Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor
Posted 3 days ago by SGS
Location: – Huntingdon
Duration of assignment: 3 months – rolling contract
Working hours: 37 hours Monday to Friday
IR35 status: Inside IR35
Supporting with NEC administration, Scope preparation, CE assessment, Target Cost production. NEC 3 TSC experience. Upskilling junior commercial team.
NEC actual experience is essential and some experience in estimating works using and SoR in highways civils
Qualifications
HNC or Degree in Quantity Surveying is Essential
Relevant professional status, RICS, ICE, CIHT or relevant industry n- desirable not essential
Main Duties
Provide quantity surveying and estimating services for internal and external works to ensure
value for money is achieved with the best use of available resources. To manage the commercial
and cost management aspects for the delivery of the programme of investment and planned
works.
Continually improve target cost and budget estimate assurance processes requested through
the NEC Contracts within the Highways and Transport service – provide standards and training
that improves works information quality and keep up to date records/logs of day to day tasks to
prioritise workload and manage expectations. Approve a sample of final take offs and quantities produced by the Assistant Quantity Surveyor, the oversee the build ups are correct back to the
contract, including fees and uplifts.
Advise the team on the latest guidance, commercial lessons learned and industry best practice.
Oversee the costs management systems for both the client and contractors, ensuring
compliance with prime records. Oversee the works order management systems and upskill our
people with commercial awareness when carrying out these activities. Sign off rate build-up and
schedule of rates, promote us of first principles for pricing and checking value for money for the
Council
Ensure the team and wider Highways and Transportation directorate have the up to date tools
and guidance on the NEC form of Contract including core system management of change control
for the contracts and frameworks we have in place. Advise and guide new staff members in the
workings of the NEC form of contract and how to apply these to delivery of works and
commercial requirements set by these contracts. Ensure the Commercial team are provided
with the relevant training and case history including industry knowledge and exposure of a
range or different contracts.
Duration of assignment: 3 months – rolling contract
Working hours: 37 hours Monday to Friday
IR35 status: Inside IR35
Supporting with NEC administration, Scope preparation, CE assessment, Target Cost production. NEC 3 TSC experience. Upskilling junior commercial team.
NEC actual experience is essential and some experience in estimating works using and SoR in highways civils
Qualifications
HNC or Degree in Quantity Surveying is Essential
Relevant professional status, RICS, ICE, CIHT or relevant industry n- desirable not essential
Main Duties
Provide quantity surveying and estimating services for internal and external works to ensure
value for money is achieved with the best use of available resources. To manage the commercial
and cost management aspects for the delivery of the programme of investment and planned
works.
Continually improve target cost and budget estimate assurance processes requested through
the NEC Contracts within the Highways and Transport service – provide standards and training
that improves works information quality and keep up to date records/logs of day to day tasks to
prioritise workload and manage expectations. Approve a sample of final take offs and quantities produced by the Assistant Quantity Surveyor, the oversee the build ups are correct back to the
contract, including fees and uplifts.
Advise the team on the latest guidance, commercial lessons learned and industry best practice.
Oversee the costs management systems for both the client and contractors, ensuring
compliance with prime records. Oversee the works order management systems and upskill our
people with commercial awareness when carrying out these activities. Sign off rate build-up and
schedule of rates, promote us of first principles for pricing and checking value for money for the
Council
Ensure the team and wider Highways and Transportation directorate have the up to date tools
and guidance on the NEC form of Contract including core system management of change control
for the contracts and frameworks we have in place. Advise and guide new staff members in the
workings of the NEC form of contract and how to apply these to delivery of works and
commercial requirements set by these contracts. Ensure the Commercial team are provided
with the relevant training and case history including industry knowledge and exposure of a
range or different contracts.
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- Job ID:
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