Senior Quantity Surveyor

Linear Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor in London. The role involves providing commercial support, ensuring compliance with contracts, and managing commercial team interactions. Ideal candidates should have a degree in Quantity Surveying, experience in civil engineering, and knowledge of contracts. Excellent time management and team collaboration skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in the civil engineering industry required.
• Familiarity with ICE/NEC forms of contract is essential.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of monthly reporting and earned value analysis.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate cost and value reporting.
• Manage commercial team interactions with operational site teams.
• Supervise and mentor Quantity Surveyors.

Skills

Cost management

Team collaboration

Time management

Contractual knowledge

Education

HND/degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Overview

Senior Quantity Surveyor

The Senior Quantity Surveyor is required to provide commercial support to the project team, maintaining commercial information ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and ensuring that the Company's 'Three Pillar' objectives are achieved. They will liaise with customer representatives and other third parties on commercial issues including agreement of variations, claims and any additional payments.

Responsibilities

Reporting

• Ensure robust, accurate and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit level.
• Ensure accurate cash flow reporting takes place.
• Carry out cost management including forecasting.
• Update the monthly CVR, cost and commercial plans and have accountability, along with the project team for the commercial performance and strategy.

Processes

• Help ensure that commercial processes are adhered to across the business unit.
• Actively seek to improve processes and procedures.
• Have a good understanding of the processes and procedures used by any JV/Alliance that we are working within and assist in their development and improvement.

External relationships

• Ensure that any main contracts entered have terms and conditions that are appropriate for Barhale, with commercial risks identified.
• Ensure that the supply chain is engaged appropriately with the correct contract terms and conditions.
• Ensure those good client relationships are fostered. Be responsible for subcontract letting, negotiation and financial accounting.

Internal relationships

• Effectively assist in managing the commercial team, including cost clerks and commercial support staff. Ensure effective interaction between the commercial team and the operational site teams.
• Supervise and mentor Quantity Surveyors.

Key measures & targets

• Accurate monthly forecasting.
• Ability to challenge resources and costs.
• Maintaining deadlines in line with the monthly commercial calendar.

Key relationships

• Commercial Manager/Managing Quantity Surveyor and rest of the commercial team.
• Business Development and Bid Managers.

Person Specification

The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:

Essential

• HND/degree in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent.
• Previous experience in the civil engineering industry.
• Familiarity with ICE/NEC forms of contract NEC3 or NEC4 and knowledge of current Construction Law.
• Extensive experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycles, certificates, and accruals calculations.
• Ability to demonstrate a good knowledge of monthly reporting and earned value analysis.
• Excellent team player whilst also holding the ability to work independently on their initiative.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to encourage and support junior members of the Commercial Team.
• Experience working for Contractors, Water experience, able to deal with large amounts of data for open book forms of contract.

Desirable

• Member of RICS or other relevant professional body, or working towards.
• CSCS card.