Commercial Quantity Surveyor

1 month ago

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

79634 - Commercial Quantity Surveyor

This Commercial Quantity Surveyor will report to the Area Commercial Manager and will work within UKPN Services - Commercial based in our Bury St Edmunds office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £76,229 and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 23/10/2024.

Job Purpose

As the Commercial Quantity Surveyor you will assist the Area Commercial Manager, Lead Commercial Manager and Head of Commercial in providing quantity surveying support to the UKPN Services business across specified long-term contracts and several competitively tendered client projects.

You will manage all commercial matters for those contracts and projects with regards to contract set-up, management, pricing, service delivery, scope change and dispute resolution to ensure contract requirements are compliant with standards and co-ordinated to maximise profit delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

To be commercial lead on a portfolio of nominated contracts and client construction projects
To comply with all UKPN guidelines, goals and procedures, reporting areas of non-conformance to the Area Commercial Manager and wider commercial management team.
Ensure the project delivery team have acted in accordance with the Contracts.
Liaise with all external and internal stakeholders to enable the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met.
To support the preparation and verification of pricing models from first principals for projects of moderate complexity, using existing target price / fixed rates, together with cost data from industry recognised publications (e.g. SPONS & BCIS) to price schemes.
Help prepare activity schedules and the presentation of tender documentation, attending interviews and carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report.
Interface with the Client Delivery Manager, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and P6 Planners to deliver advice and support ensuring that the projects are managed following the Contract and deadlines
Manage a programme of current workload, in order that all contracts receive the relevant allocation of resource to commercially manage them.
To assist the Area Commercial Manager in providing guidance to junior members of staff.
Deputise for the Area Commercial Manager as required.
Produce quality reports
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 review and update the risk registers, and add in new risks arising from the aforementioned EWN's and CE's.
Identify principal risks and opportunities, raise, address and resolve problems at a project level and support the project delivery team to maintain a schedule of potential costs for the projects.
To advise others regarding the application and interpretation of the different forms of contract in use within UKPN, predominantly being NEC3 and NEC4.
Manage and reporting change control procedures within each specific contract and ensuring that they are followed by all parties.
Become involved in the relevant Annual rate reviews.
Review Principal / Main Contractors Subcontracts and identifies where clauses are in breach of Partner policies and guidelines, making recommendations to achieve compliance.
Work with the Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and the Commercial Manager to resolve any contract issues, and in the event of a dispute arising to help prepare the required documentation to justify and reinforce our contractual position.
Consider alternative strategies for dispute resolution of moderate complexity and prepare written arguments from a claimant or defendant perspective, making recommendations to key UKPN stakeholders on the preferred option.
Partner with internal and external legal advisors.

Dimensions:

Turnover - £30 million to £40 million per year project and/or contract revenues.
No direct reports but will lead commercial teams on a project-by-project basis.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

Significant quantity surveying experience and business acumen, a track record in managing complex, high value and varied contracts from a quantity surveying perspective.
Experience leading commercial activity in a competitive, client-led construction project management environment.
Preferably degree qualified in quantity surveying or other relevant business discipline.
Non-degree holders should have a record of success with extensive experience in similar roles.
Professional qualification and/or membership of the RICS, CIOB, ICES or other relevant Chartered Institute would be an additional advantage.
Experienced in using Word, Excel, PowerPoint to an intermediate / advanced level, and knowledge of SAP and Primavera P6.
Stakeholder management skills
Expert analytical skills to make informed, balanced decisions and reporting findings back to clients and internal stakeholders.
Proven ability of building professional relationships with both service providers and internal stakeholders - including the confidence and stature to work with executives and other senior managers

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