Building Surveyor Contract Full Time

Department: EMEA Consultancy - Transport & Infrastructure Location: London, United Kingdom
We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team in London. You'll be joining Soben at an exciting time, playing a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth targets. Supporting one of our key Construction clients in the region, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects in our business
Receiving and certifying contractor payments.
Providing essential NEC contract administration support to Project Managers e.g. replying to compensation event notifications, agreement of compensation events, use of our contract administration system called Unifier, etc..
Compiling monthly commercial WOT dashboards reporting on project performance.
Dealing with all internal and external contract and commercial documents/queries on demand including claims.
Ensure that the project delivery team have acted following the Contract.
Collaborate with all external and company partners to allow the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met in an organised manner, under the guidance of the wider commercial team.
Help prepare activity schedules and the presentation of tender documentation, attending interviews and carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons to fixed rates.
Programme Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and P6 Planners to deliver advice and support, to ensure that the projects are managed following the contract and meeting reporting deadlines.
To assist the Commercial Manager and Senior Quantity Surveyor in providing guidance to junior members of staff,
Produce quality reports questioning the decisions and directions of others if necessary.
Assess contractor applications and EWN's and CE's, making recommendations to, raising payment certificates for and preparing general correspondence on behalf of the Project Managers to ensure that only legitimate monies are certified.
Collaborate with the Project Managers to update the risk registers and add in new risks arising from the aforementioned EWN's and CE's.
Quantity surveying experience and a track record in managing complex, high value and varied contracts from a quantity surveying perspective.
Degree qualified in quantity surveying or other relevant business discipline
Experienced in using Word, Excel, PowerPoint to an intermediate / advanced level and SAP.
A quantity surveying professional
Analysis is required to make informed, balanced decisions and report findings back to Clients and company partners.
Experience building relationships with both service providers and company partners – including the confidence and stature to work with executives and other senior managers.
Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) Certificate would be advantageous, although specific Health & Safety training will be given
This sense of purpose and affinity for what we do is what fuels our ambition, driving us to keep learning and seeking new challenges. Inclusion is at the heart of our company's culture. Our people are our greatest asset, so you'll get ongoing training and personal development to help you flourish, building a long-term and successful career with us. We're small but mighty – you'll have opportunities to progress quickly and be trusted with responsibilities you could only dream of in a larger organization, including the chance to work on some of the industry's most exciting projects
As well as market-leading pay and conditions, we provide an environment where everyone can flourish. We value work-life balance. Flexible schedules and remote work opportunities give you the opportunity to thrive at work and in your personal life.
They guide how we engage with each other and with our clients, and how we help our talented employees flourish in their careers.
We are driven to solve our clients' problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it
We have a business owner mentality to cost management
We are open, honest, and direct in our communications
We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term