Quantity Surveyor/Contracts Administrator

Quantity Surveyor/Contracts Administrator/Commercial Manager
Birmingham - £310 a day - 4 months

Key Skills: Quantity Surveyor, Contracts, RICS or IACCM, Commercial, Rail, Construction

Our client is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to provide post contract commercial support for designated packages of work, including subcontract, materials and direct labour.

Candidates will require a QS/Contracts Administration background within project environments, eg Rail, Construction, Defence, Engineering etc.

You will be responsible for the following:

Work package change control and management.
Key commercial interface for responsible work package manager.
Contractual & commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering.
Work package cost management, including forecasting, budget management and control.
Monitoring and actively managing and mitigating work package risks.
Commercial reporting
Maintaining auditable records for responsible work packages in accordance with contractual requirements.

Essential skills as follows:

Degree qualified or equivalent and/or hold or working towards professional qualification (RICS, IACCM or similar)
Strong track record in a contractor side, project environment.
Able to manage both direct labour and subcontract costs.
Ability to estimate change/variations using various methods.
Able to forecast cost and measure cost of work complete.
Good negotiation skills
Ability to manage commercial strategies
Strong communicator with excellent written and oral communications skills
Good financial and commercial acumen
Ability to work under own initiative and under cost or time critical conditions
Good Contractual knowledge and experience.
Confident and able to deal externally and internally at all levels.
Ability to operate effectively within a team environment
Strong computing skills in MS word, excel, project and MS Outlook

Please apply with your CV in the first instance.