HIS3405 Quantity Surveyor - Barnsley

A vacancy has arisen for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Engineering projects team based in Barnsley. The Quantity Surveyor role exists to work either alone or as part of a team to provide commercial management within the engineering and projects business for Hargreaves Industrial Services.

Responsibilities

• Deliver robust cost management across complex, high-value industrial and infrastructure projects ensuring alignment with approved budgets, target costs and tender allowances.
• Produce and maintain detailed financial reporting, including Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs), earned value analysis, cash flow forecasts and cost trending.
• Monitor productivity, installation rates and labour outputs, identifying inefficiencies and implementing corrective actions.
• Undertake detailed measurement and quantification of works in accordance with industry standards, including mechanical, structural and electrical installations.
• Prepare, submit and negotiate interim applications for payment, ensuring accurate valuation of installed works materials on site and off-site goods.
• Lead the agreement of final accounts, ensuring all project costs, variations and entitlements are fully captured and agreed.
• Administer contracts under NEC, JCT or bespoke EPC conditions, ensuring full compliance with contractual timescales, obligations and procedures.
• Manage and respond to contractual notices including early warnings, compensation events, variations, delay notices and change instructions.
• Prepare, issue and manage all contractual correspondence, maintaining strong commercial positions and audit trails.
• Identify, evaluate and manage change across the project lifecycle, ensuring all scope growth is captured, priced and agreed in a timely manner.
• Prepare and negotiate compensation events, variations, remeasures and claims for prolongation, disruption and additional scope.
• Maintain detailed change registers and ensure alignment with programme and cost impacts.
• Lead commercial risk identification, quantification and mitigation, maintaining an up-to-date risk and opportunity register.
• Advise project teams on contractual exposure, entitlement and risk management strategies, particularly within high-risk environments such as heavy process industries.
• Support the development of contingency strategies and mitigation plans linked to cost and programme risks.
• Lead procurement of subcontractors and suppliers for complex work packages, including preparation of tender documentation and commercial evaluation.
• Negotiate and agree subcontract terms, ensuring risk is appropriately allocated and contract conditions flow down from the main contract.
• Manage subcontractors from award through to final account, including payment certification, variation assessment and performance monitoring.
• Administer subcontractor accounts and monitor subcontract liabilities, commitments and forecast outturn positions.
• Provide commercial leadership and support to project managers and engineering teams, influencing decision-making on construction methods, sequencing and procurement strategies.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, Tier 1 contractors, consultants and supply chain partners.
• Represent the commercial function at project meetings, including progress, risk, change and commercial reviews.
• Work closely with planning teams to understand programme impacts on cost, including delay analysis, disruption and acceleration scenarios.
• Support claims relating to extensions of time (EOT), prolongation and loss and expense.
• Align cost reporting with project progress and earned value metrics.
• Ensure robust, auditable records are maintained, including site measurements, installation records, labour returns and commercial evidence.
• Maintain full compliance with internal governance procedures, commercial controls and delegated authorities.
• Support audit processes and ensure traceability of all commercial decisions.
• Contribute to tendering activities, including pricing, risk analysis, value engineering and review of contract conditions.
• Support bid teams in developing competitive and deliverable commercial strategies for EPC and industrial projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveyor.
• Minimum of 1 year post-graduate experience within a contractor environment, preferably on large-scale, multidisciplinary or turnkey/EPC projects.
• Strong working knowledge of standard forms of contract, particularly NEC4, with awareness of other forms such as JCT.
• Sound understanding of contract administration, including compensation events, change control, valuation and payment mechanisms.
• Knowledge of construction law, payment legislation and contractual risk allocation.
• Highly developed commercial awareness with the ability to manage costs, forecast outturns and identify commercial risks and opportunities.
• Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to lead and conclude commercial discussions with clients, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Ability to produce accurate financial reports, including CVRs, cash flow forecasts and cost plans.
• High level of numeracy, with strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Good understanding of construction methodologies, particularly within heavy industry, civils, mechanical and electrical installation environments.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications and technical documentation across multiple disciplines.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy in all work outputs.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership and be accountable for decisions and deliverables.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the confidence to challenge and influence where required.
• Collaborative approach, with the ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on problem-solving and continuous improvement.