Senior Quantity Surveyor - Ipswich

Balfour Beatty; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to drive the commercial success of major infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to work on significant civil engineering works with a focus on profitability and effective cost management. Join a company that values stability and growth, providing award-winning training and a supportive culture. You will play a pivotal role in managing contracts, ensuring compliance, and utilizing innovative tools like BIM for project success. If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a collaborative environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Share Plan

Pension

Recognition Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous Annual Leave

Volunteering Leave

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Quantity Surveying required.
• Valid CSCS card and professional membership desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure profitability of projects and develop commercial strategies.
• Monitor costs, manage contracts, and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Provide accurate forecasts and manage subcontract processes.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Construction Law

Negotiation Skills

Cost Management

BIM Utilization

Project Management

Financial Reporting

Subcontract Management

Education

Membership of RICS/InstCES

Relevant Professional Qualification

Tools

MS Office

Contract Management Software

Job description

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About the role

Shape the commercial success of inspiring infrastructure projects as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. You'll join for our stability, award-winning training and huge scope for career development. You'll stay for our culture that feels like family in an organisation that's the biggest of its kind. From community-based projects to the UK's biggest civil engineering works, we've a presence in almost every market. This is your chance to grow with us.

Based out of our newly built Sudbury site office, this exciting new role will be part of East Anglia's BTNO project and would suit someone from either a power or civils engineering background. The project plans to last between 4-5 years, exceeding over £350million in size.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will:

• Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with standard company HSE procedures and work instructions.
• In conjunction with the relevant Project Management team member(s), be accountable for the profitability of the project(s), and develop an appropriate commercial strategy for the project(s) to ensure delivery of required margins.
• Contribute to the management and maintenance of a contract cost reporting system ensuring all financial information is managed and up-to-date and tracked with budget/tender allowances, commitments and deviations highlighted and managed.
• With other members of the team, produce and provide accurate forecasts of project cost to completion and final value.
• Continually monitor projected costs to completion in line with budget. Ensure that necessary interface information between customers, sub-contractors and other departments is provided in a timely manner.
• Monitor cash flow and valuation plan, ensuring applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Ensure contract variations are identified, valued and turned into agreed variation orders with the customer in a timely manner.
• Assist in ensuring effective records are maintained to support claims and that applications for payment for variations are issued in a timely manner.
• Manage the subcontract tender process, including the selection of sub-contractors and provision of all relevant contract and schedule documentation.
• Ensure that subcontracts are placed in an appropriate manner to step down appropriate responsibilities from the Main Contract.
• Ensure that each sub-contractor's account is managed strictly in accordance with their terms and conditions.
• Ensure that any insurance claims are notified in accordance with CSUK requirements and that appropriate data is compiled for insurance claims.
• Assist the Project Management team member(s) in arranging and undertaking project reviews and issue of associated reports.
• Provide accurate monthly reporting of cost and value on the project(s) in line with the Company's reporting process.
• Ensure compliance with BMS and Group Minimum Commercial Expectations.
• Where appropriate and where used on the specified project, utilise BIM to support progress monitoring, provide commercial reporting and incorporate information to support change management, variations orders and encourage all sub-contractors/supply chain members to integrate their work into BIM.
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.

Who we're looking for

Personal Qualities and Experience:

• Previous experience in Quantity Surveying, some of which should have been obtained within a relevant business environment.
• A valid CSCS card is required.
• Membership of a relevant professional body and/or relevant professional qualification is desirable, such as InstCES/RICS.
• Sound working knowledge of construction and contract law and various forms of Conditions of Contract.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of tendering and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of construction techniques on particular projects.
• Ability to apply the knowledge and principles of commercial management to construction projects.
• Working knowledge of basic plant, equipment and materials.
• Knowledge and understanding of sub-contracting principles, together with the ability to draft and administer sub contracts.
• Ability to implement procedures to quantify and cost construction works, including the use of appropriate standard methods of measurement.
• Understanding of the requirements to provide and obtain Insurance, Bonds and Warranties.
• Proficiency in administration, writing, numeracy, IT and MS Office.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Enthusiasm and results focus, together with an ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Effective negotiation skills - both with internal and external customers.

Why work for us

If you're inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you'll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now.