Responsibilities
- The individual will be an integral part of a team that is accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project
- To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances
- To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
- Comply with established commercial/procurement/ contractual strategies
- Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards
- Individually or as part of a team operate processes for the selection, appointment and management of construction and engineering contractors
- Cost Planning including: - Preparation of indicative cost budgets and appraisals - Preparation of elemental cost plans in accordance with NRM - Provide advice and opinion in respect of our client development plans and expectations - Value engineering studies
- Procurement including: - Providing advice on procurement strategy - Assembling and seeking agreement to long and short tender lists - Preparing and issuing tender documents. - Running a competitive tender process including managing queries from tendering contractors - Managing and contributing to structured and documented tender evaluations - Preparation of Contract Recommendation Reports - Preparation of contract documents - Complaint tenders
- Post Contract Quantity Surveying including: - Scrutinising and verifying applications for interim payments - Preparing certificates - Managing change control in accordance with contracts - Producing cost reports and cost forecasting - Assisting Project Managers in preparing Early Warnings, Instructions and Compensation Events - Attending progress meetings - Promote commercial awareness throughout project - Support formal dispute resolution process and contract close out strategy as required - Advising and liaising with internal project and cost control team - Developing Commercial Strategies - Developing Acquisition Strategies
Requirements
- Quantity Surveyor (cost manager) with relevant experience in Mechanical and Electrical Services Quantity Surveying
- MRICS or professionally qualified in either a surveying or engineering discipline
- Mechanical and Electrical experience essential
- Technical background with a degree in quantity surveying, engineering, or another construction related subject or equivalent
- Pre and Post contract experience of large complex schemes in the range of £5m - £500m
- Cost planning and managing a design to budget experience on projects with a minimum of supervision
- Feasibility and cost planning, procurement advice, tender documentation and post contract services
- Previously employed by a consultancy or end user client
- Well organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
- Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal
- Excellent customer service, communication and client/external interface skills
- Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts and forging new business relationships
- A track record of effective working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering to deadlines
- A team player, outgoing, flexible, enthusiastic and ambitious
- Ability to identify and develop potential opportunities to secure more business for RLB