Quantity Surveyor - Rail

Quantity Surveyors - Birmingham, Bromsgrove or Watford - 6 month contracts

Excellent contract opportunities for Quantity Surveyors to be based at one of the above locations with our rail client, providing post-contract commercial support for subcontract, materials and direct labour work packages.

Principal Accountabilities
-Assist with commercial management of various work packages as directed. These may include: Design, Installation, Test & Commission, Materials, Telecoms, Electrification, Power, Plant, Professional Services, Civil Engineering and Permanent Way.
-Responsible for work package change control and management.
-Provide key commercial interface for responsible work package manager.
-Provide contractual & commercial support to Project Managers and Engineering.
-Responsible for work package cost management, including forecasting, budget management and control.
-Monitor and actively manage and mitigate work package risks.
-Provides Input to internal and external commercial reports as required by Commercial Delivery Strategy.
-Ensure processes and document control complies with the appropriate Company standards.
-Establish and maintain interfaces with key stakeholders. eg finance, project management, engineering, sub-contractors, suppliers and client.
-Responsible for maintaining auditable records for responsible work packages in accordance with contractual requirements.

Essential Competencies
-Minimum 4 years Quantity Surveyor/Contracts Administrator experience working within a contractor side project environment.
-Experience ideally gained in a rail, engineering, defence, or construction
-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
-Ability to work with limited supervision
-Ability to manage expectations
-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

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