Our Environmental Specialist client is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their Barton-under Needwood (Staffordshire) team working on river restoration and erosion control projects on a permanent basis.
The Quantity Surveyor will report into the Commercial Manager. 3 days working in client offices would be desirable but remote working applications may be considered.
Projects includes erosion control, river restoration, wetland creation, dredging, spillway and shoreline protection.
Responsibilities
- Supporting an internal team to ensure deliverables and priorities are met, responsible for pre-and post-contract quantity surveying duties
- Support the commercial team with tendering and procuring, including, tender review and pricing
- Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
- Managing financial and commercial delivery of contracts including preparing applications for payment, working with accounts on cash collection, change control, supply chain management through to final account negotiation and agreement
- Provide input with financial reporting including cost value reconciliation of accounts including cash forecast, final costs, monthly liabilities and payments
- Ensure sound contract administration of contracts including adherence to contractual notifications such as early warning, notification of compensation events, payment notices and payless notices, programme submissions, and all other contractual communications
- To ensure maximum flexibility and to reflect the Company's evolving needs, you may be asked to perform additional tasks that may be reasonably expected within your level of capability without additional remuneration
Skills/experience/qualifications
- Organised, driven individual, with strong attention to details
- Team player
- Experience working in a sub-contractor environment highly desirable
- Experience of NEC form of contracts and JCT desirable (NEC option A and B)
- Confidence and experience of managing client relationships
- A wide range of experience from estimating through to project delivery
- Degree qualified ideally or RICS accredited
- Someone able to cover a range of taks from change control, to applications for payments, reviewing contract etc.
Benefits
- Salary circa £55k (open discussion based on interview/experience)
- 31 days all in leave
- 5% pension contribution
- Salary sacrifice options (owned by larger group of companies)
- 40 hour working week
- 3 days in base office with flexible working discussed (remote may be considered)
