Senior Quantity Surveyor (PMCM Build)

Overview

Senior Quantity Surveyor (PMCM Build) at WSP in the UK & Ireland. Join a global engineering and professional services firm delivering iconic projects across Buildings, Civil & Infrastructure, Programme Solutions and Rail. You will be part of the Project Management and Commercial Management (PMCM) team, comprising around 400 colleagues across the UK.

What you will do

You will play a pivotal role in pre- and post-contract Cost & Commercial Management services to our clients, including estimating, cost planning, procurement, cost assurance and post-contract financial and commercial management of projects ranging in size and complexity. Depending on your seniority and experience you will deliver QS commercial services, lead a QS/commercial team, train and mentor staff, contribute to bid writing and winning work, provide people leadership and management, and represent WSP UK at industry events.

You will sit within our Buildings team as part of the PMCM group, which includes Cost Managers, Commercial Managers and Quantity Surveyors and other related professionals who work across multiple sectors. The PMCM team is roughly 400 colleagues across the UK; other groups within PMCM include Civil and Infrastructure, Programme Solutions and Rail. At WSP you will have the opportunity to work on iconic projects and develop your career within a global consultancy.

What we will be looking for

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• MRICS or AssocRICS or working towards a professional qualification
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate applicable knowledge, ability and experience around QS Cost and Commercial competencies required by relevant professional institutions
• Where applicable, demonstrable management, project leadership and delivery experience

Desirable

• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities with a keen attention to detail
• Adaptable and flexible approach to workload
• Have an alternative, relevant professional qualification or working towards (eg CICES, AcostE)
• Demonstrable Quantity Surveying or Cost and Commercial Management experience in public and private sector and or heavy industry projects
• Ability to travel from base office or home to site, client/project team offices, other WSP offices and project locations
• Are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a dynamic team
• Hold a degree or similar higher education academic qualification
• Have proven organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Are not afraid to challenge the status quo to try innovative solutions and learn from past experiences
• Familiarity or working knowledge of CostX and CEMAR
• Working knowledge/experience of NEC and or JCT Contracts, and other industry standard contract forms
• Able to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams and stakeholders
• Have previous experience of working in a QS/Cost and Commercial Management role in a consultant, contractor or client organisation

Don\’t quite meet the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

What’s in it for you

Work-life balance: We offer a hybrid working policy with the flexibility to work from home two days a week and to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Health and wellbeing: Thrive programme, Virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex discounts up to 40% and menopause support.

Flex your time: WSP My Hour allows you to take one hour each day for personal activities with flexible time adjustments. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave and to use bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development: We invest in your growth through training, mentoring and Chartership.

Equality and inclusion: We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident employer we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria; please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments to support your application.

About us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our people are united by a common purpose of creating positive, long lasting impacts on communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management
• Industries: Professional Services

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