Description
Quantity Surveyor, NEC4, Highways, Bristol or Exeter
As a Quantity Surveyor, your primary responsibility is to manage the cost planning and estimation processes throughout the life cycle of projects. This entails producing accurate estimates and conducting budget reviews across diverse sectors. You will be tasked with collecting and analysing data to understand the needs of clients and stakeholders, ultimately producing comprehensive Analysis and Benchmarking Reports to ensure value for money and identify cost trends and drivers. Accuracy and currency of reported data are crucial aspects of your role.
Additionally, you will play a pivotal role in fostering innovation both within the organization and externally with clients. This involves championing new ideas and leading the development of tools that integrate data, dashboards, and outputs for unit cost analyses. Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to continuously improve processes.
Qualifications:
You should have familiarity with commercial roles and functions within large capital programs, preferably with experience in the UK complex infrastructure sector. Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills are essential for this role. Experience with common UK Construction contracts such as NEC, FIDIC, and JCT is highly desirable.
Data Analysis:
You should possess strong analytical and mathematical skills, along with excellent problem-solving capabilities.
Commercial Focus:
Your role will involve shaping investment decisions based on the value for money of various options. Effective workload planning and prioritization, as well as the ability to present outputs in a clear and understandable manner to stakeholders at all levels, are vital. While experience with National Highways or Network Rail is advantageous, it is not mandatory for this position.