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My client is a reputable construction company who are getting progressivly busy and therefore are needing an experienced QS to join their established team!
How You will Make an Impact
- Analyses and comments on tenders, contracts and contract related documents and gives proactive advice and support throughout the procurement process.
- Participates in contract negotiations and in formulation/implementation of negotiation strategy.
- Ensure adherence to internal standards and compliance with external regulations.
- Captures internal data and prepares presentations and analyses.
- Contributes to standardisation of contracts and improvement processes.
- Implements standards, guidelines, and processes regarding effective Contract Management.
- Participates in developing project specific concepts
- Participating in variation and claim management on customer contract or subcontract, mitigating risk or minimising liability claims.
- Develops, implements, and regularly reviews the claim strategy with regards to customers, sub-suppliers, and partners together with Operational and Finance and Commercial teams.
- Shares best practices with the business.
- Sets up and conducts trainings for business partners and colleagues.
- Other activities assigned by your direct line manager
- Reviewing and commenting on the invoices on basis of the agreed purchase orders/frame works agreements and civils BoQs
What You Bring
- Previous experience in a Quantity Surveyor / Contracts role, working within a project environment
- Experience ideally gained in a similar or related industry e.g. Transmission, Power, Infrastructure, rail, engineering, defence, construction, etc
- Degree in quantity survey or a professional qualification accredited by the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is required.
- Experience in Civil Construction (Plant/ Power Industry related).
- Strong track record in a contractor side, project environment
- Able to manage both direct labour and subcontract costs
- Ability to estimate change / variations using various methods
- Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete
- Good negotiation skills
- Ability to manage commercial strategies
- Ability to manage expectations internally and of suppliers
- Strong communicator with excellent written and oral communications skills, as well as a good team player
- Good financial and commercial acumen
- Ability to work under own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions
- Good Contractual knowledge and experience
- Confident and able to communicate externally and internally at all levels
- Ability to operate effectively within a team environment
- Strong computing skills in MS word, excel, project and MS Outlook
