MEP Quantity Surveyor

Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture HS2 project is seeking an experienced commercial administrator to support the MEP commercial package manager. The role emphasizes strong communication, customer-facing skills, and teamwork to promote the JV culture and values.

The ideal candidate will gather information, identify root causes, develop practical solutions, communicate findings, and implement actions to resolve issues, with flexibility to discuss work-time arrangements in interviews.

Qualifications

• RICS/CICES accredited degree or equivalent
• Full Membership of RICS or CICES (preferred)
• Post-graduate commercial experience in construction with demonstrable achievements
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Experience drafting contractual correspondence & facilitating collaborative solutions
• Good legal, contractual and construction knowledge and experience

Responsibilities

• Main Contract management and administration
• Supply chain management and contract administration
• Commercial document control
• Cost capture and control including CLR
• Commercial reporting
• Planning and programme management
• Change control
• Measurement and project metrics reporting
• Assisting with cash management
• Liaison with customer’s commercial/project teams
• Maintaining productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Supporting commercial manager with valuations and reports deadlines
• Implementing commercial procedures and reporting for compliance
• Maintain commercial records and address contractual issues

Skills

RICS/CICES accredited degree

RICS or CICES membership

Post-graduate commercial experience

Financial & commercial acumen

Contractual correspondence drafting

Legal and contractual knowledge

Job description

Role

Supporting both the MEP Commercial package manager to provide commercial administration support l

Job Introduction

Supporting both the MEP Commercial package manager to provide commercial administration support l

This role requires good communication and customer facing skills are a must, along with working as part of a team promoting our JV culture and values. The successful candidate will consider problems as a challenge, collecting information relevant to the problem, be disciplined in ascertaining the root cause, identify and develop a practical solution, communicate the findings and implement action to resolve the problem.

Flexible working: Anyone who applies for a role can ask about Work time flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role, albeit the role will require attendances at meetings and reporting events.

Main Responsibilities

• Main Contract management and administration
• Supply chain management (including supply chain contract administration)
• Commercial document control
• Cost capture and control (including completion of the CLR)
• Commercial Reporting
• Planning & programme management
• Change Control
• Measurement
• Project metrics reporting
• Assisting with cash management.
• Liaison and negotiation with the Customer’s commercial and/or project team.
• Establishing and maintaining productive and collaborative relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Assisting the commercial manager in ensuring the necessary internal and external periodic valuations and reports are prepared and issued in line with deadlines
• Assisting the commercial manager with the Implementation of the commercial procedures and reporting to ensure compliance with company and contract requirements
• Ensure appropriate commercial records are maintained in line with the contract requirements and oversee any contractual issues.

The Ideal Candidate

Required Qualifications, Skills, Behaviors And Attributes

• RICS/CICES accredited Degree (or equivalent but not a must)
• Full Membership of RICS or CICES (or equivalent but not a must)
• Post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence & the facilitation of collaborative solutions
• Good legal, contractual and construction knowledge and experience

About The Company

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services

The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 Main Civils Contracts which include both Lots S1 (Euston Tunnels & Approaches) and S2 (Northolt Tunnels). The combined value of the contracts is around £1.8billion with the works due for completion in 2025. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.

You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.

HS2 – working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.