Quantity Surveyor

Lanes Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lanes Group, the UK’s largest independent provider of water and wastewater solutions, seeks a qualified Quantity Surveyor to support commercial best practices. The role involves maximizing value while minimizing risk and cost, managing client relationships, and ensuring effective contract administration. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in the utilities sector and strong commercial acumen.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Pension

Death in service

Training and progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in utilities or civils industry desirable.
• Experience in QS role required.
• Strong knowledge of contracts.

Responsibilities

• Review Commercial processes and make recommendations.
• Manage client relationships at contract level.
• Ensure proper contractual administration and value control.

Skills

Contractual knowledge

Commercial acumen

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

HNC in Quantity Surveying

Undergraduate degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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The Lanes Group are the UK’s largest independent provider of water and wastewater solutions and services, we play a vital role in always maintaining the seamless operations of the nation’s water systems. Formed in 1992, our half a billion-pound turnover ensures continued expansion for market share. Our key differentiator is our 4000+ staff and our resource pool that includes the most innovative fleet, plant, and equipment the market has to offer.

We are the UK’s largest end to end drainage solution provider with depots strategically located across the UK from Aberdeen to Plymouth. As such we are committed to ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of our colleagues and customers. We are therefore looking to add a dynamic, enthusiastic, and talented individual to our team to help us achieve best practice in compliance and risk management.

About the role:

Lanes Group Ltd are looking for a qualified, experienced Quantity Surveyor in our Commercial department. Your role will be to support Commercial best practice to maximise value and minimise risk and cost for both Lanes Group Ltd and our customers. Accurately value works undertaken and where necessary provide records to substantiate cost, ensure change control process is managed effectively in both Main and Subcontract. Manage client relationships at contract level.

Location: Various Depots and Utilities hubs (ideally South of England based)

Hours: 37.5 hours ( Monday - Friday)

Responsibilities – but not limited to:

• Review Commercial processes to ensure they stay relevant and make recommendations for necessary changes.
• Contractual knowledge to communicate with relevant parties ensure understanding the terms of project/contract.
• Work efficiently and calmly to tight deadlines or other stress factors as they arise.
• Ensure maximum recovery of all contractual entitlements.
• Use of performance data to identify opportunities and implement commercial processes to ensure contractual entitlements and opportunities are realised.
• Support Operational team in daily commercial and contractual aspect.
• Ensuring proper contractual administration of contract/project assigned, including value and cost control, and maintenance of contemporaneous records.
• Accurately value works undertaken and where necessary provide records to substantiate cost to allow prompt issue of Application for payment/invoice in line with contractual timescales.
• Ensure change control process is managed effectively, including production of Early Warnings/Variations, maximizing entitlement.
• Preparation of financial statements in respect to projects/contracts assigned, working with operational teams to confirm understanding of financial position, proactively instilling commercial awareness throughout the wider business.
• Support development of individuals within the commercial team.
• Accepts extra duties as situations arise.
• Management of Subcontract Accounts.
• Able to travel and spend occasional nights away.

Skills and behaviours:

• HNC in Quantity Surveying or similar
• Undergraduate degree in Quantity Surveying or similar advantageous
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in utilities or civils industry desirable
• Experience in QS role
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products, excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Strong knowledge of contracts
• Strong desire to maintain client relationships whilst not compromising contractual entitlement
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

What we offer:

• Company vehicle
• Pension
• Death in service
• Training and progression opportunities

This position is open to Internal and External candidates. Any internal candidates currently employed within a division of the Lanes Group must complete an Internal Application form and submit to recruitment.

The Lanes Group plc comprises of a range of established service providers subsidiaries, which complement the specialist service of Lanes, by both work type and geography. Increasing our overall capability, assets and offering to our customers.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from under-represented members of the community.

Strictly no agencies please

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Utilities

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