Building Surveyor (Commercial) in Barrow in Furness

Morson are currently recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to support the procurement department of a major international defence company. The role is a mixture of being desk based and on the production floor, where you will be a part of a team responsible for surveying all products brought in by external suppliers. It's a role with a lot of variety that requires the expertise of a seasoned Quantity Surveyor. Based in Barrow-in-Furness you would be expected to be onsite a minimum of 3 days per week. The role is being offered on a 24 month basis with the possibility of an extension or permanent conversion. We can pay a rate of £41.41 per hour PAYE or £55.82 per hour Umbrella inside IR35.

Responsibilities

• Support subcontract/outsourcing decision making.
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks.
• Responsibility for management of commercial audit trails and implementing identified risk mitigation activities and opportunity realisation activities.
• Ensure that any changes to the contract are controlled in accordance with the internal change procedures.
• Utilisation of understanding of SQCDP issues to reduce duplication of activities.
• Management of the coherence reviews to determine the accuracy of the demarcation matrix, work scope and on-site operational activities.
• Identify weaknesses in approach and subsequent cost impact.
• Providing support to Life Cycle costing exercises defining materials, activities and actions that will enable effective identification of full life cycle costs.
• Plan, control and monitor the purchasing and/or management of supplies for key areas to ensure continuity of supply.
• Lead or participate in supplier negotiations.
• Produce and manage a procurement plan to capture the stakeholder requirements.
• Support of cross functional initiatives including Best Practices in Managing Major Subcontracts & process improvement driven by Root Cause Analysis.

Requirements

• Experience as a quantity surveyor in the Defence industry or a similar complex engineering industry.
• Understands and can measure the impact potential variations such as material and labour can have on schedule.
• Experience leading effective contractor management.
• Demonstrate an understanding of value for money and ensures alignment to business benefit.
• Know the PMBCR process.
• Can assist in the identification of the most relevant terms within the contract that relate directly to emerging issues and accurate invoice payment.
• Demonstrates competency in significant negotiations that delivers appropriate business arrangements.
• Specialist professional qualification QS degree / APMP/ Risk Cert Level 1 or equivalent would be beneficial.
• Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will need to be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance before starting on site.