Quantity Surveyor/ Cost Manager - Avi...

Turner & Townsend Plc.; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial activities on a high-profile aviation project in London. This role involves managing contract negotiations, procurement strategies, and post-contract activities to ensure project success. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in commercial management within an NEC environment, with airport experience being a plus. Join a collaborative team that values diversity and promotes a healthy work-life balance, while working on impactful projects that enhance people's lives.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of tendering, procurement, and commercial management.
• Experience in an NEC environment and airport projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage contract commercial activities and ensure data integrity.
• Support procurement processes and manage post-contract activities.
• Provide guidance to the Cost & Commercial team as needed.

Skills

Tendering support

Procurement support

Target price negotiation

Commercial management

Contract change management

Valuations

Payment management

Claims management

NEC environment experience

Airport experience

Job description

Quantity Surveyor/ Cost Manager - Aviation

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

We are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to undertake duties on a high profile aviation project based in west London.

Job Objectives:

• Manage the sub-programme contract commercial & cost activities providing for the appropriateness and viability of contract commercial information.
• Support the procurement process to achieve best value by developing optimum delivery strategies into procurement plans and contract awards inclusive of incentivisation.
• Advice following tendering or negotiations to allow sound decision-making on supplier selection.
• Manage all post contract commercial activities supporting the implementation of contract changes, red files, instructed work scope change (PMIs), and award fees recommendations.
• Support contractors in maintaining transparency and data integrity to minimise risks of inaccurate information.
• Manage the sub-programme potential liability through the timely response to all contractor notifications.
• Recommendations to approve Applications for payment Proactive management of all contractual issues through to resolution, escalating disputes to client as appropriate.
• Evaluation of cost impacts of alternate delivery strategies, inclusive of benchmark assessments, prior to their implementation.
• Support and guidance to the Cost & Commercial team as required.
• Manage all contract close out activities are performed in line with client contractual requirements.
• Support and encourage the development of appropriate sub-programme working practices.
• Work in adherence to the appropriate client processes and sub-programme working practices / processes.

In order to be able to carry out the duties of the role as required, candidates will be expected to demonstrate a thorough understanding/experience of the following:

• Tendering support, procurement support, target price negotiation, tier 2 procurement and commercial management, contract change (EWN, PMI), valuations, payment, disallowable costs, claims all in an NEC environment.
• Previous airport experience an advantage.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.