Senior Quantity Surveyor

VVB Engineering (UK) Ltd

Are you ready to be part of a team that delivers mechanical, electrical, and telecommunication engineering solutions? Look no further than VVB, where expertise and experience converge to create sustainable solutions across Rail, Highways, Power, and Tunnels.

At VVB, we’re more than just engineers – we’re collaborators, innovators, and stewards of our environment. Our projects are guided by our CORE values:

C-Care & Collaboration
O-Opportunity & Ownership
R-Responsibility & Respect
E-Excellence & End Result Focus

What’s on Offer:

– Competitive salaries with yearly appraisals
– Travel expenses covered for assignments outside your base location
– Perkbox membership for 24/7 access to perks, benefits, discounts, and wellbeing tools
– Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance schemes provided by leading providers
– Generous pension scheme
– 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (this includes a Christmas shutdown)

About the role:

The Senior Quantity Surveyor is a pivotal position within our Commercial team providing support our projects, to ensure projects are running in accordance to the budgeted forecast, and to maximise profit through robust cost control and the optimisation of variations to the Works. The role may be working on a singular major project or number of smaller projects within a framework(s).

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with and support the Project Manager(s) on a daily basis, to ensure projects are meeting commercial and financial targets
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with your client and supplier counterparts
• Contribute to regular and accurate reporting to the Commercial Manager on/for: PHR/CVR/Cash Flow/Weekly Updates etc
• Accountable and responsible for the project budget and to determine regular commercial forecasts
• Carry out valuations for the purpose of initial, interim and final payment applications
• Manage project sub-contractor and supplier accounts in line with the agreed subcontracts and to align with any upstream contractual requirements
• Identify, notify, value and agree change (variations, compensation events, claims)
• Work with the Commercial Manager to maximise the recovery of all contractual entitlements
• Ensure the Works are managed in accordance with the terms of the contract and any conditions precedent therein, not least regarding the times for giving notices and making applications
• Ensure that all contemporary records are kept by the project team members for use in supporting claims, extensions of time, and the evaluation of variations
• Support any tender processes as required
• Promote and maintain professional working relationships
• Identify project risks and develop and implement mitigation strategies to minimise the commercial effect of said risk

What we are looking for

Essential:

• Demonstrable use and understanding of standard forms of contract
• Adept knowledge of MS packages inc, Excel, Project and Word
• A working understanding of valuation techniques of construction works including elemental cost analysis of items such as labour, materials, plant, sub-contract and general expenses
• Ability to use programme analysis and measurement of Earned Value
• Able to use accounting concepts and forecasting cost and value based on programme and scope of works
• Understands and has used tools for the management of project and business costs including the use of cost saving techniques

Desired:

• Detailed knowledge of NEC contracts
• Knowledge of JCT contracts

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Educated to A Level standard or equivalent

Desired:

• Degree Qualified in Quantity Surveying, or equivalent
• Professional memberships such as RICS, CIOB, ICES or equivalent
• Holds a valid CSCS card
• Hold a full UK driver s license

VVB values the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all prospective and current employees with dignity regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. All employees must demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm in promoting the principles of equality in employment and service delivery.

NO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.