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A Civil Contractor is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work within their highways division on multi-discipline highways projects in Essex.

Project is a new build, design and build and will consist of civil engineering sub packages.

Salary: £50 - £65,000 + Pkg   Location: Essex
Regions: Cambridgeshire, Essex, South East

• Providing commercial support for a project, working closely with the operational teams.
• Contribute to profitable performance through successful commercial and financial management.
• Reporting to the Commercial Manager on all financial and legal matters.

• Understand the contractual requirements of project documents including the roles and responsibilities of all involved and the notices required to record change etc. Coordinate any responses required with Commercial Manager.
• Liaise with the client, client representatives and other 3rd parties on commercial issues, including the agreement of additional monies.
• Cost management for project/section of works.
• Build and maintain customer confidence.
• Understand allowances for elements of work (preliminaries, materials, subcontract etc.).
• Understanding of cost to end of reporting period and comparison with allowance.
• Understand forecast cost to completion.
• Value management for project/section of works.
• Prepare interim and final accounts.
• Understanding of true value to end of reporting period and comparison with actual cost expended.
• Understanding of forecast final value at completion.
• Change management for section of works.
• Recording of change and allocation of responsibility.
• Evaluation and recovery of any change that is not risk/liability including recovery from 3rd
• Risk and opportunity management for project/section of works.
• Management (with operations team) of known and newly identified risks and opportunities for best project return.
• Identification and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Procurement for project/section of works.
• Ensure all involved in procurement for project understand allowances for items they are responsible for and the procedures to be followed.
• Maintain procurement schedules.
• Prepare subcontract documentation, issue enquiries, and negotiate agreements including interim and final accounts.
• Financial reporting for project/section of works.
• Prepare and issue monthly cost/value reconciliations and cost/forecast reconciliations.
• Prepare cash forecast.
• Prepare quarterly forecasts.
• Support the Commercial Manager for the project.
• Provide training and support for junior commercial staff and operational staff who you are supporting.
• Identification, preparation and negotiation of claims.
• Adherence to policies and procedures.
• Ad hoc duties as job requires.

Essentially must be Degree qualified and come from a civil engineering background, with 7+ years experience or more in a similar role.

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