Senior Quantity Surveyor

Role Brief

The role of a Senior Quantity Surveyor is to manage all assigned commercial activities within the project environment.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be involved with all aspects of the project lifecycle, seeking to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money whilst achieving the required standards and quality in accordance with contract and Customer's and/or Contract Leader expectations.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will join the Project Wide Services Team and will manage all the commercial and contractual functions of a number of subcontract packages across the main works.

They will be working closely with the operational package leads and all the Asset leads across the 22 sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertaking the efficient and effective management and issuing of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence
• Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Contract Leader
• Preparation and agreement of applications for payment or the assessment & preparation of payment certificates.
• Maintaining registers of variations, delay, extension times and claims
• Compliant and consistent implementation of the Companys commercial policies and procedures.
• Assist with preparation of monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed.
• Interfacing with Customer's commercial and project teams
• Produce pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary
• Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Leader Reports (including CVR)
• Review value management and advise on Risk management
• Prepare supply chain enquiries, negotiate, administer and finalise / close out supply chain contracts.
• Plan and implement change management and cost control.

Required qualifications, skills, behaviours and attributes

• Extensive Commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working
• A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving
• Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge.
• CSCS Card