Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Your new company
One of the UK's leading
construction companies operating across multiple sectors including;
Build, Civils, Defence, Energy and Aviation, working on a wide range
of projects from schools and universities to flood defence and
highways
Your new role
As one of the
stakeholders within the Anglian Water framework, they provide both
design and construction services across the whole of Anglian Water's
region, which is the largest by geographic area in the UK, stretching
across Lincolnshire and East Anglia. Work is mainly focussed on clean
water infrastructure (water mains), but also includes wastewater
infrastructure and both water and wastewater non-infrastructure
projects, such as treatment works and pumping stations.
They
are now looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team,
reporting into the Commercial Manager for the commercial and cost
management of a project or programme of projects from inception
through to close out. You will be commercially conscious to the
delivery team, providing commercial support to both the delivery
management and on-site delivery teams.
Responsibility to ensure
that operations are carried out to control costs, maximising value,
minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of
quality and safety.
Working as part of a delivery team providing
commercial challenge and recommending actions to achieve and create an
environment of out performance.
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, some
of the key duties include:
- Assist the programme area estimating team to ensure robust estimates are provided that align to scope and make allowance for risks and opportunities including any necessary analysis, transfer of data to procurement system and cost base.
- Subcontracts are properly prepared & reflect agreed scope. Subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, early warnings, compensation events, programme submissions etc., that all contract files are maintained & kept up to date.
- Work closely with the procurement team, Construction Manager and Project Delivery Manager to develop & monitor procurement strategy.
- Work closely with the site team attending site regularly to ensure they are aware of and can manage the allowances and outputs, provide robust challenge to achieve outperformance, communicate change control and escalate when necessary.
- Accurate live forecasting taking into account the programme and reporting in accordance with the respective work breakdown structure / cost breakdown structure.
- Actual costs are monitored and assessed against baseline, value of work done, solution cost progress, affordability challenges and final outturn calculations, reporting either weekly or otherwise as agreed with the Commercial Manager.
- Provide reports on actual costs vs. estimate & identifying underlying reasons for any variance & resolutions, in particular highlight, challenge & resolve variance to latest plans.
- Work with the delivery team to assist with project and programme risk mitigation plans are considered, put in place and administered.
- Ensure that the Framework Contract is properly administered, including timely issue of early warnings.
- Any inadmissible costs are not included within the project/programme of project costs.
- Final accounts are prepared timely and accurately.
What you'll
need to succeed
- Degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering/management/cost discipline.
- Extensive
experience in managing costs
What you need to do now
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Senior Quantity Surveyor
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