Are you looking for the opportunity to work for a highly well respected and successful first tier contractor in the rail industry?

Ford & Stanley - The Rail Recruitment Experts are recruiting a Quantity Surveyor in Manchester for the largest signalling contractor in the UK to work on several projects with values between £20 - £25 million.

The Opportunity

To provide our client with post contract commercial support for designated packages of work, including subcontract, materials and direct labour and to ensure projects are successfully delivered within cost and time constraints.

Location

Manchester

Role and Responsibilities

• Assist with commercial management of various work packages as directed
• Design, Installation, Test & Commission, Materials, Telecoms, Electrification, Power, Plant, Professional Services, Civil Engineering and Permanent Way
• Responsible for work package change control and management
• Provides key commercial interface for responsible work package manager
• Provide contractual & commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering
• Responsible for work package cost management, including forecasting, budget management and control
• Monitor and actively manage and mitigate work package risks
• Provides Input to internal and external commercial reports as required by Commercial Delivery Strategy & ensure processes and document control complies with the appropriate Company standards
• Establish and maintain interfaces with key stakeholders - e.g. finance, project management, engineering, sub-contractors, suppliers and client
• Responsible for maintaining auditable records for responsible work packages in accordance with contractual requirements

The Candidate

• Previous experience in a Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator role, working within a contractor side project environment
• Experience ideally gained in a similar or related industry e.g. rail, engineering, defence, construction, IT etc
• Degree qualified or equivalent and/or hold or working towards professional qualification (RICS, IACCM or similar)
• Strong track record in a contractor side, project environment
• Able to manage both direct labour and subcontract costs and the ability to estimate change / variations using various methods
• Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete
• Good negotiation skills & a strong communicator with excellent written and oral communications skills
• Good financial and commercial acumen
• Ability to work under own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions & good Contractual knowledge and experience
• Confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels
• Ability to operate effectively within a team environment
• Strong computing skills in MS word, excel, project and MS Outlook

Closing Date: 19th February 2017

Likely Job Titles

Quantity Surveyor, QS, Estimator, Cost Engineer, Contract Manager