Project Quantity Surveyor

Aldwych Consulting Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Employee-owned business

Major UK projects

Excellent career progression

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting Ltd, a highly regarded employee-owned contractor, is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to join the Manchester team.

You will take commercial responsibility from handover through final accounts, working with project teams, subcontractors and clients on major UK rail, transport and other complex projects. Hybrid working is offered, including 1–2 days from home.

Qualifications

• Project level or Senior Quantity Surveying experience.
• Background in main contractor or specialist subcontractor.
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual processes.
• Experience with valuations, variations, claims and cost reporting.
• A degree/HNC/HND is preferred, though strong industry experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Managing project budgets, costs and commercial performance
• Preparing valuations, variations, claims and financial reports
• Procuring and managing subcontractors
• Managing contractual matters, negotiations and payment processes
• Attending site to assess progress and value works
• Maintaining accurate commercial records and risk registers
• Supporting estimating and tendering activity
• Providing commercial input to project teams throughout delivery
• Supporting and mentoring junior members of the commercial team

Skills

Quantity Surveying experience

Commercial & contractual understanding

Valuations & cost reporting

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in a related field

Job description

Ready for a change, but not interested in joining just another contractor?

We're working with a highly regarded, employee-owned specialist contractor looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their Manchester team.

This is a business delivering some seriously impressive projects across the UK, including major rail and transport infrastructure, bridges, stations, large-scale structural steelwork, reinforced concrete structures and complex engineering projects in live and highly constrained environments.

The role

You'll take commercial responsibility for projects from handover through to final account, working closely with project teams, subcontractors and clients.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing project budgets, costs and commercial performance
• Preparing valuations, variations, claims and financial reports
• Procuring and commercially managing subcontractors
• Managing contractual matters, negotiations and payment processes
• Attending site to assess progress and value works
• Maintaining accurate commercial records and risk registers
• Supporting estimating and tendering activity
• Providing commercial input to project teams throughout delivery
• Supporting and mentoring junior members of the commercial team

What we're looking for

• Project level or Senior level Quantity Surveying experience
• Main contractor or specialist subcontractor background
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual processes
• Experience with valuations, variations, claims and cost reporting
• Exposure to infrastructure, structural steel, reinforced concrete, rail, M&E or other technically complex construction would be advantageous
• Degree/HNC/HND preferred, although strong industry experience will also be considered

What's on offer

• Competitive salary + excellent benefits
• Hybrid working, including 1-2 days from home
• Employee-owned business, so employees genuinely share in the company's success
• Excellent career progression
• Opportunity to work on major, technically challenging UK projects
• Established business with a strong pipeline of work

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.