Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor - Immediate start! The Project The UK’s largest infrastructure project undoubtedly throws up some major ecological challenges which must be mitigated to ensure the successful delivery of HS2. This can range from river restorations, river re-alignments, floodplain reconnections, habitat creation and fish passes. My client is a rapidly expanding environmental construction company with a vast amount of experience in all aspects of environmental consulting and management works. This client has a large amount of work with numerous contractors on HS2 to help them successfully manage the environmental impact of the project. The Role – Quantity Surveyor As Quantity Surveyor you will be joining an overall site team of 30 and will be working across a portfolio of environmental mitigation projects. The Quantity Surveyor will be a motivated self-starter with considerable construction industry experience to help develop and co-ordinate the commercial team and support and advise on effective contract management across a growing package of projects. The ideal Quantity Surveyor will come from a civil engineering background with extensive infrastructure experience. Requirements * Manage entries onto client Cemar system, ensuring all actions are closed * Manage and close actions on the change log * Manage and produce Early Warning Notices and Compensation Events * Manage the AfP process, liaising with commercial assistants, and the wider project team for information * Provide commercial management of sub-contractors and suppliers * Liaise directly with client commercial team on day to day tasks, and flag the extraordinary to senior management * Dealing with quotations and monthly payments * Prepare, agree and provide on-going cost analysis * Monthly cost valuation reports * Analyse sub-contractor’s variation accounts * Agree of interim valuations and final accounts * Prepare and issue certification for contract payments to sub-contractors * Prepare forecasts * Ensure contract security or alert issues promptly and advise as to solutions * Ensure financial success of projects especially by improving forecasting systems and ensuring opportunity for disallowed costs is shut down promptly. About you * Knowledge of NEC3 suite of contracts * Have an ability in negotiating across the various levels of the construction environment * Possess excellent numeracy and IT skills * Be able to advise on potential risks and evaluate options for control * Experience in the environmental and ground engineering sector preferred * Maintain a positive relationship with the client * Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering or NVQ Level 6 in Construction or equivalent * Experience with NEC3 form of contract * Minimum of 5 years’ experience postgraduate * Confident with clients, meetings, and contractual duties. Package * £350 (ltd/PAYE umbrella) per day depending on experience * Immediate start * 4 – 6 month requirement with a possible further 4 month extension dependent on further work being secured with HS2 contractors How to Apply Do not hesitate to get in touch, our client is actively recruiting for this role and needs someone in position ASAP. Please submit your CV without delay