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Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Remit: Thames Water AMP8

Office Location: Reading

Travel to Sites: M4 Corridor / Thames Valley

Work From Home: 2 days a week

We are recruiting for a Tier 1 Main Contractor who have an opportunity for you to join as a Senior Quantity Surveyor for their AMP8 Thames Water Contracts.

The Opportunity

Our client is growing their team delivering AMP8 for Thames Water, to meet the greatly enlarged programme of works between 2025 and 2030. They have already been allocated c.£250m of projects in the rural setting of the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire and Thames Valley regions.

This is a great opportunity to join the team delivering on Treatment Works within this area. Projects are a mix of civil, mechanical, electrical and IC scopes and range between £2.5m to £25m in size.

What you will be doing as Senior Quantity Surveyor

* Provide commercial management on medium to high risk / complexity projects including the following tasks:
* Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Managing Quantity Surveyor (functional reporting).
* Complete monthly internal CVR updates informed by robust cost forecasting.
* Liaising with Contracts Managers on the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
* Undertake subcontract procurement from cradle to grave (enquiry packages, bid analysis and recommendations, Subcontract drafting and Subcontract management through to final account).
* Supervising, mentoring and encouraging junior staff in their personal professional development.
* Ensuring consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the Contract are given in an expedient manner.
* Compilation and submission of monthly Applications for Payment to the Client
* Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
* Responsible for managing meetings where appropriate.
* Line management responsibility for junior members of the commercial team.
What they need from you:
* Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
* Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
* Good knowledge of standard forms of contract.
* Proficient in reading drawings, specifications and knowledge of construction process.
* Ability to negotiate with clients/sub-contractors and draft sub contracts.
* Knowledge of CIS.
* Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
* Ability to work in a team environment.
* Awareness of dispute procedures.
* Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
* Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts
* Experience of value engineering.
* Exposure to resolving disputes.
* Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
* Experience of procuring major works sub contracts
* Professional membership of recognised institute e.g. RICS (desirable)
* Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word & PowerPoint and industry standard Common Data Environment, financial and Project Management systems.
* Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.
* Experience of working on Water Treatment projects highly desirable.

To discuss further, please email an up to date word copy of your CV and a suitable mobile number to call to:

[email protected]

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