Our tier 1 Water sector contractor are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support on Thames Water projects along the A34/M4 Thames Valley region on a permanent basis.

The role will be offered on a hybrid basis with working at home permitted as long as the candidate can attend site when required or meetings out of Reading offices on occasion.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will ensure the successful financial completion of projects, protect the exposure of the Company to financial risks, together with adherence to the commercial procedures of the Business. You will be responsible for the commercial management of a section of a large water/wastewater projects or on several smaller projects.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• Ensuring the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter.
• 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.
• Preparing accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approving such drafts as prepared by Commercial Team within the Region.
• 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 various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner.
• Ensuring that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved.
• Assisting Contracts Manager in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract.
• Ensuring prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms).
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Responsible for managing meetings.
• Line management responsibility for members of the commercial team.

Skills/experience/qualifications

• Water industry experience desirable
• NEC contract experience
• Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
• Ability to negotiate with clients/sub contractors and draft sub contracts.
• Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of dispute procedures.
• Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts
• Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
• Professional membership of recognised institute e.g. RICS (desirable)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.

Benefits

• -74-85k basic salary
• Car/car allowance
• 25 days holiday plus bank hols
• Generous company pension contribution
• Hybrid working