Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark; they're an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Power Commercial team as a Senior Quantity Surveyor and you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business and become involved in some of the biggest infrastructure projects in the industry.

We encourage both full time and part time applications. We know that the right person for the role may not always be able to commit to full time hours.

What you'll be doing

• Manage costs in relation to infrastructure projects with experience of identifying commercial risks and opportunities in respect of their works
• Deliver varied commercial duties including responsibility for procuring and managing supply chain
• Optimise commercial performance through diligent cost control and value for money opportunities, whilst achieving the required standards and quality for our customers
• Create and maintain commercial relationships to both internal and external stakeholders
• Contract administration with both client and subcontractors
• Provide support and adherence for the Gated Business Lifecycle process
• Mentor and develop junior members of the team
• Proactively drive career and personal development, including professional certification
• Commercial management of a large infrastructure project or a portfolio of smaller projects

Who we're looking for

You will have the following qualities/experience:

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB (or working towards)
• Experience with key contracts such as NEC
• Good communication skills
• Great teamwork / role model
• Leadership skills
• Achievement focus (achieving results)
• Business and customer awareness
• Applies organisational aims & objectives
• Identifies with the customer needs
• Recognises opportunities & threats
• Experience working on NEC 3 & 4 contracts

Why work for us

• Competitive salary
• 37.5 hours Monday to Friday (part time applicants welcomed)
• Company DC pension scheme up to 5% EEs & 7% ERs
• Company car
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 2 days volunteering per year

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.