Quantity Surveyor

Wessex Water; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 20%

Career development

25–28 days holidays

Electric car salary sacrifice

Healthcare package

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Volunteer day

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Wessex Water is seeking a skilled Quantity Surveyor to manage the commercial aspects of infrastructure projects across the region. The role covers inception through final accounts, including change, risk, tender analysis, and cost reporting.

You will work closely with Project Managers, Designers, Engineers and Estimators, attend senior financial meetings, and ensure value for the company. Hybrid working across Kingston Seymour, Bath and Bristol.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying or a closely related field.
• Experience delivering infrastructure projects within water or similar sectors.
• Membership to RICS/ICES is desirable.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to interpret design details and value engineering options.
• Experience with change, risk management, tender and final accounts.

Responsibilities

• Manage all commercial aspects from inception to final accounts.
• Lead contract change, risk, and payment applications.
• Lead tender analysis, interviews and reporting.
• Monitor design and procurement progress with PMs.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, engineers and estimators.
• Attend regular financial meetings with senior staff.
• Manage relationships with subcontractors and suppliers.
• Own monthly cost and commercial reports.
• Ensure compliance with commercial procedures and forecasts.
• Work to financial targets and deadlines and interpret project programmes.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Contract management

Risk management

Tender analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

MRICS/ICES (desirable)

Tools

NEC Contract Suite

Microsoft Excel

CostX

Job description

We empower our Quantity Surveyors to contribute their ideas, approach challenges with autonomy, and lead their portfolio of work with confidence.

What you'll do

The role involves working on projects across the whole Wessex Water region. This is an opportunity to manage all commercial aspects of projects, from initial inception and tender through to the settlement of final accounts.

Typically, you will:

• manage all aspects of contract responsibilities including pre and post-contract duties for projects
• manage contract change, opportunity and risk, payment applications and final accounts, including leading valuation of variations and resolving claims
• lead tender analysis, interviews and reporting
• monitor design and procurement progress in collaboration with Project Managers and Planners
• work closely with other team members, such as Project Managers, Designers, Engineers and Estimators
• attend regular financial meetings with senior members of staff
• manage relationships with subcontractors and suppliers
• owning and updating monthly cost and commercial reports
• ensure compliance with commercial procedures and maintain accurate forecasts
• work to financial targets and deadlines, interpret project programmes, understand risk, and react to demands to ensure the best value for the company.

The location for this role will be a mixture of Kingston Seymour, Bath, Bristol and home-based.

What you'll need

As a self-sufficient Quantity Surveyor, you will have previous experience delivering key infrastructure schemes and will have worked within the water industry or a similar industry environment.

To succeed in this role, you should ideally have:

• quantity surveying experience in the construction industry, preferably with experience in the NEC Suite of Contracts
• completed a degree in quantity surveying or a similar construction-related qualification
• membership to the RICS/ICES (desirable but not essential)
• strong attention to detail, self-motivation, a problem-solving nature and a drive to succeed
• the ability to interpret technical/design details to assist in problem-solving and valuing engineering options as appropriate
• experience with change and risk management, as well as tender and final account negotiation skills
• good people skills, including leadership skills and the ability to foster professional relations with others
• a strong customer focus, while also being a team player
• a sound knowledge of health and safety related to the role.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Live – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.