Back to search
Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Huddersfield
Day rate: £500 - £600 per day, DOE
Start Date: ASAP
Are you looking to start 2025 with a fresh and exciting opportunity? Do you have experience working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor? Have you worked on rail or civil engineering projects? If yes then please read below!
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a tier 1 contractor on a £1.2b major railway project which covers the North East of England.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the following:
- Maintain high personal safety and environmental standards in accordance with Company policy. Fully understand and participate in the "Your Safety is My Safety" declared vision
- Understand and ensure compliance with Company Procedures and Policies.
- Maintain effective communications with all disciplines within the Alliance and the business
- Assist in staff matters which may include: behavioural issues, competency, and staff allocation to meet a project's needs
- Manage, supervise and mentor your "reports" within the commercial structure. Carrying out staff performance and development reviews and assist in the operation of the commercial training programme
- Provide commercial contact with supply chain partners through pre-contract meetings, contract vetting and input to subcontract documents
- Commercial management of subcontractors including processing payments, obtaining final account agreements, and resolving issues by negotiation, when appropriate
- Monitor the timely production of cost performance data and initiate discussions concerning project performance
- Produce and present monthly / quarterly cost reports
- Be responsible for identification and evaluation of change
- Be responsible for the timely production of appropriate levels of applications for payments in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of contract
- Attend and provide input to site commercial meetings. Providing commercial advice to the site team, and management on contractual issues
- Provide input and support for the production of financial assessments of insurance claims
- Manage time and workloads for yourself and your commercial team in a structured manner
Candidate Requirements:
- To be a Member of CICES or RICS
- Thorough knowledge of construction processes and working methods
- Successful experience at Senior Quantity Surveyor level
- Understanding of construction law and contractual terms in standard contract forms
- Track record of managing multiple suppliers
- Proven ability to maintain and enhance client relationships
- Experience of working on alliance or joint ventures
- Experience in rail.
- Experience of ICC / NEC forms of Contract
- Experience of large civil engineering structures
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
