Senior Quantity Surveyor

Accenture UK; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture – Cardiff is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team. You will support pre and post contract activities, focusing on NEC3 contracts, cost control and procurement for high-profile programmes in data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals.

You’ll contribute to financial reporting, contractual negotiations and land agreement terms, while collaborating with project managers and contracts teams to achieve budget and value delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in NEC3 contracts and pre/post contract surveying.
• Strong financial management and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder and contract negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre and post contract QS support on projects and programmes.
• Bring NEC3 contract knowledge to estimate, budget control and payment processes.
• Manage procurement events/ITT, negotiate commercial terms and final accounts.
• Support land agreements negotiation and financial terms.
• Coordinate with contracts managers to ensure budget alignment and cost recovery.

Skills

Contract management

Cost management

Procurement

Negotiation

Financial reporting

Education

Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent

Job description

Role Senior Quantity Surveyor

Accenture – Cardiff

Career level - Specialist

For our team, this unlocks a wealth of opportunity:

• Access to world-class resources and technology, enhancing how we deliver capital projects
• Involvement in high-profile programmes across sectors such as data centres, energy, and pharmaceuticals
• Career development at scale, with exposure to international clients and cutting-edge project environments
• A platform for innovation, as we continue to challenge traditional consultancy models and lead digital transformation

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team. You’ll be joining Soben at an exciting time, playing a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth targets. Supporting one of our key Construction clients in the region, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects in our business.

In this role you will:

• Provide the necessary pre and post contract quantity surveying / commercial support on a range of one-off projects and programmes of work. We are looking for a candidate who has working knowledge of the relevant conditions of contract (primarily NEC3 suite), along with experience in estimating, cost and budget management, contract administration and payment and expenditure management.
• Project Focus: Predominantly be working on compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain projects and:
• Financial Management: Be responsible for detailed financial management and reporting
• Contract Negotiation and Management: Work alongside Compensatory Planting Project Manager to negotiate and manage terms of compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain contracts.
• Procurement Management: Manage procurement events/ITTs including initial enquiry, contract negotiation/agreement, post contract management and agreement of final account
• Land Agreement Negotiation: Work alongside Compensatory Planting Project Manager to assist negotiation and management of financial terms of land agreements.
• Coordination with Contracts Managers: Liaise with all capital projects contracts managers to ensure all compensatory planting and biodiversity net gain contracts are delivered within project budgeting and cost recovery via Ofgem allowances in so far as possible.
• Commercial Acumen and Skills: Strong commercial acumen with well-developed interpersonal, problem-solving, communication and negotiation skills with demonstrable experience delivering large projects/programmes of work.
• Contract Management Support: Reporting to the Procurement & Commercial Manager or Senior Contract Manager the Contract Manager will support the Project Manager and Procurement & Commercial Manager/Senior Contract Manager to deliver strategies and contracts, providing robust post contract commercial management which will support the project goals and objectives.
• Departmental KPI Support: Support the delivery of departmental KPIs and objectives such as savings in total cost of ownership, value engineering and safety performance.
• Deadline and Pressure Management: Possess the ability to work to tight deadlines, under pressure whilst still delivering quality output and prioritise requirements where necessary. A keen eye to detail is a must as well as the ability to work methodically through a demanding workload. You will need to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and hold the ability to influence and negotiate with users outside your own sphere of responsibility.

We are looking for candidates who have working knowledge of the relevant conditions of contract (primarily NEC3 suite) along with experience in estimating, cost and budget management, contract administration and payment and expenditure management. To be considered for this role, the individual should have:

Requirements

• Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years’ experience of managing contracts on projects or programmes of work of £5-£100M
• Professional qualifications – MRICS desirable

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping to drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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