Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure (Manchester, GBR)

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a busy practice that provides quantity surveying and commercial management services on UK wide infrastructure projects.

They specifically operate within a spectrum of sectors that consists of Nuclear, Power/Energy, Utilities, Electricity and Highways.

Our client's team is doing such a great job on an Energy Framework, they are looking to appoint an additional Quantity Surveyor to work on a seconded basis with one of their long-standing clients.

This is an immediate requirement to join a fantastic organisation offering you the opportunity to further develop your own personal network.

The role:

Pre-contract

· Attend client briefing meetings

· Review current scope of works

· Cost planning preparation including; inputting, measuring, issuing, and presenting

· Review contractor proposals in detail including costs and quantities

· Clarify and issue tender addendums if required

· Meet with contractors and discuss proposals

· Review, query and agree contract sum

· Prepare contract documents and share with relevant stakeholders

· Ensure the contract documentation is signed and in place before commencement on site

Post-contract

· Attend prestart meetings

· Prepare and issue monthly valuations

· Prepare and issue monthly cost reports

· Administer and issue variation instructions, contract documents, tender documents and contract amendments.

· Attend progress meetings and issue minutes

· Deal with day-to-day actions and correspondence as required

· Control and manage all financial, programme and contractual issues arising

· Prepare and present monthly cost reports to the client

· Carry out valuations and prepare recommendation for payments

· Agree and value any variations

· Agreement of final account after completion of the works

· Oversee and run projects from conception to completion, managing and controlling the costs of the scheme on behalf of the client.

Experience Required:

· Hold a degree in Quantity Surveying

· A full member of the RICS or working towards your Chartership

· 5 years+ experience as a Quantity Surveyor ideally within the energy sector

· A good understanding of the NEC suite of construction contracts - ideally options A, B, and C

· Familiar with cost planning and tendering practice and procedure

· Ability to procure and administer contracts with multiple projects whilst working with main contractor and sub-contractors

· High attention to detail focused on successful project delivery

· Excellent stakeholder management skills with a keen desire to build and maintain client relationships

· Able to become embedded within a team to drive forward positive results

In Return?

· Competitive Salary

· Car allowance

· Hybrid/flexible working

· Mobile phone and laptop packages

· Healthcare packages

· Chartership opportunities/APC support

· Award winning work environment

· Top tier pension scheme

· The Opportunity to work with an industry leading Consultancy on some of the most impressive projects in the energy market