Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Manage subcontractors, contracts, cost plans, and commercial notices for construction projects.

Key Responsibilities

• cost planning
• oracle analysis
• monthly reporting
• subcontract management
• change management
• client coordination

Tasks

-Produce and maintain a detailed ‘Cost Plan’, tracking and forecasting expenditure, including detailed schedules of Subcontractor ‘liabilities’ and use of Oracle based cost analyses. -Apply the principles of ‘Doing the right thing’ in maximising value and profit. Be available to assist estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise -Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems. -Liaise with operational and engineering staff to ensure site records are kept to the standard required. -Produce and issue all commercial notices, to both the Client and Subcontractors, as required by the form of contract. -Produce, submit, and agree monthly applications, to the Client, in accordance with the form of contract. -Produce detailed monthly reports and Cost Value Reconciliation’s (CVR) as required by the business unit or project. -Produce Subcontract documentation including negotiation of terms and conditions, prices, and programme. -Manage change in a timely manner in accordance with the form of contract, including the production and submission of Compensation Event Quotations. -Management of subcontract works packages including, interim assessments of the amount due and subsequent change management. -Attending weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with the client and subcontractors. -Participate in creating a safe working environment

Requirements

• nec4
• excel
• cemar
• oracle
• time management
• stakeholder management

What You Bring

-NEC4 Option A form of contract – experience of NEC preferred but not essential. -First class time and outcome management skills. -Strong IT skills including Excel, Word & Contractual and Cost Management Systems (CEMAR, Oracle). Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities. -Solid knowledge of construction processes. -Good appreciation of standard forms of contract.

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Benefits

-Comprehensive pension plan -A wide range of corporate discounts -Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays -Cycle to Work schemes -Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it -Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role -Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme

About Galliford Try

-a national construction powerhouse with a history tracing back to two century‑old local builders. -now focusing on Building, Infrastructure (including Highways and Environment), and Specialist Services, delivering projects such as schools, hospitals, water barriers, and road networks. -expanded through strategic acquisitions—Morrison Construction in 2006, Miller Construction in 2014, and water and specialist services firms since 2021—to broaden its technical capabilities. -delivers projects in sectors like education, health, defence, justice facilities, major highways, water treatment infrastructure, fire‑safety upgrades, and digital infrastructure. -retains dual brands—Galliford Try in England & Wales and Morrison Construction in Scotland—to maintain regional strength. -has shown strong growth, recovering from COVID, reinstating dividends in 2021, and aiming to exceed £2.2 billion in revenue and achieve a 4% operating margin by 2030.

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