Quantity Surveyor / Senior Contracts Manager

Huntress – Bracknell

Our client has sites throughout the South East of England and Scotland. The role will be hybrid, can be based at any of the sites throughout the UK and will involve some travel across the various sites.

Our client’s Procurement & Supply Chain team is seeking to employ an astute and commercially driven Quantity Surveyor, who can thrive in a challenging, but rewarding utility industry. The role provides a fantastic opportunity for personal and career development, with exposure to business and senior management stakeholders.

The successful candidate will undertake a lead role in the delivery of our long-term Property, Energy Futures and Transmission Programme. Key responsibilities include Strategic Sourcing through Procurement (often regulated under UCR 2016), securing and maintaining an industry leading supply chain, and driving competitive delivery through robust contract administration whilst identifying economic efficiencies including value engineering opportunities to maximise delivery efficiency.

This exciting role will also require the successful candidate to deliver key Quantity Surveying functions such as:

• Preparing tender documentation (including draft contracts, bills of quantities and Activity Schedules).
• Collaborate with Project Managers to administer contracts in line with NEC and our Bespoke form of Contracts
• Contract Administration – manage all post contract commercial matters including negotiating and agreeing compensation events to achieve best possible commercial outcome for our client.
• Enhancing supplier and stakeholder relationships and commercial advantage by preparing feasibility studies, optioneering, cost plans and cost estimate to assist in forecasting.
• Change Management – Monitor and assist project managers to review project changes that impact on cost and programme and inform budget projections accordingly.
• Liaise with interfacing stakeholders such as Legal, Operations and Finance.
• Contribute to periodic reporting required by business unit directors.
• Project cost management – production of cost reports
• Consider contract risk profiles and advise mitigation actions.
• Assist project managers in production of project risk register
• Undertake peer reviews on Category Strategy Plans to ensure value and suitability for mains replacement activities.
• Manage final account process including communication of clear commercial lessons learned to senior stakeholders

What You’ll Need

We are looking for a candidate who has an interest in developing in a highly regulated environment and will be empowered to deliver regulated procurements and post contract administration, including expenditure management and dispute resolution.

To be successful in this role, you must be analytical and numerate with excellent writing skills, ideally gained through experience of working with goods, works or services contracts.

We’re also looking for;

• Quantity Surveying or equivalent qualification including recognised professional body accreditation or working towards (RICS, CIPS, CICES, IOB or equivalent) is desired
• Preferable at least 3 years unsupervised working on construction projects
• Strong IT skills, including knowledge of all MS Office applications, and purchase to pay systems.
• Demonstrable experience in drafting, negotiating, and managing construction contracts (ideally NEC).
• Experience of working to tight deadlines, under pressure whilst still delivering quality output and prioritising requirements.
• Ability to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and to influence and negotiate with users outside your own sphere of responsibility.
• A willingness to travel across both our network regions to attend various sites which you will be responsible for the commercial aspects of.

Huntress Search Ltd acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles.

We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout.

PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.