre- and post-contract.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers on commercial/contract matters and assessing risk.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Full UK driving licence and access to transport.
• Chartered or detailed knowledge of the RICS.
• Knowledge of water regulation (OFWAT) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring Contractual Compliance is maintained on all Contracts.
• Act as second point of escalation for non-performance and corrective actions.
• Developing and advising on Procurement Strategies for your Delivery Area.
• Support procurement and supplier management with robust commercial processes.
• Relationship management with Direct Delivery Contractors.
• Performance reporting and management of team.
• Ensure in-life supplier value for money.
• Provide data for cost database to support estimating and planning.
• Manage and develop team members toward chartership.
• Ensure payments are certified and processed per contracts.
• Advise on budget management and spend.
• Provide commercial dispute advice and resolve claims as required.
• Support resolution of disputes and departmental strategy.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Contractual knowledge

Negotiation

Communication

Driving licence

Education

Degree/Master’s in Quantity Surveying

Job description

We are looking for a talented Managing Quantity Surveyor who has the skills and necessary experience to challenge, engage, influence and drive change.

This is an integral and exciting opportunity lead a dedicated and enthusiastic team of Quantity Surveyors essential to the successful delivery of Major Projects and Programmes in AMP8 at Thames Water. You will oversee a contractor programme value of up to £400m per annum in AMP8, playing a vital role in ensure we deliver value and life’s essential service to Customers.

What you’ll be doing as a Managing Quantity Surveyor

• Ensuring that Contractual Compliance is maintained on all Contracts
• Ensuring that appropriate processes are in place, reviewed and monitored for your Delivery Area and Team to ensure that Contractual Compliance is maintained and act as second point of escalation should any non-performance be identified and corrective actions implemented as necessary
• Developing and Advising on Procurement Strategies for your Delivery Area
• Assisting the Procurement and Supplier Management Team with the implementation of robust commercial processes with their Third-Party Suppliers and providing them with commercial support as and when required
• Commercial Relationship management with Direct Delivery Contractors
• Performance Reporting and Management of Team
• Ensure that in-life supplier value for money can be demonstrated
• Providing data for cost database to support estimating and Business Planning
• Management and development of Team Members including their progression towards chartership
• Ensuring that all payments are properly certified and processed in line with contracts
• Advising on the overall management and optimisation of budgets and spend
• Advising on Contractual duties and other tasks under assigned Contracts
• Providing Commercial Dispute Advice and resolving claims as required
• Ensure Team always maintain financial governance and provide expert input to financial and contract governance proposals.
• Supporting the Head of Commercial with the resolution of disputes and departmental strategy, as necessary.

Base Location: Hybrid - Reading

Working Pattern or hours: 36 Hours

What you should bring to the role

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• Hold a degree or a master’s in quantity surveying or equivalent
• Have a background in working in the civil engineering sector, such as transportation, nuclear, utilities or similar fields
• Be competent in line managing a team of up to 40 Quantity Surveyors of all levels and developing them to success
• Extensive experience in commercially managing a portfolio of projects both pre and post-contract
• Have experience in negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters and applying judgment as to what constitutes an acceptable level of contractual risk and supply resilience
• Have strong Communication and the ability to bring numerous stakeholders together to bring opportunities to fruition
• Self-starter, resilient and tenacious under pressure
• Hold a full UK Driving license and have your transport
• You will need to be a good team player, who enjoys working as part of a busy team
• Chartered or detailed knowledge of the RICS
• Knowledge of water regulation (incl. OFWAT Price review methodology) would be desirable

What’s in it for you?

You will be a part of a highly professional Quantity Surveying team empowered to make decisions and responsible for all commercial aspects of their contracts.

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Annual Leave- 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Private Medical Health Care
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.