Senior Quantity Surveyor (13259)

Tilbury Douglas; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tilbury Douglas seeks a commercially focused professional to oversee the financial delivery of projects, protecting the company from financial risk and ensuring adherence to Commercial procedures.

You will manage contracts, prepare/approve subcontracts, monitor performance, lead a commercial team, and drive timely payment applications while resolving disputes.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk assessment and valuation with project teams.
• Experience on live projects and final accounts.
• Experience of value engineering and dispute resolution.
• Experience in procuring major works sub contracts.
• Professional membership of a recognised institute (e.g., MRICS) desirable.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Regional Director/Manager and Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• Ensure timely submission of data to monitor contract performance monthly/quarterly.
• Liaise with Contracts Managers on commercial administration to ensure financial success.
• Prepare or approve sub-contract drafts within Region.
• Mentor and develop junior commercial staff.
• Ensure notices and submissions are made per contract expedients.
• Ensure main contract payment applications and sub-contractor payments are submitted on time.
• Assist in sub-contractor performance to ensure timely completion and cost effectiveness.
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution and meetings.
• Line manage members of the commercial team.

Skills

Commercial management

Valuation & measurement

Contract knowledge

Negotiation

Team leadership

Education

MRICS (desirable)

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Job description

Role Summary

To ensure the successful financial completion of projects, protecting the exposure of the Company to financial risks, together with adherence to the commercial procedures of the Business. Responsible for the commercial management of a section of a large project or on several smaller projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• Ensuring the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter.
• Liaising with Contracts Managers on the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
• Preparing accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approving such drafts as prepared by Commercial Team within the Region.
• Supervising, mentoring and encouraging junior staff in their personal professional development.
• Ensuring consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner.
• Ensuring that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved.
• Assisting Contracts Manager in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract.
• Ensuring prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms).
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Responsible for managing meetings.
• Line management responsibility for members of the commercial team.

What We'll Need From You

• Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
• Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
• Good knowledge of standard forms of contract.
• Proficient in reading drawings, specifications and knowledge of construction process.
• Ability to negotiate with clients/sub contractors and draft sub contracts.
• Knowledge of CIS.
• Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of dispute procedures.

About You

• Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
• Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts
• Experience of value engineering.
• Exposure to resolving disputes.
• Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
• Experience of procuring major works sub contracts
• Professional membership of recognised institute e.g. RICS (desirable)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.
• Experience of working on health, education, mixed use and commercial projects highly desirable.