Senior Quantity Surveyor

Our client, a well known civil engineering company is seeking to employ a Senior Quantity Surveyor to be based working with their existing commercial team from their Sheffield office.

The team is responsible for reactive and small schemes on a Framework with Network Rail where you will be expected to :

Take commercial responsibility for a portfolio of works

Manage, train and provide support to a dedicated Commercial team, carrying out regular catch ups on their progress

Provide advice to the Commercial team and Project staff, on Commercial and contractual matters, including reviewing and drafting of correspondence

Manage and produce formal reports for inclusion in the quarterly Commercial board report

Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements

Develop client relationships, achieving a progressive improvement in customer satisfaction

Oversee and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets

Develop and monitor the use of cost and financial reporting systems

Carry out monthly/periodic financial reviews (CVR's) on portfolio/multiple projects and forecast final outturn values for cost, sales and margin

Prepare and submit periodic valuations/application for payments ensuring that Client payment and cash collection is achieved in accordance with the contract

Identify potential commercial/financial risk and opportunity and evaluate options to mitigate/realise.

Oversee the procedures and liaise with the supply chain for the procurement, negotiation and placing of sub contract and supplier orders

You will ideally have a degree in Quantity Surveying or similar and will have previous experience of working on civil engineering works, ideally within the rial industry. You will be a strong communicator, have the ability and willingness to lead and develop a team and be working towards or already chartered