Senior Quantity Surveyor

Take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximizing commercial returns and managing risk.,

• Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit project as it develops.
• Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
• Take ownership for, administer & represent the company in commercial & contractual issues, including but not limited to:
+ Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c & finalising s/c orders, financial & commercially manage to Final Account completion. + Prepare & present forecasts, targets & CV reconciliations. + Prepare & agree valuations, including generating certificates & invoice/payments. + Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress. + Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit & agree Final Account in a timely manner. + Involvement in value engineering & design development
• Maintain & protect JSS commercial & contractual entitlement
• Prelim controls/monitoring - establish & maintain
• Site records/admin & document control
• Insurance & warranties
• Risk/opportunity
+ Review & update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes & consider within any forecast reports + Manage risk arising + Manage opportunity
• CVR - Maintain an independent view in commercial reporting following the Valuation Policy
• Manage & oversee the junior commercial staff.
• Tender - Support & work with the pre-construction department in tenders & 2-stage tenders
• Cash management - ensure timely payment & adequate cash management positions are maintained
• Involvement with & take responsibility for:
+ D&B contracts + Contracts £1-5m + Claims & disputes + Interpretation of contract low
• Take ownership for specific deliverables as advised by the MQS
  
  Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally & in writing
• Manage both people & situations sensitively & to commercial advantage.
• Commercially inventive & astute
• Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness
• Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Have experience mentoring and managing others
• Is able to balance the need to be assertive and pragmatic, when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders
• Able to manage a complex project and/or multiple projects and is responsible for project Delivery Teams
• Able to draft contractual and commercially sensitive correspondence and reports and doing so on a regular basis
• Will have led the commercial delivery of a large project or a section of a major project with a team of Quality Surveyors
• Effectively tailors communications to local audiences and can articulate complex ideas and facts into a simple structure in most situations
• Can provide detailed advice on contract conditions, undertake tender scrutiny/vetts, identify issues that require legal advice, and manage the resolution of contractual issues. Has a detailed working knowledge of bonds, guarantees, warranties, insurances, letters of intent and other common contractual mechanisms
• Lead the procurement, negotiation and letting of complex sub-contracts. Can supervise the preparation of documents for complex main contracts, Commercial appreciation
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS)
• Leadership & delegation skills
• Introduction to management
• Legal appreciation / overview
• CPD - Legislation & Industry Trends
• CVR appreciation
• Presentation & communication skills
• Network rail NR contracts, JCT & NEC
Desirable Qualifications/Training
• CICES/RICS
• CSCS Card
  
  John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.
  
  Competitive Salary with yearly increase
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
• Employer pension
• Death in service - life assurance
• Competitive mileage rate
• Travel expenses
• Flexible and remote working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Professional and Educational development
Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.