Quantity Surveyor – Highways

A Major Main Contractor is currently looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work on a term maintenance contract based in Manchester.

Reporting directly to the Commercial Manager responsible for 2-3 Assistant/Quantity Surveyor’s.

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