Location
Exeter, Devon | United Kingdom
Job description
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Milestone is the UKs leading highways maintenance provider. Looking after 48000 km or roads, 280,000 lighting assets and 20,000 miles of footways, always with a view to ensuring that all works are carried out as sustainably as possible and with minimal impact to local communities.
Following a number of significant contract awards our highly successful projects division are currently looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team delivering schemes in and around the South West, working from site and our Exeter office.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor you will be part of our commercial team who are responsible for supporting the project teams in all commercial matters and working with operational teams to ensure all commercial objectives are delivered.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor your duties & responsibilities will include:
- Providing the commercial function across projects to ensure successful project delivery.
- Working within a team of talented professionals ensuring co-ordination and provision across all aspects of project delivery.
- Undertake pre-contract setup, including forecasting, measurement, sub-contract tendering and procurement (including drafting to negotiating various forms of subcontract).
- Effectively manage the commercial aspects of the project (or a section of a project) including valuations / applications, budget monitoring, material / plant reconciliation and contract variations / compensation events and change.
- Prepare, manage and negotiate the agreement of Final Accounts.
- Procurement and management of subcontract packages, as well as supporting other members of the commercial team in the management of subcontract packages.
- Produce, maintain, and assist others in producing and maintaining, project forecasts to support the monthly commercial and financial reporting procedures.
- Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
- Maximise cashflow through the control and valuation of works, invoicing and payment process.
- Manage a commercial team to ensure delivery of above items and develop their knowledge.
- Provide support and training for site staff on commercial issues.
- Ensure compliance with all legal requirements, including contractual and legislative.
- Ensure compliance with Milestone standards and procedures in respect of commercial activities.
- Assist with control of project documentation.
- Ad hoc duties as job requires.
Skills & Knowledge Requirements
- Degree / HND qualification in Quantity Surveying or other relevant subject.
- Registered with the RICS / CICES and working towards professional chartership (Preferred).
- Strong level of identifiable commercial experience within the construction industry as a Senior QS or QS.
- Demonstrable experience of working on Highways and Civil Engineering projects.
- Strong working knowledge of NEC3/4 suite of contracts.
- Good command and communication of oral and written English.
- Skilled negotiator and communicator.
- Good people and organisational skills.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office (ie. Excel) and other computer skills.
About The Company
At Milestone we embrace diversity, opening a rich potential for new ways of thinking and helping us to build successful and winning teams. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process; and as a Disability Confident employer, if you require any adjustments that would assist you throughout your application, please contact us at [email protected] or inform the recruitment manager in the first instance and we will be pleased to offer support.
This is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Milestone. The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the Business.
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