Quantity Surveyor

Skanska UK Plc; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a Quantity Surveyor to join their dynamic team on a significant waste-water relocation project. This role is pivotal in managing costs and ensuring compliance throughout the project's lifecycle. The ideal candidate will possess a strong educational background in engineering or management and have a proven track record in delivering large-scale projects on time and within budget. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and offers opportunities for professional growth while making a meaningful impact in the construction sector.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in engineering, management, or cost discipline required.
• Chartered surveyor status or working towards it is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial and cost aspects of projects from start to finish.
• Provide commercial support to design and on-site delivery teams.

Skills

Cost Management

Commercial Support

Waste-Water Process Understanding

NEC Forms of Contract

Cost Breakdown Structure Management

Education

Degree in Engineering/Management/Cost Discipline

Chartered Surveyor or Working Towards Chartered Status

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are currently seeking a Quantity Surveyor for our Anglian Water - Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project.

Responsibilities:

• The commercial and cost management of a package or packages of work from inception through to close out.
• To be the commercial conscience to the delivery team, providing commercial support to both the design and on-site delivery teams.
• Responsibility to ensure that operations are carried out to control costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety whilst also ensuring that maximum efficiencies are obtained and full compliance with the CWRC and Anglian Water governance procedures is achieved.
• Working as part of an integrated delivery team providing commercial challenge and recommending actions to achieve and create an environment of out-performance.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering/ management/ cost discipline.
• Chartered surveyor or working towards chartered status.
• Managing costs through a complex Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• NEC forms of contract.
• Strong understanding of waste-water process.
• Proven record in delivering large projects to program, budget, and quality requirements, by managing competing tensions.

Equal Opportunities:

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable Adjustments:

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About the Role:

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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