Quantity Surveyor

Vital Energi; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive Salary

Company Car/Car Allowance

Pension

EAP scheme

25 Days Holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Free Onsite gym

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Vital Energi is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team, supporting projects across the Scotland Region. You will manage financials of contracts and collaborate with Contracts Managers and Project Managers.

You will provide proactive site commercial support, vet contract docs, manage risk, handle payments, variations and final accounts in line with NEC contracts, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a successful construction portfolio with commercial exposure.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts and contract administration.
• Educated to degree level in quantity surveying or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Work with site management to provide proactive commercial support and identify contractual obligations.
• Vet client contract documentation to ensure compatibility with Tender and negotiations.
• Produce and monitor Commercial Risk Register and implement mitigations.
• Interpret and issue enquiries for major Plant & Equipment and Sub-Contract packages.
• Prepare Applications for Payment, invoices, and progress payments per contract terms.
• Measure and agree Variations, Loss & Expense, and/or Compensation Events.
• Monitor on-site record keeping and issue notices per contract provisions.
• Prepare monthly Cost Value reconciliations and participate in Contract Review Meetings.
• Authorize and code supplier and sub-contractor invoices for payment.

Skills

NEC contracts

Commercial awareness

Driving licence

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

MRICS or similar

Job description

Quantity Surveyor

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s 5-year Strategy of Growth?

If so, due to continuing success, we are experiencing rapid and extensive growth in all business sectors, and we are looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor with a successful background in the world of Construction.

You will join our Commercial team supporting a variety of projects covering the Scotland Region.

You will support financial management of Contracts, in partnership with the Contracts Managers and / or Project Managers.

What you will be doing:

• Work in partnership with site management, commercially supporting sites as required, to develop a proactive site team. Ensuring that contractual obligations are identified and administered.
• Vet contract documentation on receipt from Client to ensure compatibility with the Company’s Tender and subsequent negotiations
• Produce Commercial Risk Register for each contract. Monitor risk and assist in implementation of agreed mitigation measures
• Prepare and issue enquiries for Major Plant & Equipment and Sub-Contract packages. Vet quotations commercially and negotiate price and terms with vendors. Issue resultant Purchase Orders
• Prepare and submit Applications for Payment and/or Invoices, obtain Payment Certificates and progress Client Payments in accordance with contractual provisions
• Measure, submit and agree Variations, Loss & Expense and/or Compensation Events in accordance with contractual provisions to facilitate prompt agreement of Final Accounts
• Monitor on-site record keeping. Prepare and issue Notices in accordance with contractual provisions
• Prepare and submit monthly Cost Value Reconciliations and Cash/Spend Profiles. Attend Contract Review Meetings
• Authorisation and coding of Suppliers’ and Sub-contractors’ Invoices and submission to Finance for payment
• Measure, certify and agree Sub-Contractors interim valuations and final accounts. Prepare and issue contractual notices to Sub-Contractors

Who we are looking for:

• A quantity surveyor who has a successful construction portfolio
• Good knowledge of NEC Contracts
• Educated to BSc in Quantity Surveying (or other equivalent commercially related discipline)
• Member of Profession Institution (e.g. MRICS or similar)
• Have knowledge and working experience of Mechanical / Electrical services and/ or utilities
• Be able to demonstrate commercial awareness/ acumen
• Full UK manual driving licence

The Package

• Attractive Salary
• Company Car/ Car Allowance
• Pension
• EAP scheme
• 25 Days Holiday plus 8 days bank holidays. Holiday increasing in line with service.
• Free Onsite gym
• Cycle to work scheme plus more

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Thanks you for your interest in Vital Energi.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time‑limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK

Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.