Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Operations

National Highways; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure organization in the UK is looking for Quantity Surveyors to manage commercial and contract responsibilities for major road projects. You will lead schemes valued from £1m to £30m, and your role will include providing contractual advice and managing costs. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Quantity Surveying, relevant qualifications, and experience in a civil engineering environment. The position offers a hybrid working approach with some office attendance required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of contract administration, preferably using NEC forms of contract.
• Experience in a civil engineering/infrastructure environment delivering quantity surveying functions.
• Ability to act as a mentor to junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead on commercial and contract management of schemes valued up to £30m.
• Provide contractual advice and manage communication on contracts.
• Conduct regular cost and contract audits.

Skills

Contract administration

Contract management

Commercial awareness

Quantity surveying

Project delivery

Excel proficiency

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or relevant qualification

Chartered/Member status e.g. MRICS, MCInstCES

Tools

CEMAR

Confirm Enterprise Asset Management

Job description

About the job

We are expanding our commercial management team to support National Highways' annual £1bn investment programme to maintain the Strategic Road Network. As part of this, we have exciting opportunities for Quantity Surveyors to join our team.

You will either:

• lead on the commercial and contract management of a portfolio of schemes individually varying in value from £1m to more than £30m.
• lead on the commercial management of cyclic, reactive and minor capital works delivered through a long-term contract worth approximately £30m per annuum, working closely with the wider regional commercial team, operational colleague and our service provider.

The nature and diversity of the portfolio ensures the opportunity for you to enhance your skills, capabilities and experience in a complex delivery environment.

The role will be primarily based in our Bristol or Exeter office. In all cases we have a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office/agile home working with a general expectation of office working at least 2 days per week.

• Provide contractual advice to the business and the service delivery team, acting as first line escalation for contract and/or commercial differences.
• Provide day to day contract and commercial management including managing communication and notifications to timescales, managing and valuing compensation events and early warnings and review and agree final account using CEMAR contract management portal.
• Assess payment applications using National Highways 'Confirm' Enterprise Asset Management portal.
• Lead on regular cost and contract audits to ensure contractor compliance with contract conditions.
• Monitor actual costs against budget and prepare contract forecasts, identification of risks and opportunities to Opex and Capex budgets.
• Act as a line manager and mentor to Assistant Quantity Surveyors, Graduates and Apprentices and provide on-going support in their professional development.

About you

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or other relevant technical qualification. This requirement may be waived for those who have secured a relevant professional qualification (as below).
• A relevant professional qualification at Chartered/Member status e.g. MRICS, MCInstCES, or equivalent. In the absence of this, you must be able to demonstrate substantive and direct personal experience working as a quantity surveyor having regard to the experience requirements listed below.
• Demonstrable experience of contract administration, desirably using NEC forms of contract.
• Demonstrable experience of delivering quantity surveying/commercial functions, preferably in a civil engineering/infrastructure environment.
• Excellent commercial awareness and experience of successfully delivering multiple projects in a comparable environment working for either the client or contractor.
• Proficient user of excel and familiarity with contract management and administration software systems (e.g. CEMAR, Confirm).

About us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.