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MRD Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting a Quantity Surveyor on behalf of our Engineering client, who are a global leader in their respective field. Reporting into the Site Director, the Quantity Surveyor will be based in Polmont 5 days a week.
The successful Quantity Surveyor, based in Polmont, will join this exciting business and help to provide the cost assurance function on all contractor spend.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Ensure that the commercial management of Contracts and Contractors (Term and non-Term) is carried out fairly and to the highest ethical standards whilst at all times protecting the Business's commercial/contractual position and enhancing its reputation.
- Manage the relationship with each Contractor to ensure timely resolution of any variation to maintain good commercial relationships with all Service suppliers.
- Interrogate and manipulate complex monthly spend data to ensure good value is achieved for each Contract
- Produce timely Contractor Value-Of-Work-Done (VoWD), forecasting updates and Contractor Cost Reports.
- Control/approve interim payments to Contractors within approval levels
- Analyse spend data to make recommendations regarding contractual disputes, interfacing with Procurement on claims and contentious variations to ensure the Business only pays what it is due
- Interrogate spend data to track spend by Contractor to Procurement department
- Lead audits of works done to ensure the business is only paying for work done and to the terms of the Contract, as other task requirements permit
- Manage Contract Variations in line with contractual terms ensuring they are clearly documented and understood by both parties and communicated to appropriate teams.
- Preparation of monthly and year-end accruals
- Liaise closely and interface with other teams
Essential skills, knowledge & behaviours
- Graduate in Quantity Surveying or similar qualification with 5-10yrs experience
- Contract knowledge, and compliance with regard to entitlement, notices and valuation.
- Contract administration experience in Construction/Manufacturing/ Engineering environment with a proven track record of administering complex and high value Contracts
- Experience of working with a variety of Contracts
- Experience working with NEC3 Contracts
- Expert user SAP, Maximo or equivalent
- Expert user of Excel
- Able to work and communicate effectively at all levels and possesses strong interpersonal influencing skills
- Able to prepare detailed spend reports and present complex data in easy-to-understand manner
- Strong commercial awareness
- Strong negotiation skills
