Quantity Surveyor in Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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Quantity Surveyor
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Quantity Surveyor within our Rail Infrastructure business. This is a unique opportunity to join a first in class programme for the railway sector - digitalizing and modernising the railway.
You will be responsible for providing a dedicated and professional pre and post contract commercial management service supporting the Wales and West portfolio. Reporting into the Senior Commercial Manager.
The role.
- Provide post contract commercial support for designated packages of work, including subcontract, materials, and direct labour
- Ensure projects are successfully delivered within cost and time constraints
- Assist with commercial management of various work packages as directed. These may include Design, Installation, Test & Commission, Materials, Telecoms, Electrification, Power, Plant, Professional Services, Civil Engineering and Permanent Way
- Be responsible for work package change control and management
- Provide key commercial interface for responsible work package manager
- Provide contractual and commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering
- Be responsible for work package cost management, including forecasting, budget management and control
- Monitor and actively manage and mitigate work package risks
- Provide input to internal and external commercial reports as required by Commercial Delivery Strategy
- Ensure processes and document control align with the appropriate company standards
- Work with and collaborate with key partners, e.g.: finance, project management, engineering, sub-contractors, suppliers, and client
- Be responsible for maintaining auditable records for responsible work packages in accordance with contractual requirements
- Act as a primary interface to work package managers, key partners and suppliers
What do you need to qualify for this role?
- Substantial Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator experience 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
- Ability to estimate change / variations using various methods
- Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete
- Good negotiation skills with ability to manage expectations
- Ability to manage commercial strategies
- Strong communicator with excellent written and oral communications skills
- Good financial and commercial acumen
- Ability to work under own initiative with limited supervision and under cost or time critical conditions
- Good contractual knowledge and experience
- Confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels
Unrestricted
- Ability to operate effectively within a team environment
- Strong computing skills in MS word, excel, project and MS Outlook
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