Project Quantity Surveyor
Brush Transformers
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Job summary
BRUSH Group is recruiting a Project Quantity Surveyor to manage financial integrity, profitability, and risk for two contracts in the South & West region of Power Solutions. The role is hybrid, based at our Iver site with some home/HQ days, supporting a National Grid project and core hours Monday to Friday.
You will interface with clients, project teams, and subcontractors to ensure commercial viability and alignment with business goals, with a competitive salary and benefits package.
Qualifications
- Hold a degree/HND/Diploma level qualification in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management.
- Extensive knowledge in both pre and post contract QS work.
- Be fully conversant with the use of the standard method of measurement.
- Demonstrable ability to deliver projects to tight timescales.
- Excellent communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Contractual Support: produce contract summaries, timelines, variation/claim requirements.
- Variations & Claims management in line with policy and contract terms.
- Project Completion: ensure certificates and defects periods are managed.
- Programming Support: monitor monthly programme updates and milestone dates.
- Working Capital Management: manage applications/invoicing and milestone payments.
- Cashflow Forecasting and Cost Control: oversee subcontractor setup, terms, and payments.
- Purchase Agreements: review terms with Commercial Manager.
- Financial Reporting: assist monthly reconciliations and cash/debt/WIP reports.
- Client Liaison: represent commercial interests at meetings.
Skills
Education
Job description
BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence.
We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The Project Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for the financial integrity, profitability, and risk management of two construction contracts within the South & West region of the Power Solutions business. Acting as a key commercial interface between clients, project teams, and subcontractors, the PQS ensures projects are commercially viable and align with strategic business goals.
The role will be hybrid working between our substation site in Iver, Buckinghamshire (typically 3 days per week, the other 2 days can be either from home or from our local HQ in Hook.) You will initially support on our new National Grid Project. Core working hours are Monday - Friday, 40 contractual hours per week. Car allowance will be provided as part of the overall package.
- Highlighting key contract clauses and their potential impact on the works;
- Scheduling out the payment mechanism and timescales involved;
- Provision of clear variation / claim notification requirements both in terms of format and timescale;
- Detailing programme submission requirements and revision timescales;
- Identification of any Liquidated Damages clauses applicable to the works;
- Identification of any applicable rate review calculations and timescales.
- Management of Variations & Claims to ensure current trading policy is adhered to;
- Ensuring notifications to the Client are in accordance with the contract requirements;
- Assisting PM’s in evaluating Variations & Claims prior to submission;
- Assisting PM’s with follow up negotiations and formalised agreement of submitted Variations & Claims.
- Ensuring substantial and final completion certificates are issued in accordance with the contract;
- Monitoring of Defects Liability Periods;
- Monitoring of monthly programme updates to assess Delays / Acceleration;
- Ensuring contract programme submission requirements are adhered to;
- Recalculation of Milestone schedule submission dates.
- On-going communication with PM’s to ensure applications / invoicing are carried out in accordance with the contractual formats, submission intervals and payment terms;
- Ensuring the PM’s provide regular updates to Milestone Payment dates;
- Submitting applications to the Clients Representative and confirmation of approval to invoice;
- Communication with the Clients Representative to ensure approval of invoice and payment by the due date.
- Supervision of the Setup process for new Subcontractors;
- Formalising Subcontract Terms and Conditions;
- Authorisation of Prices / Rates included within Subcontract Orders;
- Authorisation of Subcontract payments
- Review of Purchase Agreement Terms and Conditions;
- Providing feedback to Commercial Manager
- Provide support to Commercial Manager during the collation of monthly reconciliation reports;
- Review of completed reconciliation sheets in advance of the proposed reconciliation meetings;
- Provide monthly Cash / Debt / WIP report to Commercial Manager.
- Commercial Representation at Progress or other commercially orientated meetings.
- Hold a degree/HND/Diploma level qualification in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management
- Extensive knowledge in both pre and post contract QS work
- Be fully conversant with the use of the standard method of measurement
- Demonstrable ability to deliver projects to tight timescales
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to lead from the front
- Self-motivation
- Working effectively at both a strategic and an operational level
- Well organised and a methodical approach to completing tasks and have an ability to prioritise
- Clean driving licence
- Competitive salary
- Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annum plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
- Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
- Life insurance – 4 x annual salary
- Enhanced Company Pension scheme
- 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
- BRUSHRewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
- Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
- Bike2work scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.
BRUSH Power Solutions is able to deliver at every stage of a project’s lifecycle. From initial design and consultancy through to construction, testing, commissioning and connection, the team are on hand to provide comprehensive end-to-end HV infrastructure solutions for projects from 11kV to 400kV.
Along with the expertise BRUSH Power Solutions offers, our wider Power division also includes specialist ICP-accredited energy infrastructure contractor, McGowan Infrastructure. Often working in fragile and protected environments, the team utilise sustainable technologies to operate in way that minimises environmental impact, increasing biodiversity, and restores natural habitats.
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