Overview
Senior Quantity Surveyor – Enfield
Job Description
Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.
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Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Undertaking the efficient and effective management and issuing of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence.
Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Contract Leader.
Preparation and agreement of applications for payment or the assessment & preparation of payment certificates.
Maintaining registers of variations, delay, extension times and claims.
Compliant and consistent implementation of the Company’s commercial policies and procedures.
Assist with preparation of monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed.
Produce pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary.
Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Leader Reports.
Review value management and advise on Risk management.
Prepare supply chain enquiries, negotiate, administer, and finalise / close out supply chain contracts.
Plan and implement change management and cost control.
Maintaining awareness of the different construction contracts in current use.
Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working.
Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports.
Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team
Strong analytical skills
Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge
Confidence and ability to assert influence
Qualifications
Essential
Holds an RICS / CICES accredited degree
Desirable
Senior Quantity Surveyors will hold or be nearing completion of Full Membership with RICS / CIECS
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
