Senior Quantity Surveyor

We are currently looking for a Senior QS with rail industry experience for a contract role based in Derby.  This is a contract role for an initial period of 12 months and is outside of IR35.

Job Role:

• Being responsible for project work package change control, cost/budget management, forecasting and mitigating risks
• Being the key commercial interface for responsible work package manager and providing contractual and commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering
• Providing input to internal and external commercial reports as required by Commercial Delivery Strategy
• Ensuring processes and document control align with the appropriate company standards
• Maintaining auditable records in accordance with contractual requirements
• Working and collaborating with key partners in finance, project management, engineering, sub-contractors, suppliers, and clients

Requirements:

• Having previous (Senior) Quantity Surveyor experience working within a contractor side project environment ideally within a similar or related industry e.g. rail, engineering, construction
• Being degree qualified and/or hold or working towards professional qualification (i.e., RICS, ICES)
• Handling subcontract costs; estimating change / variations; forecasting cost and measuring cost of work complete
• Having strong negotiation skills and ability to manage commercial strategies
• Working with limited supervision and under own initiative under cost or time critical conditions; managing expectations
• Being confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels