Senior Quantity Surveyor

SNC-Lavalin; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage significant contracts in the nuclear decommissioning sector. The role involves overseeing a £75m p/a spend, developing innovative tools for enhanced performance, and collaborating with various clients and supply chains. Ideal candidates have contractual knowledge, procurement experience, and a background in Quantity Surveying. A flexible working environment and competitive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible holiday allowances

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing NEC3 and/or NEC4 contractual processes.
• Understanding of risk treatment strategies.
• Knowledge of various contract options (e.g. NEC ECC, PSC).

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate significant contractual spend.
• Develop tools to enhance role performance.
• Coordinate procurement delivery strategies.

Skills

Contractual knowledge

Procurement processes

Collaborative behaviours

Risk management knowledge

Construction programme evaluation

Education

Quantity Surveying degree

Tools

CEMAR

Asite

EuroDyn

BravoSolutions

Job description

Job Description Overview

Create a Safer Future for Nuclear.

Join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in our Decommissioning team, part of our Nuclear & Power Division, the most prominent nuclear decommissioning organisation in the UK. You'll deliver excellence for our client’s teams across significant atomic projects, keeping world decommissioning sustainable and safe. Working closely with colleagues, clients, stakeholders and contractors, you'll also enjoy opportunities to mentor colleagues while progressing your career upward.

Decommissioning currently employs over 400 staff supplemented by a strong supply chain and delivers over £40m of revenue per annum through various decommissioning and waste management frameworks and standalone contracts. We have expanded our scope over recent years and the opportunities available to us, across our numerous portfolio areas, are diverse and growing. Our commercial function is required to grow in line with the business to support all aspects of delivery.

This role forms a critical part of the Decommissioning Commercial Team and will be our primary representative throughout an array of our JV Partners, our Supply Chain Partners and our Clients.

Your role

• We lead and support colleagues from across the Decommissioning business (pan‑discipline), to enhance our progressive and sustainable commercial team.
• You will manage and coordinate ~£75m p/a of contractual spend – including coordination and reporting of pan‑organisational information (e.g. Defined Cost, Disallowed Cost, cost covered by Fee, invoicing and timesheets) – operating across multiple contract types – both upwards (Client) and downwards (Subcontractor) facing.
• With support, you will develop and implement world‑leading ‘work‑smart’ tools to automate and enhance your role’s performance – supporting increased productivity and improving wider team performance. This includes potential implementation / testing / utilisation of Artificial Intelligence, Process Automation and Zero‑Time‑Input delivery mechanisms.
• We demonstrate commercial and collaborative leadership across a suite of Clients and Supply Chain Partners, most notably Sellafield Limited, Springfields Fuels Limited, Nuclear Restoration Services, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and UK National Nuclear Laboratories. Your focus will be on enhancing Contract delivery (primarily NEC4), whilst collaboratively resolving the nuances associated with bespoke T&C amendments / contracts.
• You will manage Client commercial interfaces including Early Warnings, Variations (e.g. Compensation Events / Loss & Expense) and conflict avoidance processes with accountability for managing risks and issues – including escalation were beneficial.
• You will coordinate procurement delivery, including proposing strategies, tendering, negotiation and implementation of key Agreements across the AtkinsRéalis Supply Chain (strong focus on Small and Medium Enterprises).
• Together, we guide the Social Value agenda of Decommissioning from a Commercial perspective.
• We deliver upward and downward facing performance incentivisation, optimising our client’s satisfaction alongside increasing AtkinsRéalis’ margin through effective delivery of savings, Commercial excellence and collaborative working practices.
• You will support development of an integrated commercial team by working alongside Project Management and Project Controls throughout the full project, programme and portfolio lifecycle.

About you

• Focussed contractual knowledge – with experience managing contractual processes (NEC3 and/or NEC4 experience preferable).
• Buying capability (Procurement processes, authoring and implementing viable procurement and contracting strategies).
• Demonstration of proactive collaborative behaviours (ISO44001:2017 awareness considered beneficial).
• Experience utilising online contract and commercial management portals (e.g. CEMAR, Asite, EuroDyn, BravoSolutions etc).
• Knowledge and understanding of risk management, with particular focus on Commercial Risk and associated Risk Treatment strategies.
• Understanding and experience in optimising, strategising, selecting, and utilising various contract options (e.g. NEC ECC vs PSC vs TSC vs SC and NEC Main Options A/B/C/D/E/F/G desirable – JCT / FIDIC / equivalent also considered positive).
• Knowledge and capability to conduct basic evaluation and testing of construction / demolition programmes from a Commercial perspective.
• Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management (or equivalent) degree.
• Working towards Chartered Professional Status desirable (MRICS, MCIPS or equivalent).

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world‑class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.