About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Regional Civils team to work in Avonmouth.
You will be an experienced Quantity Surveyor who has a track record in managing all costs and income within their area of responsibility. Seeking to minimise the costs of a project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality.
Typically, you will be a Chartered Member of the RICS, ICES or CIOB. Experience of managing a small team of less experienced commercial staff as well as mentoring others on their journey to becoming professionally qualified. They will maintain their Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Companys governance requirements and maximises LEAN/digital opportunities.
- Orders information and systematically checks data
- Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
- Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
- Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location
- Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
- Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately
- Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation and report to senior project staff.
- Understanding of the Customer Contract and undertakes customer and stakeholder management
- Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and or compensation events as required
- Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
- Manages commercial aspects with Customer and Stakeholders for their area of responsibility
- Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes.
- Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy.
- Supports the recruitment, supervision and development of team members
Who we're looking for
You will have the following qualities and experience:
BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
Communication
Teamwork / Role Model
Leadership
Achievement Focus (Achieving Results)
Business and Customer Awareness
Applies organisational aims & objectives
Identifies with the customer needs
Recognises opportunities & threats
Why work for us
You will be joining a skilled and competent regional Civils team involved in a number of schemes local to the South and West. We are committed to delivering a range of Civil Engineering projects of high quality in a professional and sustainable manner.
About us
We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic and innovative organisation.
Balfour Beatty is a corporate signatory to WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture. We are a member of the workingmums.co.uk Top Employers' Charter through which we demonstrate our commitment to enabling parents to progress and enhance their careers whilst managing the challenges of family life.
Balfour Beatty is also Gold Award holders in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
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