Quantity Surveyor

We are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join the growing commercial team supporting our Heathrow airport framework. You will be providing the commercial function on a variety of civil engineering projects and secure infrastructure contracts and operating within a wider team including pre-contract, internal reporting, contract administration and commercial management. Duties will include:

• Providing the commercial function across a wide variety of projects, both within existing frameworks and stand-alone projects, to ensure successful project delivery.
• Working within a team of talented professionals ensuring co-ordination and provision across all aspects of project delivery,
• Undertake pre-contract setup, including forecasting, measurement, sub-contract tendering and procurement,
• Effectively manage the commercial aspects of the project, including valuations, budget monitoring, material/plant reconciliation and contract variations.
• Management and close out of Final Accounts
• Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks
• Maximize cashflow through the control and valuation of works, invoicing and payment process
• Ensure compliance with all legal requirements, including contractual and legislative
• Preparing and reporting thought Monthly Cost Value Reports
• Promoting collaborative and effective teamworking within the client environment
• Assisting and providing commercial/contractual guidance during production of cost significant variations
• Pro-active dispute avoidance and management, This is an exciting time in our continued development and we want to engage with ambitious and talented people interested in joining us. We pride ourselves on high staff retention, mainly down to offering employees a clearly defined career path and the support to excel.
  
  The successful applicant will have gained experience in a similar level role, be well organised with good presentation skills and have the ability to communicate professionally at all levels.
• Degree Qualified in either Quantity Surveying or Construction Management (or equivalent)
• Successfully worked within a team of Quantity Surveyors previously, but equally capable of working alone
• A real eye for the finer details
• Confident IT skills, particularly Excel
• Previous experience with a variety of contract types and NEC forms of contract is desirable
Due to the variety of forms of contract used and complexity of the projects we work on, we prefer applicants for this role to have a background in working on civil infrastructure and/or civil engineering contracts. You will be commercially astute with a history of delivering projects within budget and possess the necessary interpersonal skills to work closely with client and site teams., If you have an ambition and drive then we would be very interested to discuss the opportunity in more detail


• Highly attractive salary
• Bonus scheme
• Private healthcare
• Car or car allowance
• Generous holiday
• Matching Pension
• Clear career path
• Support in your continued training & development