Senior Quantity Surveyor

BAM UK & Ireland; Selby; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living away allowance

Package benefits

Job summary

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for the EGL2 project based at the Drax site in Selby, North Yorkshire. You will lead commercial activities, manage subcontractors, and mentor the commercial team to deliver value and profitability on a landmark HVDC project.

The role requires strong contract negotiation skills, collaboration with the client and project managers, and the ability to drive financial performance across multi-site subsea works.

Qualifications

• Mentoring and coaching direct reports.
• Negotiating contracts for profitability and value.
• Maintaining collaborative relationships with project team and client.
• Contributing to commercial strategy and risk management.
• Relevant qualification (Degree, HNC/D)

Responsibilities

• Manage projects for quality, timeliness and cost effectiveness with value adds.
• Collaborate on joint venture projects and build relationships with partners.
• Lead contract negotiations to optimize profitability.
• Mentor teams and develop commercial capability across the site.
• Provide commercial input to client representatives and supply chain partners.
• Produce regular cost reports and financial assessments.

Skills

Mentoring

Contract negotiation

Commercial management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree, HNC/D

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM UK & Ireland’s Infrastructure segment is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Quantity Surveyor to strengthen our team on a landmark civil engineering project — the Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2). This role will be based at our Drax site in Wren Hall, Selby (North Yorkshire). EGL2 is a five-year initiative (we are in year 2 of that 5-year period) that will see the construction of a 525kV, 2GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea transmission cable, running from Peterhead, Scotland, to Wren Hall, Selby (North Yorkshire). Once complete, it will become the longest HVDC cable in the UK and the largest transmission project ever undertaken in the country, delivering enough renewable energy to power two million UK homes.

Your team

• A living-away allowance will be provided for working away from home, along with other package benefits

Making Possible

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the following:

• Managing diverse projects, ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness, with an emphasis on adding value
• Collaborating in joint venture projects, building productive relationships
• Excelling in contract negotiation for optimized project profitability
• Mentoring teams and enhancing operational capabilities
• Showcasing exceptional collaboration and communication skills
• Excelling in multitasking to meet deliverables without compromising quality
• Manage, supervise and mentor your “reports” within the commercial structure
• Provide and control strategy of commercial contacts with client’s representatives
• Provide commercial contact with supply chain partners through pre-contract meetings, contract vetting and input to subcontract documents
• Commercial management of subcontractors
• Monitor the timely production of reliable cost performance data
• Produce and present monthly / quarterly reports
• Be responsible for the timely production of appropriate levels of applications for payments in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of contract
• Providing commercial advice to the site team, and management on all contractual issues
• Produce the financial assessment of insurance claims with insurer’s representatives

What do you bring to the role?

Necessary

• Successful experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, or at Quantity Surveyor level looking to take the next step in your career, demonstrating effective core commercial skills
• Demonstrable ability to mentor and coach direct reports
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with the project team including the Client, Project Managers and Designers
• Have the confidence and ability to work within a team environment, and to have a positive influence on outcomes.
• Relevant qualification (Degree, HNC/D)

Advantageous

• Experience of FIDIC form of contracts
• Early Contractor Involvement experience
• Experience of target cost contracts
• Relevant Professional qualification (CICES/RICS)

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe. We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.