I am working on behalf of a leading National M&E contractor who are in need of a Quantity Surveyor to join them on a permanent basis in Manchester.

The role would see you covering projects within a wide array of sectors including Education, Leisure, MOJ and Commercial. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well established, yet growing National company, turning over close to £500m.

If you have previous experience of multi-site operation, the ability to thrive in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment, are able to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work related issues, this could be the job for you.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation, and management of efficient and effective commercial procedures across the contract.
• Management of the established additional works processes to identify and capture items over and above the contract’s limit of liability.
• Providing commercial insights, driving profitable growth, and supporting the delivery of the organisation’s long-term goals.
• Key commercial interface across the account on all commercial issues.
• Preparation of contract variations and client finance model.
• Enforcement of policies, procedures, and governance to manage commercial risk.
• Leading contractual negotiations in conjunction with the Senior Leadership Team.
• Providing support to the operations team with regards contractual commercial requirements, and any related commercial implications of non-performance.
• Assisting with the Engineers with the procurement of the Sub-Contract packages
• Raising the Sub-Contract orders for the Specialist Sub-Contractors and negotiating terms
• Reviewing Sub-Contractors payment applications and issuing payment notices and payless notices in accordance with the payment terms
• Reviewing, negotiation and agreeing Sub-Contractors variation submissions and final accounts
• Submission of applications and agreement of application submissions on a monthly basis with the client
• Submission and agreement of variations with the client
• Attend site at least once a week to and liaising with the client and site team.
• Agreement of the final account with the client
• Advising on any risks / potential delays and recording this information
• Issuing of Early warning notices and delay notices in line with the contract
• Monthly cost reporting and cashflow forecasts with the Project team

Requirements

• HND/degree in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent.
• A high degree of financial, commercial and customer awareness.
• Computer literate including working knowledge of MS packages.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, i.e. lookups, pivot tables & reporting.
• Excellent numerical and communication skills.
• Previous knowledge of contract models, eg. Cost plus, fixed price, shared savings, GMP, etc.
• Understanding of different forms of contracts.
• Experience of assisting with the development and management of commercial processes and procedures.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV to Ben at ben.bishop@coleman-james.com