Managing Quantity Surveyor - Water / Utilities Sector

Overview

Lead quantity surveying for water/utilities projects, managing contracts and costs.

Key Responsibilities

• cost monitoring
• final accounts
• financial forecasting
• risk management
• value engineering
• contract administration

Tasks

-Proactively monitor and manage cost variance and contract cash flow to ensure that applications are made correctly and on time through all gateways to minimise cost and scope changes during the project life cycle. -Ensuring that final accounts are audited, negotiated and agreed. Manage relationships and collaborate with clients and external stakeholders to ensure client satisfaction and create new business opportunities. Managing junior team members, and leading people and commissions as needed. -Work within established financial systems to provide accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget. -Establishing professional relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support. -Provide advice on and manage Risk and value management/meetings as required for the projects. -Collaborating with client and commercial teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering. -Manage and administer the post-contract administration of NEC & IChemE contracts, including assessment of contractual change and payments, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practices.

Requirements

• civil infrastructure
• degree
• mrics
• nec
• procurement
• leadership

What You Bring

-Experience in civil infrastructure (water/utilities experience desirable). -Ideally, degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Ideally professional body membership, MRICS or working towards chartership. -NEC/ IChemE Contract experience (or demonstratable knowledge). -Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering. -Good knowledge of specialised fields, including construction processes and cost and commercial management in a consultancy setting. -Experience in managing, coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues and emerging leadership skills. -Experience leading business development and, or account management activities for major construction clients.

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Security Clearance

-may require security clearance; vetting performed by uksv. -candidates must provide proof of at least 5 years uk residency for clearance.