Senior Quantity Surveyor

Day Rate: £425-450 per day via an umbrella company

Contract length: 12 months plus

Location: Exeter - Dawlish

Start: Immediate

Company Overview:

My client are a leading player in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, delivering world class infrastructure projects.

Working across the rail, highways and energy sectors, they have a customer-focused approach and thrive on applying their expertise to deliver complex, multi-disciplinary, engineering-led projects.

Job Role:

My client are recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team on their Rail based in Dawlish/Exeter Project. Reporting into the project Commercial Manager, the Senior Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for all commercial aspects of a section of the project.

Duties:

• Ensure that the business commercial position is protected using in depth understanding and experience of contractual, commercial, insurance and legal processes.
• Responsible for effective client relationship management to encourage smooth commercial progression of the contract(s).
• Provide liaison with the client, PQS, and senior staff
• Manage and provide development and support to other commercial team members.
• Understand the impact of commercial and technical changes at strategic level within the customer's business industry/sector
• Anticipate and plan change in commercial resource on the project
• Provide commercial support to tendering process when required.
• Prepare the basis of the project procurement schedule and ensure the team contribute and complete their relevant sections.
• Oversee subcontract procurement in accordance with the procurement -timetable, in accordance with the procurement policy.
• Ensure that materials and off site services are procured in an efficient manner with capable organisations in accordance with the procurement policy and procedures and ensure appropriate records are kept.

Person Specification

• Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying
• Experience gained in a quantity surveying role
• Extensive knowledge of NEC contracts
• Professional Membership of RICS or MICES is desired
• Experience gained on building and heavy civils projects is essential
• Experience in cliff netting and soil nailing would be beneficial

If you are interested in this role, please do not hesitate to reach out. This is a long term opportunity on a major rail project in the south coast.

We look forward to hearing from you.