Quantity Surveyor

Warwickshire  ‐ Onsite
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This is a new requirement for Quantity Surveyor to work at a large rail company located in Birmingham. This is 26 week contract with a negotiable daily rate up to £450 per day Dependent on level and type of experience. Rail industry experience is preferred but engineering, defence and construction industry experience is also suitable.

Job Purpose

Provide post contract commercial support for designated packages of work, including subcontract, materials and direct labour.
Ensures projects are successfully delivered within cost and time constraints.
Acts as a primary interface to work package managers, key stakeholders and suppliers.

Principal Accountabilities

Assist with commercial management of various work packages as directed. These may include: Design, Installation, Test & Commission, Materials, Telecoms, Electrification, Power, Plant, Professional Services, Civil Engineering and Permanent Way.
Responsible for work package change control and management.
Provides key commercial interface for responsible work package manager.
Provide contractual & commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering.
Responsible for work package cost management, including forecasting, budget management and control.
Monitor and actively manage and mitigate work package risks.
Provides Input to internal and external commercial reports as required by Commercial Delivery Strategy.
Ensure processes and document control complies with the appropriate Company standards.
Establish and maintain interfaces with key stakeholders. Eg: finance, project management, engineering, sub-contractors, suppliers and client.
Responsible for maintaining auditable records for responsible work packages in accordance with contractual requirements.

Competency Requirements

Minimum 4+ years Quantity Surveyor/Contracts Administrator experience working within a contractor side project environment. Experience ideally gained in a similar or related industry eg rail, engineering, defence, construction, IT etc.
Degree qualified or equivalent and/or hold or working towards professional qualification (RICS, IACCM or similar)
Strong track record in a contractor side, project environment.
Able to manage both direct labour and subcontract costs.
Ability to estimate change/variations using various methods.
Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete.
Good negotiation skills
Ability to manage commercial strategies
Ability to work with limited supervision
Ability to manage expectations
Strong communicator with excellent written and oral communications skills
Good financial and commercial acumen
Ability to work under own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions
Good Contractual knowledge and experience.
Confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels.
Ability to operate effectively within a team environment
Strong computing skills in MS word, excel, project and MS Outlook

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Resource Group are acting as an employment/agency business in relation to this vacancy.
Start date
2015-01-07
From
Real Time Consultants Ltd T/A Resource Group
Published at
15.01.2015
Project ID:
834877
Contract type
Freelance
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