Senior QS – Civil / Highways

Pinnacle Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil contractor is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial and financial aspects of highways projects in Sussex. The role involves providing key support for project delivery, cost management, and liaising with various stakeholders to ensure profitable performance and risk management. Candidates should be degree qualified in civil engineering and have over 7 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Must be degree qualified in civil engineering.
• 7+ years experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of contract requirements and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Providing commercial support for a project.
• Cost management and value management for project.
• Reporting financial details to the Commercial Manager.

Skills

Commercial management

Cost management

Risk management

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Senior QS – Civil / Highways

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Salary: £50 - £65,000 + pkg
Location: Sussex
Regions: Kent, South East, Sussex

A Civil Contractor, is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work within their highways division on multi discipline highways project, in Sussex.

Project is a new build, design and build and will consist of civil engineering sub packages

Essentially must be Degree qualified and come from a civil engineering background, with 7+ years experience or more in a similar role

Role:

• Providing commercial support for a project, working closely with the operational teams.
• Contribute to profitable performance through successful commercial and financial management.
• Reporting to the Commercial Manager on all financial and legal matters.

Principal Duties & Accountabilities:

• Understand the contractual requirements of project documents including the roles and responsibilities of all involved and the notices required to record change etc. Coordinate any responses required with Commercial Manager.
• Liaise with the client, client representatives and other 3rd parties on commercial issues, including the agreement of additional monies.
• Cost management for project/section of works.
• Build and maintain customer confidence.
• Understand allowances for elements of work (preliminaries, materials, subcontract etc.).
• Understanding of cost to end of reporting period and comparison with allowance.
• Understand forecast cost to completion.
• Value management for project/section of works.
• Prepare interim and final accounts.
• Understanding of true value to end of reporting period and comparison with actual cost expended.
• Understanding of forecast final value at completion.
• Change management for section of works.
• Recording of change and allocation of responsibility.
• Evaluation and recovery of any change that is not risk/liability including recovery from 3rd
• Risk and opportunity management for project/section of works.
• Management (with operations team) of known and newly identified risks and opportunities for best project return.
• Identification and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Procurement for project/section of works.
• Ensure all involved in procurement for project understand allowances for items they are responsible for and the procedures to be followed.
• Maintain procurement schedules.
• Prepare subcontract documentation, issue enquiries, and negotiate agreements including interim and final accounts.
• Financial reporting for project/section of works.
• Prepare and issue monthly cost/value reconciliations and cost/forecast reconciliations.
• Prepare cash forecast.
• Prepare quarterly forecasts.
• Support the Commercial Manager for the project.
• Provide training and support for junior commercial staff and operational staff who you are supporting.
• Identification, preparation and negotiation of claims.
• Adherence to policies and procedures.
• Ad hoc duties as job requires.

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