Civil Quantity Surveyor
Posted Today by Astute People
£550 Per day
Outside
Onsite
Essex
Summary: The role of Civil Quantity Surveyor involves overseeing the commercial aspects of an Energy from Waste project in Essex, focusing on various project packages including structural steelwork and civil works. The position requires managing costs, preparing valuations, and ensuring compliance with contract administration. The role is primarily on-site and demands experience in large industrial projects. The contract is for a minimum of 12 months and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee commercial aspects of remaining project packages including structural steelwork, cladding, and administration building fit-out works
- Provide commercial support across minor civil works and associated infrastructure elements
- Administer and manage preliminaries packages, including scaffolding, design services, and other site-wide costs
- Assist in the close-out of the main civil works account, ensuring all final accounts are accurately prepared, agreed, and settled
- Prepare, submit, and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts with clients and subcontractors
- Monitor and control project costs, identifying risks, variations, and opportunities to maintain budget compliance
- Manage subcontractor procurement, including tendering, analysis, and appointment
- Review and assess variations, change orders, and compensation events
- Ensure timely and accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and cash flow management
- Liaise closely with site teams, project managers, and commercial leads to ensure alignment on project delivery
- Maintain accurate commercial records and documentation in line with company procedures
- Support the commercial team with contract administration and compliance
- Attend site regularly (primarily full-time on-site role initially) to monitor progress and provide hands-on commercial support
Key Skills:
- Experience in large, heavy industrial projects
- Degree qualified (advantageous)
- Strong commercial acumen and cost management skills
- Ability to prepare and negotiate valuations and final accounts
- Proficient in contract administration and compliance
- Excellent communication and liaison skills with project teams
- Strong analytical skills for assessing variations and change orders
- Ability to monitor project costs and manage budgets effectively
Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: Essex
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Astute's Power team are looking to recruit a Civil Quantity Surveyor on an Energy from Waste Project in Essex on a 12 month minimum contract.
Key skills
- Oversee commercial aspects of remaining project packages including structural steelwork, cladding, and administration building fit-out works
- Provide commercial support across minor civil works and associated infrastructure elements
- Administer and manage preliminaries packages, including scaffolding, design services, and other site-wide costs
- Assist in the close-out of the main civil works account, ensuring all final accounts are accurately prepared, agreed, and settled
- Prepare, submit, and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts with clients and subcontractors
- Monitor and control project costs, identifying risks, variations, and opportunities to maintain budget compliance
- Manage subcontractor procurement, including tendering, analysis, and appointment
- Review and assess variations, change orders, and compensation events
- Ensure timely and accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and cash flow management
- Liaise closely with site teams, project managers, and commercial leads to ensure alignment on project delivery
- Maintain accurate commercial records and documentation in line with company procedures
- Support the commercial team with contract administration and compliance
- Attend site regularly (primarily full-time on-site role initially) to monitor progress and provide hands-on commercial support
Must be experienced within above packages on large, heavy industrial projects.
Degree qualified (advantageous)
Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Civil Quantity Surveyor role
Essex
Immediate Start
12 Months min
Outside IR35
INDPOW
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