Senior Quantity Surveyor

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Senior Quantity Surveyor, Solihull- UK Rail Division

Take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

Key Responsibilities

• Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit project as it develops.
• Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
• Take ownership for, administer & represent the company in commercial & contractual issues, including but not limited to:
  • Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c & finalising s/c orders, financial & commercially manage to Final Account completion.
  • Prepare & present forecasts, targets & CV reconciliations.
  • Prepare & agree valuations, including generating certificates & invoice/payments.
  • Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
  • Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit & agree Final Account in a timely manner.
  • Involvement in value engineering & design development
• Maintain & protect JSS commercial & contractual entitlement
• Prelim controls/monitoring - establish & maintain
• Site records/admin & document control
• Insurance & warranties
• Risk/opportunity
  • Review & update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes & consider within any forecast reports
  • Manage risk arising
  • Manage opportunity
• CVR - Maintain an independent view in commercial reporting following the Valuation Policy
• Manage & oversee the junior commercial staff.
• Tender - Support & work with the pre-construction department in tenders & 2-stage tenders
• Cash management - ensure timely payment & adequate cash management positions are maintained
• Involvement with & take responsibility for:
  • D&B contracts
  • Contracts £1-5m
  • Claims & disputes
  • Interpretation of contract low
• Take ownership for specific deliverables as advised by the MQS

Key Skills

• Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally & in writing
• Manage both people & situations sensitively & to commercial advantage.
• Commercially inventive & astute
• Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness
• Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Have experience mentoring and managing others
• Is able to balance the need to be assertive and pragmatic, when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders
• Able to manage a complex project and/or multiple projects and is responsible for project Delivery Teams
• Able to draft contractual and commercially sensitive correspondence and reports and doing so on a regular basis
• Will have led the commercial delivery of a large project or a section of a major project with a team of Quality Surveyors
• Effectively tailors communications to local audiences and can articulate complex ideas and facts into a simple structure in most situations
• Can provide detailed advice on contract conditions, undertake tender scrutiny/vetts, identify issues that require legal advice, and manage the resolution of contractual issues. Has a detailed working 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

Required Qualifications/Training

• Commercial appreciation
• Behavioural Based Safety (BBS)
• Leadership & delegation skills
• Introduction to management
• Legal appreciation / overview
• CPD - Legislation & Industry Trends
• CVR appreciation
• Presentation & communication skills
• Network rail NR contracts, JCT & NEC

Desirable Qualifications/Training

• CICES/RICS
• CSCS Card

Benefits

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
• Employer pension
• Death in service - life assurance
• Competitive mileage rate
• 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.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

*The full job specification is available on request

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.