Quantity Surveyor

Techniche Global are supporting an engineering defence contractor to appoint a Quantity Surveyor working on a major nuclear/defence infrastructure programme.
Rate: £48-61p/ hr UMB Inside IR 35
Location: Glasgow 3 days onsite/ 2 days WFH
Duration: 12 months initially
Requirements: UK passport holder living and working in the UK for the past 5 years

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide commercial support and expertise to projects being responsible for a range of commercial activities (bid governance, reviews, change management, compensation event, contractual notices etc.)
2. Undertake internal compliance, liaising with the relevant Head of Commercial (HoC) / SQS and customers as required
3. Support the CNL Project Managers with all commercial aspects on the project
4. Develop relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) ensuring alignment of objectives and mutual setting of goals
5. Good understanding of the head contract terms and conditions and how these flow down to the Subcontract supply chain
6. Proactively ensures contract compliance exists and proposes and monitors correction plans to ensure any non-compliance is eliminated
7. Supports the construction of and delivers a robust procurement project plan that delivers the objectives of the project, ensuring the deadline and budget are met and that the necessary communications and risk mitigations are in place
8. Management of commercial risk including effective management and mitigation of supply chain risk to ensure that the Company s commercial position is best protected referring to SQS, HoC or (Senior) Project manager as the project dictates
9. Ensure disallowed costs are at an absolute minimum.
10. Utilise sourcing and tendering processes that meet and exceed project / programme deliverables
11. Ensure that work packages are well defined, procured on suitable terms and conditions, with quantified risk
12. Manage the post contract commercial management of subcontracts during project execution phases and mitigating the business exposure to subcontractor claims
13. Ensure contractual procedures and notices are followed and issued in a timely manner
14. Ensure all Supplier / Subcontractor compensation events / claims are adequately justified, rationally explained and recorded to support potential head contract CE s / variations and sustain audit both externally and internally.
15. Settlement of Final Accounts with Sub-contractors
16. Review contracts and draft subcontract terms as required and appropriate
17. Check subcontractor invoices and certifying payments
18. Collect / record event details from site to establish variations / contract charges etc.
19. Review manufacturing list, liaising closely with Designers, Manufacturers and on-site crews
20. Participate as a key project member Team to drive performance
21. Develop key external commercial customer relationships
22. Act as champion for the communication

Experience/Qualifications/Skills
Essential:

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Building Services Quantity Surveying or have a general degree in Quantity Surveying
• Relevant experience in a Quantity Surveying role
• Good understanding of day-to-day commercial administration in the Engineering and Construction industries
• General commercial experience
• Evidence of delivering on accountabilities and driving the commercial agenda
• Experience in delivering to project commercial strategy, and to delivering on large and complex contracts and bids
• Experience in supporting large-scale projects and complex change initiatives using appropriate methodologies
• Experience in developing and sustaining positive working relationships including the ability to understand and work in line with the customers commercial strategy
• People management experience and commercial consultancy expertise
• Excellent NEC3/4 skills
• Good communication and inter personal skills Desirable:
• Evidence of cross-Business Unit networking, delivering speedy and proactive commercial advice and knowledge sharing

Minimum level of Qualifications to be verified
( N.B. only qualifications essential to the requirements of the role need to be checked)
Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Building Services Quantity Surveying or have a general
degree in Quantity Surveying