Rail Quantity Surveyor (Contract Outside IR35)

Randstad Cpe London; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Quantity Surveyor for a 2-year contract in Manchester. This role involves working on modernising railway signalling infrastructure and managing cost and value reporting. The ideal candidate will have prior experience in rail contracting and be degree qualified or working towards RICS professional qualification. The position offers between £300 - £425 per day.

Qualifications

• Strong previous Quantity Surveyor experience in rail contracting.
• Ability to manage direct labour and subcontract costs.
• Good negotiation skills and contractual knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Interface between delivery team and project management.
• Cost and value reporting, work package budgeting.
• Manage expectations and work under cost or time critical conditions.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Cost control

Negotiation skills

Financial acumen

Commercial management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

Quantity Surveyor

Manchester

2-year contract - Outside IR35

Between £300 - £425 / day

Rail Contractor

A Quantity Surveyor is required to join a rail contractor to work on a 2-year contract in Manchester. You will be part of a major programme of work modernising the railway signalling infrastructure as part of the strategic development spanning multiple control periods. You will be the interface between the delivery team, project management and commercial management for the cost and value reporting, work package budgeting, cost control thorough to the final account.

The successful candidate must have strong previous Quantity Surveyor experience working within a rail contractor side project environment and be degree qualified or equivalent and/or be working towards professional qualification (RICS etc). You must be able to manage both direct labour and subcontract costs, estimate change / variations using various methods, forecast cost and measure cost of work complete, manage commercial strategies, work with limited supervision, and manage expectations, and work under own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions. You must also have good negotiation skills, financial and commercial acumen, good contractual knowledge, and experience, and be confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent