Quantity Surveyor

MGroup Water; Wales; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services company is seeking a Quantity Surveyor in Wales. You'll be integral to the Commercial Team, ensuring efficient cash flow and managing changes in contracts related to the Welsh Water Framework. The ideal candidate has excellent negotiation skills, knowledge of NEC contracts, and a background in service delivery within the utilities sector. The role offers a comprehensive benefits package including health care and a company car.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Private health care

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Awareness of relevant statutory and regulatory policies.
• Ability to adapt to changing workloads.
• Experience with sub-contracts.

Responsibilities

• Be an integral member of the Commercial Team.
• Build strong relationships with clients.
• Ensure timely cash receipt on forecast levels.
• Manage and price changes within contract terms.
• Support subcontractor procurement and management.
• Produce and present productivity measures.

Skills

Excellent negotiation skills

Knowledge of NEC contracts

Organisational skills

Effective communication skills

Experience in cost role

Knowledge of service delivery in utilities sector

Job description

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

As our Quantity Surveyor you\'ll be working on our Water Network Alliance contract in Wales. You\'ll be part of our commercial team who are responsible for delivery of all commercial task on the Welsh Water Framework.

• Be an integral member of the Commercial Team, led by the Managing Quantity Surveyor
• Build a strong relationship with client counterparts
• Ensure all M Group Water and Client processes are followed to minimise WIP (outstanding cash) and keep WIP within the contract and business target
• Ensure cash is received on time at forecast level
• Production of Monthly CVR\'s
• Manage and price change within the terms of the contract
• Provide support for pricing contracts working closely with the client
• Assist the procurement and management of sub-contractors and other suppliers
• To develop and implement changes to process, following understanding of a need to make changes to improve performance
• Produce and present productivity measures linked to the operations resource to ensure tender compliance

What you\'ll bring

• Do you have excellent negotiation skills?
• Do you have knowledge, understanding and previous experience of NEC contracts?
• An awareness of all relevant statutory, regulatory and company policies and guidelines
• Are you able to react to constant changing workloads?
• Knowledge of service delivery within the utilities sector is desired
• Good organisational skills and effective communication skills
• Do you have experience in cost role desired with knowledge of sub-contracts?

What\'s in it for you?

• We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000\'s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care for you
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Personal Accident Cover

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We\'re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We\'re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We\'re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We\'re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We\'re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you\'re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It\'s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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