Our Water sector contractor are seeking Quantity Surveyors in the Thames Valley region on a permanent basis with a mix of site/ Reading office/remote working.
Our client is growing their Commercial team for their Thames Water AMP8 framework, to meet a greatly enlarged programme of works between 2025 and 2030. They have already been allocated circa £250m of projects across the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire and Thames Valley regions.
This is a great opportunity to join the team delivering on Treatment Works within this area. Projects are a mix of civil, mechanical, electrical and IC scopes and range between £2.5m to £25m in size.
Responsibilities
- Provide commercial management on low to medium risk / complexity projects including the following tasks:
- Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Senior Quantity Surveyor / Managing Quantity Surveyor (functional reporting).
- Complete monthly internal CVR updates informed by robust cost forecasting
- Liaising with Contracts Managers on the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
- Undertake subcontract procurement from cradle to grave (enquiry packages, bid analysis and recommendations, Subcontract drafting and Subcontract management through to final account).
- Supervising, mentoring and encouraging junior staff in their personal professional development.
- Ensuring consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the Contract are given in an expedient manner.
- Compilation and submission of monthly Applications for Payment to the Client including negotiation of interim certified amounts.
- Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
- Responsible for managing meetings where appropriate.
- Complete accurate internal cash flow forecast updates
- Complete external reporting to the Client including Value of Work Done and cash flow forecasting.
- Ensure disciplined change control and management both domestic with the supply chain and external with the client.
- Ensure the successful negotiations of Main Contract Final Accounts.
- Undertake robust cost control including management of accruals, actual cost allocations and challenge.
- Provide commercial support to the project operations team including regular site presence.
Skills/experience/qualifications
- Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
- Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
- Good knowledge of standard forms of contract - NEC essential
- Ability to negotiate with clients/sub-contractors and draft sub contracts.
- Knowledge of CIS.
- Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Awareness of dispute procedures.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
- Experience of working on live projects and final accounts
- Experience of value engineering.
- Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
- Experience of procuring major works subcontracts
- Professional membership of recognised institute e.g. RICS (desirable)
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word & PowerPoint and industry standard Common Data Environment, financial and Project Management systems.
- Experience of mentoring junior staff.
- Experience of working on Water Treatment projects highly desirable.
Benefits
- Salary 45-55k
- Car Allowance
- 45 hour working week
- 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
- 3 additional long service days achieved after 3, 7 and 10 years
- Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
- Life Assurance
- Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave
- 2 days volunteering opportunities
- Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Professional membership fees paid
