Quantity Surveyor

People Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

12% employer pension contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial assurance for multiple projects. This position offers a hybrid working model and opportunities for career progression into senior leadership roles. Candidates should have a degree in Quantity Surveying, strong knowledge of NEC contracts, and contract management skills. The role comes with a competitive salary between £45,000 and £55,000, an annual bonus, and generous benefits including a 12% pension contribution and 25 days of annual leave.

Qualifications

• Educated to HND or Degree standard in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management.
• Strong knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts and contract management practices.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for commercial assurance of financial and contractual aspects.
• Oversee procurement and contract strategy development.
• Implement key commercial controls and cost assurance.
• Manage supply chain and procurement support.

Skills

Strong knowledge of NEC suite of contracts

Contract management practices

Procurement strategy development

Education

HND or Degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management

Job description

Are you seeking hybrid working (3 days at home), incredibly stable job security within a long term investment environment and a strong platform for career progression into senior leadership, commercial, or asset management roles?

A major Water sector client is rapidly expanding its commercial services team, aiming to hire around 20 commercial staff over the next 6 - 12 months. This essential growth comes of the back of record levels of planned investment over the next ten years, amounting to nearly £20 billion.

Other benefits that come with pivoting into an end client role:

• Opportunity to move from project level delivery into strategic, programme wide commercial management across major capital investments
• Exposure to multi billion pound programmes within a regulated sector
• Greater influence over procurement strategy, contract frameworks, and supplier performance
• A better work life balance with more predictable workloads, especially when compared to a Contractor environment
• Work within a collaborative, less adversarial commercial model, focused on long term value and partnerships

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will be accountable for the commercial assurance of all financial and contractual aspects of contracted works in relation to a portfolio of projects, and you will oversee:

• Procurement and contract strategy development and implementation
• Development and implementation of key commercial controls
• Cost assurance, pre and post contract
• Process applications for payment from partners
• Forecast assurance
• Change control assurance
• Contract administration assurance
• Supply chain management and procurement support

To be successful it is thought that you will:

• Be educated to HND or Degree standard in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management, or a related degree
• Hold strong knowledge of the NEC suite of contracts and contract management practices, procedures and systems

In return, you will receive an offer is a salary of between £45,000 - £55,000 per annum along with an annual bonus, a 12% employer pension contribution, life assurance, 25 days annual leave and a myriad of other benefits

Piqued your interest? Then please feel free to reach out to us with a copy of your CV (it doesn’t have to be up to date) or call Rob on 0203 998 7671

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