At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage contracts, maximise cash flow, and lead a team on a major highways project.
- Company: Major Main Contractor with a strong reputation in civil engineering.
- Benefits: Competitive salary package, career growth, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to lead a team and develop your career in a thriving industry.
- Why this job: Join a £50m project and make a real impact in the civil engineering sector.
- Qualifications: Experience in civil engineering projects and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 81000 - 99000 $ per year.
A Major Main Contractor is currently looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor and a Quantity Surveyor to work on a £50m Civils Package on a £400m Civil Highways Scheme lasting 5 years. Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager responsible for 2-3 Assistant/Quantity Surveyors. The successful post-holders' prime function is to increase value, reduce cost, drive profit and manage risk in a safe and ethical manner of the contracts they are working on.
Key Responsibilities:
- Line management and integration of new team members where appropriate
- Ensure cash flow is maximised including ensuring payments are received on time
- Provide commercial input including financial and contractual performance forecasts to the management team
- Help ensure that business targets and KPI’s are exceeded
- Preparation of monthly cost/value reports for area, together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
- Production of commercial reports together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
- Physical measurement of works and agreement of same with client and subcontractors
- Agreement of certification and payment of subcontractor accounts – monitoring of such accounts against forecasts
- Implementation and compliance with the contract change control procedure and monitoring thereof including notices to client as appropriate
- Commercial and contractual advice to area team as and when required
- Managing sub-contractors including sending out enquiries, collating prices, comparing with tender, negotiation, order placement, agreement of account and payment
- Carry out any other duties not identified above and as required by their manager
Essential Experience:
To be considered for this role you must have experience of working for a sub/main contractor on a civil engineering project in the UK in a commercial role. Unfortunately without this you will not be considered for the role.
Desirable Key Skills and Qualifications:
- HNC/HND/Degree in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management
- Excellent IT skills including MS Office and in particular Excel
- Excellent Communication skills both written and verbally
- Must be an excellent organiser with proven time management skills
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