Quantity Surveyor Rail

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Peterborough
Salary
50000.00 - 65000.00 GBP Annual + Excellent benefits, pension, flexi w
Posted
12 Jan 2017
Closes
25 Jan 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Quantity Surveyor - Rail/Infrastructure

Location: Peterborough

Salary range: GBP50,000 to GBP65,000 + cash benefits + Pension + Bonus + Healthcare.

This business, an international PM and Consultancy organisation have an immediate requirement for an experienced Quantity Surveyor / Commercial manager to support Commercial and Procurement Services to Network Rail Infrastructure projects.

This is a large capital investment programme over a number of years allowing surety of workload.

Requirements:

* Expertise in administering high value, multi-disciplinary construction project work packages/contracts utilising forms of contract such as the NEC3 suite.
* Demonstrable track record in managing complex, high value and varied contracts from a quantity surveying perspective.
* Degree qualified in quantity surveying or another relevant business discipline.
* Professional qualification and/or membership of the RICS or other relevant Chartered Institute would be an additional advantage.

Qualifications/Experience

* Rail experience within an infrastructure background.
* Knowledge of the NEC contract.
* A core professional background with a recognised professional qualification.

Responsibilities:

* Preparation and verification of pricing models from first principals for projects of moderate complexity, and obtain, extract and use existing target price / fixed rates, together with obtaining cost data from industry recognised publications e.g. SPONS & BCIS to price schemes.
* Assist in the preparation of activity schedules, bills of quantities in accordance with methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentation, attending interviews, carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report.
* Interfaces with the programme manager, senior project managers, project managers and P6 planners to deliver professional and competent advice and support, to ensure that the projects are managed in accordance with the contract, and meeting the required reporting deadlines.
* Assess contractor applications, along with any changes, making recommendations, raising payment certificates and preparing general correspondence on behalf of the project managers to ensure that only legitimate payments are certified.
* Reviews main contractors, including subcontracts, and identifies where clauses are in breach of partner policies and guidelines, making recommendations to achieve compliance.
* Consider alternative strategies for dispute resolution of moderate complexity and prepare written arguments from a claimant or defendant perspective.

Latest Employee Reviews:

Huge breadth of projects. The company has a global perspective. Lot's of opportunity for collaboration on the firm-wide level