Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager - RAIL

TED Recruitment Ltd; West End; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

RICS fees

Gym membership

Job summary

TED Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager for a London rail-focused role. The position offers the option to join our London office or work at a client office on rail projects, with NEC contracts experience essential.

You will support the delivery of commercial activities within the delivery teams and collaborate with the supply chain and contractors to perform cost variation assessments, while providing an independent view to the Head of Commercial.

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Rail experience with NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4) is highly desirable
• 4–5+ years QS experience with pre and post contract duties
• Familiarity with NEC3/NEC4 and cost variation assessments would be useful
• RICS qualification is a plus but not mandatory

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of commercial activities within delivery teams
• Work with supply chain and contractors to provide cost variation assessments
• Provide an independent view to Head of Commercial
• Oversee and mentor junior QSs as needed

Skills

Quantity surveying

Commercial management

Rail contracts experience

NEC3 contracts

NEC4 contracts

Cost variation assessment

Commercial audit

Mentoring junior QS

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

THE ROLE

My client seeks a Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager to join their London office or to work in a client office on rail projects.

You must have experience of quantity surveying and commercial management duties and have either Rail experience using NEC contracts.

You will support the delivery of commercial activities within the delivery teams and you will work alongside the supply chain and contractors to provide cost variation assessment and other commercial activites.

You will provide an independent view to their Head of the Commercial team.

THE COMPANY

My client is a long established busy firm of PQS with several offices.

My client works on projects for infrastructure and also for buildings.

THE CANDIDATE

You will be a Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager who has good experience of working on RAIL related projects.

You should have a BSc or similar in Quantity Surveying.

You may be RICS qualified or have good Rail commercial management experience.

You will have in excess of four / five years quantity surveying experience.

You should have both pre contract and post contract quantity surveying experience.

You must have knowledge in the use of NEC3 contracts and ideally some NEC4.

Experience of doing Cost Variation Assessments and Commercial Audit would be useful.

At more senior level you should be able to supervise more junior level QSs.

Salaries will be between £50000 and £80000 plus good benefits and be negotiable according to your level of experience. Other large company benefits will also be given along with pension, RICS fees, subsidised gym membership and other benefits.