Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

We know that a business only thrives if our people are thriving. That's why we always put our people first. Our global and diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in many ways. Who knows where our joint journey will take you?

Join us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in our Rail Infrastructure business. Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager, you will provide us with post contract commercial support, including subcontract management and change control. You will ensure your elements on the project are successfully delivered within cost and time constraints and act as a primary interface to work with Project Managers, Work Package Managers, Key Stakeholders and Suppliers.

Location: Derby - hyrbid working avaiable with a minimum of 3 days on site per week

Roles and Responsibilities:

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