Job summary

Quantity Surveyors & Senior Quantity Surveyors UK wide

Exciting opportunities available in London, Birmingham, Plymouth, and Oxford! Join our Commercial Team and play a key role in delivering major infrastructure projects, including HS2.

Key skills required for this role

Quantity Surveyors & Senior Quantity Surveyors/ Surveying Rail Infrastructure

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Quantity Surveyors & Senior Quantity Surveyors/ Surveying Rail Infrastructure

Job description

Our client, a leading provider of sustainable mechanical, electrical, and telecommunication engineering solutions in the Rail sector, is seeking multiple Quantity Surveyors & Senior Quantity Surveyors for locations including London, Midlands and South West.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with and support the Project Manager(s) to ensure projects meet commercial and financial targets.
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with client and supplier counterparts.
• Contribute to regular and accurate reporting to the Commercial Manager for PHR/CVR/Cash Flow/Weekly Updates.
• Accountable for project budgets and responsible for determining regular commercial forecasts.
• Carry out valuations for initial, interim, and final payment applications.
• Manage project sub-contractor and supplier accounts in line with agreed contracts and upstream contractual requirements.
• Identify, notify, value, and agree on changes (variations, compensation events, claims).
• Work with the Commercial Manager to maximise the recovery of all contractual entitlements.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms, particularly regarding notices and applications.
• Maintain contemporary records for use in supporting claims, extensions of time, and evaluation of variations.
• Support tender processes as required.
• Promote and maintain professional working relationships.
• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimise commercial impacts.

Job Requirements:

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience with standard forms of contract.
• Adept knowledge of MS packages, including Excel, Project, and Word.
• Understanding of valuation techniques for construction works, including elemental cost analysis.
• Ability to use programme analysis and measurement of Earned Value.
• Understanding of accounting concepts and forecasting cost and value based on programme and scope of works.
• Experience with tools for project and business cost management, including cost-saving techniques.

Desired:

• Detailed knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Knowledge of JCT contracts.

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Educated to A-Level standard or equivalent.

Desired:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Professional memberships such as RICS, CIOB, ICES, or equivalent.
• Holds a valid CSCS card.
• Holds a full UK driver's license.

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and yearly appraisals
• Travel expenses to locations outside of your contracted location
• Perkbox, giving you 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, and wellbeing tools
• 3x Life Assurance covered under our Group Life Assurance scheme, provided by Canada Life
• Private Medical Insurance scheme, provided by BUPA, inclusive of an online private GP
• Pension scheme (4% ER and 5% EE)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (3-4 to be used for Christmas shutdown)

If you have experience in Quantity Surveying and a passion for contributing to rail projects, apply now to join our client's dynamic Commercial team in one of the listed locations.