Quantity Survey

Proactive Technical Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Technical Limited in London/Heathrow area is seeking a diligent Quantity Surveyor to join its project execution team. You will manage commercial and QS activities on complex engineering projects in automation and material handling, safeguarding commercial outcomes from scope changes and risk.

The successful candidate will oversee contracts with customers and subcontractors, control cash-flow, prepare valuations, and mentor others while driving best practices across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in quantity surveying on complex engineering projects, ideally airports.
• Experience with Heathrow projects preferred.
• Strong knowledge of contract forms NEC3, NEC4 and MF/1.
• Revenue responsibility on large projects (£10m+ per annum).
• Cost control, change management and commercial impact awareness.
• Estimating and assessing compensation events (time/cost).
• Understanding of project programmes and delay analysis.
• Managing suppliers/subcontractors pre- and post-contract.
• Valuations, payments, forecasting and reporting experience.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation in fast-moving environments.
• Strong negotiation, diplomacy and conflict-resolution skills.
• Influence and drive stakeholders to hit project dates.
• Professional body membership (RICS, CIOB, or ACostE) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for commercial and quantity surveying management on complex projects, ensuring cost and change control and protection from commercial risk.
• Support upstream customer contracts and downstream subcontractor/supplier contracts.
• Maintain financial control through forecasting, cash-flow management, cost control, and payment/billing plans.
• Monitor costs, budgets and financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Manage change, review scope changes and quantify compensation events and impacts.
• Prepare, review and manage valuations, payments, variations and final accounts.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, subcontractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support procurement activities and commercial management of subcontractors/suppliers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, taking ownership for commercial success.
• Contribute to development of best practices within the team.

Skills

Cost control

Contract management

Change management

Valuations

Stakeholder management

Job description

Quantity Surveyor - offering career progression, a challenging environment and excellent benefits.

• Salary: Negotiable
• Location: London - Heathrow
• Contract Type: Contract
• Working Format: Hybrid

Our client specialises in the automation and material handling industry, designing, manufacturing, installing and servicing automated material handling systems across key markets including airports, warehousing and parcel solutions. They have an excellent reputation for reliable project delivery, innovation and customer focus.

They have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join their project execution team. This position is well-suited to a strong, self-driven and highly organised quantity surveying professional who enjoys working in complex, technical environments and is motivated by seeing projects through to successful completion.

This position sits within the Project Execution team and reports to the Commercial Group Leader. You will provide professional quantity surveying, contract management, cost control and commercial administration to support the successful delivery of complex automation projects within dynamic airport and parcel environments.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for the commercial and quantity surveying management of complex projects, ensuring projects are effectively cost and change controlled and protected from commercial risk.
• Support the management of contracts both upstream with customers and downstream with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Maintain financial control through forecasting, cash-flow management, cost control, applications for payment and billing plans.
• Monitor project costs, budgets and financial performance, identifying commercial risks and opportunities.
• Manage the change process, including reviewing scope changes and quantifying compensation events and associated time and cost impacts.
• Prepare, review and manage valuations, applications for payment, variations and final accounts.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, subcontractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Support procurement activities, including the commercial assessment and management of subcontractors and suppliers.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams, taking ownership and accountability for the commercial success of projects.
• Contribute to the development of commercial and quantity surveying best practice within the wider team.

Requirements:

• Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management experience within complex engineering projects, ideally involving airport projects.
• Ideally, experience working on Heathrow projects.
• Strong knowledge of different forms of contract, such as NEC3, NEC4 and MF/1.
• Experience working on complex engineering projects generating revenue of £10m+ per annum.
• Strong understanding of cost control, change management and the commercial impact of project variations.
• Experience estimating and assessing compensation events for both time and cost.
• Good understanding of project programmes and schedule delay analysis.
• Experience managing suppliers and subcontractors, both pre- and post-contract.
• Strong experience with valuations, applications for payment, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills within a fast-moving environment.
• Strong negotiation, diplomacy and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to influence and drive stakeholders to work towards project dates and programmes.
• Membership of a professional body such as RICS, CIOB or ACostE is preferred.

Reasons why you should apply:

• Hybrid opportunity based at Heathrow.
• Work on complex, high-value engineering and automation projects within a challenging technical environment.
• Opportunity to take ownership of the commercial and financial success of major projects.
• Excellent opportunity for career progression and professional development.
• Work within a highly technical and innovative sector at the forefront of automation and material handling.