Principal Quantity Surveyor
6 days ago
We are thrilled to offer a Principal Quantity Surveyor an extraordinary opportunity to lead a dedicated team of Quantity Surveyors essential to our groundbreaking Wastewater programme within the Major Projects division of Capital Delivery at Thames Water. As we embark on an ambitious journey to develop and modernise our wastewater treatment, you will oversee a programme valued at up to £500 million, playing a vital role in protecting our communities, safeguarding our infrastructure, and ensuring the cleanliness of our rivers.
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What you’ll be doing as a Principal Quantity Surveyor
Working closely with the Managing Quantity Surveyor, managing a team of Quantity Surveyors, and ensuring they deliver their outputs. Ensure cost management against the budget, highlighting commercial challenges early, including managing and reporting on contingency/risk. Manage the cost estimating process using our Estimating Team; understand Business Plan budgets; validate the project's estimated cost and check its affordability against the Business Plan; provide insight and advice into estimates. Supporting procurement by ensuring Suppliers and Contractors are engaged under the most appropriate Terms & Conditions. Provide commercial support during the procurement of the main contract, including assisting in preparing tender documents, undertaking commercial evaluation, benchmarking, and negotiating tenders. Ensure contracts are administered according to the terms and conditions and act as the first escalation point should any challenges occur. Work with the finance department to ensure all financial systems are updated to time, cost, and quality; help identify non-performance and implement corrective action. Ensure we always maintain financial governance and provide expert input to financial and contract governance proposals. Support the management and optimisation of budgets and spending on your portfolio of contracts. As the senior member of the commercial team, provide commercial advice and guidance to others Role Location: This role will be based at Clearwater Court on a hybrid basis. Depending on business needs, you must work on-site and in the office 2-3 days a week.
What you should bring to the role
Hold a degree or a master’s in quantity surveying and to be chartered with MRICs I have a background in working in the civil engineering sector, such as transportation, nuclear, utilities, or similar fields. Be competent in line managing a small team and developing them for success Experience in both pre & post-contract quantity surveying duties Strong communication and negotiation skills are crucial, as well as the ability to bring numerous stakeholders together to bring project opportunities to fruition. What’s in it for you?
Competitive salary from £70,000 to £80,000 per annum. Annual Leave -26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays) Car Allowance of £5.8k Annual Bonus Private Medical Health Care Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance. Find out more about our benefits and perks
Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.
Learn more about our purpose and values
Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy fast-tracked career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
Whether you’re interested in a role in one of our call centres or science labs, we’re looking for people like you with real passion and a burning desire to make things better.
So, if you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region and our planet.
Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.
Our overarching aim is to ensure that Thames Water is great, diverse and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process. Our aim is to remove any real or perceived barriers to success, so if you need assistance, we’re here to help and support.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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