Quantity Surveyor in London, London, United Kingdom
London, London, United Kingdom |
GBP £300 to £400 per day |
Contract
Quantity Surveyor needed for London Underground projects to start immediately. Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager, you will be engrained within the project's commercial team and will be directly responsible for maximising contract entitlement, providing expert support to the relevant teams. You will also assist in the learning and development of junior/graduate surveyors, managing the preparation of commercial events and continuously recommending proposed actions. You will be office based for this role but will also be required to travel to site, offices or other associated meetings from time to time.
Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
* Creation and development of templates and to accurately estimate construction costs for tendering purposes.
* Negotiate new Contracts with the bids and tenders team. Vet Client contracts to ensure contractual terms are reasonable.
* Build a QS resource capable to meet the needs of the business. Ensure each project has sufficient Commercial/QS resource to manage commercial and contractual matters. This may include recruiting QS's, appointing interim or contract QS's to support individual contracts and mentoring other staff on how to deal with commercial or contractual issues.
* Prepare cash flow forecasts on a project by project basis.
* Working with project managers, site managers, project engineers and by carrying out site visits, have a good understanding of actual progress from site and ensure appropriate commercial records are being kept to support any variations and/or claims.
* Identify when Client variations, claims, extensions of time, acceleration and prolongation claims arise. Prepare claims and present to Client in a timely manner and as per the contract.
* Lead Procurement and Supply Chain Management. Cascade contractual obligations into the supply chain.
* Capture cost information and put a Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process in place on a project by project basis. Organise regular contract review meetings to address any issues affecting expected final margin.
* Put metrics in place to ensure cost and time budgets/targets are being met.
* Final account preparation and negotiation both upstream with Clients and downstream with Suppliers and Sub-contractors.
* Evaluate projects to gather cost and time information to be used to.
If you feel you are suited to this position, please apply with an up to date CV.
Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):
* Creation and development of templates and to accurately estimate construction costs for tendering purposes.
* Negotiate new Contracts with the bids and tenders team. Vet Client contracts to ensure contractual terms are reasonable.
* Build a QS resource capable to meet the needs of the business. Ensure each project has sufficient Commercial/QS resource to manage commercial and contractual matters. This may include recruiting QS's, appointing interim or contract QS's to support individual contracts and mentoring other staff on how to deal with commercial or contractual issues.
* Prepare cash flow forecasts on a project by project basis.
* Working with project managers, site managers, project engineers and by carrying out site visits, have a good understanding of actual progress from site and ensure appropriate commercial records are being kept to support any variations and/or claims.
* Identify when Client variations, claims, extensions of time, acceleration and prolongation claims arise. Prepare claims and present to Client in a timely manner and as per the contract.
* Lead Procurement and Supply Chain Management. Cascade contractual obligations into the supply chain.
* Capture cost information and put a Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process in place on a project by project basis. Organise regular contract review meetings to address any issues affecting expected final margin.
* Put metrics in place to ensure cost and time budgets/targets are being met.
* Final account preparation and negotiation both upstream with Clients and downstream with Suppliers and Sub-contractors.
* Evaluate projects to gather cost and time information to be used to.
If you feel you are suited to this position, please apply with an up to date CV.