Senior Quantity Surveyor in Birmingham

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will be leading the commercial reactive works team and assisting the operational side to ensure successful delivery of the Framework contracts, while maintaining both internal and client relationships to maximise commercial returns and manage risk.

Responsibilities:

• Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS/CM to suit the project/portfolio as it develops.
• Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
• Take ownership for, administer and represent Sisk in commercial and contractual issues, including but not limited to:

• Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c and finalising s/c orders, financially and commercially manage to Final Account completion.
• Prepare and present forecasts, targets and CV reconciliations.
• Prepare and agree valuations, including generating certificates and invoice/payments.
• Variations prepared with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
• Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit and agree Final Account in a timely manner.
• Involvement in value engineering and design development.
• Uploading CVR to Portfolio Dashboard.
• Maintain and protect JSS commercial and contractual entitlement.
• Prelim controls/monitoring - establish and maintain with support from JSS Rail Cost Manager.
• Site records/admin and document control through Geopal or other applicable systems.
• Insurance and warranties – ensure adequate protection of JSS (from supply chain and to client) and utilisation where necessary.
• Minimise risk and maximise realisation of opportunity through a MIP Plan for each project where required under Valuation Policy.
• Review and update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes and consider within any forecast reports.
• Manage risk arising.
• Manage opportunity.
• Oversee a team of QS / AQS / CA to deliver works.
• Ensure a career development plan is in place (agreed with MQS / CM) for each member of the team.
• Attend client facing project and programme update meetings utilising Care, Integrity and Excellence at all times.

Experience:

• Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally and in writing.
• Manage both people and situations sensitively and to commercial advantage.
• Commercially inventive and astute.
• Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness.
• Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Have experience mentoring and managing others.
• Able to balance the need to be assertive and pragmatic, when dealing with stakeholders.
• Able to manage complex projects.
• Able to conduct negotiations in relation to a range of issues on a project and secure acceptable commercial results.
• Able to draft contractual and commercially sensitive correspondence and reports regularly.
• Effectively tailors communications to local audiences and can articulate complex ideas and facts into a simple structure in most situations.
• Has knowledge of bonds, guarantees, warranties, insurances, letters of intent and other common contractual mechanisms.
• Lead the procurement, negotiation and letting of complex sub-contracts.
• Can supervise the preparation of documents for complex main contracts.
• Have experience of managing contracts using schedule of rates.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience of NEC 3 and/or 4.
• Experience of Network Rail Contract Suite.
• Interest in rail projects.

Qualifications:

• Required Qualifications/Training:

• Commercial appreciation.
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS).
• Adjudication / dispute resolution.
• Leadership & delegation skills.
• Introduction to management.
• Legal appreciation / overview.
• CPD - Legislation & Industry Trends.
• CVR appreciation.
• Presentation & communication skills.

Desired Qualifications/Training:

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent level of education or experience.
• Working towards professional chartership or similar with a recognised body.

Additional Information:

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase.
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more).
• Employer pension.
• Travel expenses.
• Flexible and remote working.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Professional and Educational development.

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply for roles if they don’t feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.