Senior Quantity Surveyor

MWH Treatment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their dynamic Commercial team in Cambridge. This role offers hybrid working options and involves managing costs, ensuring compliance, and fostering stakeholder relationships. You'll play a critical role in delivering large-scale projects while maintaining quality and safety standards. If you have a passion for the water sector and possess strong negotiation and interpersonal skills, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a company that values diversity and supports your career growth while making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Hybrid Working Options

Car or Car Allowance

25 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Health and Private Medical Insurance

Cycle Schemes

Discounts

Kids Pass

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and deliver projects within budget.
• Experience with NEC contracts and complex cost breakdown structures.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial challenge and recommendations to achieve project outperformance.
• Manage commercial aspects of work packages and ensure compliance with governance.

Skills

Presentation Skills

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Interpersonal Skills

Cost Management

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Degree in Engineering

Chartered Surveyor Status

Job description

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About The Role

We are seeking to strengthen our Commercial team with a Senior Quantity Surveyor based in Cambridge & Peterborough, with hybrid working options available.

You will report directly to the MQS and will be responsible for:

• Providing commercial challenge and recommendations as part of an integrated delivery team to achieve outperformance.
• Managing the commercial and cost aspects of various work packages within the project.
• Serving as the commercial conscience of the team, supporting delivery management and on-site teams.
• Ensuring operations control costs, maximize value, minimize liabilities, maintain quality and safety standards, and ensure compliance with governance procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate, robust cost plans aligned with scope.
• Reporting within the commercial calendar and adhering to work and cost breakdown structures.
• Assisting estimators with robust estimates, risk allowances, and data transfer to procurement systems.
• Managing subcontracts in accordance with contract requirements, including proper documentation and communication.
• Collaborating with the Procurement team on strategy development and monitoring.
• Engaging with the site team regularly to manage allowances, outputs, and communicate changes.
• Providing live forecasts, monitoring actual costs against baselines, and reporting variances.
• Ensuring efficiencies are reflected in reporting tools and providing variance analysis and resolutions.
• Keeping records of deliveries and ensuring contractual understanding across the team.
• Assisting with risk mitigation plans and administering contracts properly.
• Reporting commercial issues, managing disputes, and maintaining proper records for audits.
• Leading, guiding, and mentoring team members, fostering a collaborative culture.
• Managing change administration with supply chain partners and clients.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Managing Quantity Surveyor.

About You

Essential

• Excellent presentation, influencing, and negotiation skills across diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to build partnerships and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Experience in delivering large projects within scope, time, and budget constraints.
• Experience managing costs within a complex Cost Breakdown Structure and familiarity with NEC contracts.
• Understanding of water-water processes.
• Valid Driving License and relevant CSCS Card.

Desirable

• Degree in engineering, management, or related discipline.
• Chartered surveyor or working towards chartered status.

About Us

MWH Treatment is a design and build provider in the water sector, employing over 1400 staff across multiple regional centers, supporting various frameworks and joint ventures.

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. We support initiatives like the Armed Forces Covenant and Mates in Mind, reflecting our commitment to our employees' well-being and community engagement.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working options
• Car or car allowance (dependent on role)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy additional days
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health and private medical insurance
• Additional benefits such as cycle schemes, discounts, and Kids Pass