Senior Quantity Surveyor

Costain Group PLC; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in smart infrastructure solutions as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. In this role, you will manage commercial activities across various projects, aiming to minimize costs and enhance value while ensuring compliance with contract requirements. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical and negotiation skills, along with a relevant degree accredited by RICS or CICES.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry.
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
• Proven negotiating and team-working skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all assigned commercial activities within the project.
• Prepare applications for payment and agreements.
• Monitor contractual and commercial risks.

Skills

Financial acumen

Contractual knowledge

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Education

RICS / CICES accredited degree

Job description

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JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB DESCRIPTION

The role of a Senior Quantity Surveyor is to manage all assigned commercial activities within the project environment. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be involved with all aspects of the project lifecycle, seeking to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money whilst achieving the required standards and quality in accordance with contract and Customer’s and/or Contract Leader expectations.

This role may work independently, managing a small commercial team or under the direction of and

report to a more senior commercial designation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking the efficient and effective management and issuing of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence.
• Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Contract Leader.
• Preparation and agreement of applications for payment or the assessment & preparation of payment certificates.
• Maintaining registers of variations, delay, extension times and claims.
• Compliant and consistent implementation of the Company's commercial policies and procedures.
• Assist with preparation of monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed.
• Interfacing with Customer’s commercial and project teams.
• Produce pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary.
• Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Leader Reports.
• Review value management and advise on Risk management.
• Prepare supply chain enquiries, negotiate, administer, and finalise / close out supply chain contracts.
• Plan and implement change management and cost control.
• Monitor and update supply chain procurement plan including benchmarking
• Ongoing liaison with site team, supply chain and Customers’ representatives.
• Provide contractual advice to the project / site team as and when appropriate.
• Maintaining awareness of the different construction contracts in current use.
• Understanding the implications of health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager.
  
  

Essential:

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
• Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working.
• Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
• Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports.
• Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
• Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team
• Strong analytical skills
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge
• Confidence and ability to assert influence
  
  

Desirable:

• A creative and innovative approach to problem solving.
• Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies
  
  

Essential:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Holds an RICS / CICES accredited degree
  
  

Desirable:

• Senior Quantity Surveyors will hold or be nearing completion of Full Membership with RICS / CIEC
  
  

ABOUT US

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview .

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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