Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Qualifications
- Essential:
- Holds an RICS / CICES accredited degree
- Desirable:
- Senior Quantity Surveyors will hold or be nearing completion of Full Membership with RICS / CIEC
Key Responsibilities:
- Undertaking the efficient and effective management and issuing of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence.
- Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Contract Leader.
- Preparation and agreement of applications for payment or the assessment & preparation of payment certificates.
- Maintaining registers of variations, delay, extension times and claims.
- Compliant and consistent implementation of the Company's commercial policies and procedures.
- Assist with preparation of monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed.
- Interfacing with Customer’s commercial and project teams.
- Produce pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary.
- Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Leader Reports.
- Review value management and advise on Risk management.
- Prepare supply chain enquiries, negotiate, administer, and finalise / close out supply chain contracts.
- Plan and implement change management and cost control.
- Monitor and update supply chain procurement plan including benchmarking
- Ongoing liaison with site team, supply chain and Customers’ representatives.
- Provide contractual advice to the project / site team as and when appropriate.
- Maintaining awareness of the different construction contracts in current use.
- Understanding the implications of health, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Essential:
- Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
- Post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
- Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
- Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working.
- Cradle to Grave Procurement experience across multiple forms of contract and trades.
- Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
- Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports.
- Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
- Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team
- Strong analytical skills
- Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge
- Confidence and ability to assert influence
- Desirable:
- A creative and innovative approach to problem solving.
- Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies
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