Senior Quantity Surveyor - Highways - Aylesbury Buckinghamshire
Job description
SENIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR
SEALR - AYLESBURY
As Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will drive success leading across a live projects and be responsible for maximising quality, service and profitability”
OUR HIGHWAYS BUSINESS
There has never been a better time to join our family, in particular our Highways business where we have seen impressive growth over the last few years achieving tremendous success under the CDF Framework and Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA) amongst other local authority frameworks. Right now, we are poised for continued growth successfully retendering for the MHA strengthened with additional success on the Regional Delivery Partnership in collaboration with Highways England in the South West and the Eastern regions. We’ve secured a strong pipeline of work over the next few years and in a really strong position to capitalise further so now is the time to update that CV and come and join us, exciting times are ahead!
THE PROJECT
The project forms part of Buckinghamshire Council’s Aylesbury Orbital Link Roads scheme. SEALR phase 1 will deliver a 1.3km dual carriageway between the A413 Wendover Road and the B4443 Lower Road to the south of Aylesbury, with new roundabouts to be formed at either end. At the eastern end of the scheme the link road will be continued by a housing developer as the Southern Link Road. At the western end of the scheme an extension of 450m of dual carriageway and an additional roundabout will form phase 2 of the SEALR works to connect to the South West Aylesbury Link Road being constructed by HS2 Ltd. It is currently intended that phase 2 will be instructed to Galliford Try during the construction of phase 1 and carried out simultaneously with it.
YOUR ROLE
As Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will work closely with your commercial line manager and operational colleagues to take ownership of the commercial administration, reporting and performance on pre-construction activities. The role may also involve taking commercial responsibility for a single large project or several smaller schemes.
Key Responsibilities:
Pre-Construction
- Manage the commercial elements of the bid approval process in line with the BMS and in collaboration with the Bid Manager.
- Prepare commercial win themes pre-tender
- Act as commercial lead and support to the pre-construction team.
- Initial bid review for tender opportunities
- Undertake a commercial review for each tender
- Develop a commercial strategy for each tender to maximise chances of winning at the same time as maintaining profitability
- Review the scoring criteria and producing pricing models to simply explain to others and identify strategies for pricing
- Check, contribute and review BoQ, SoRs and Activity Schedules
- Liaise with the estimators throughout the bidding process
- Input into the production of risk and opportunity schedules
- Produce a route to margin strategy for targeted margin
- Identify tender queries, encourage others to identify TQs, review and submit TQs
- Review all TQs including those issued by competitors, seek expert input where needed and advise others of relevant TQs
- Check the quality approach aligns with the commercial
- Contribute to lessons learnt workshops after each tender submission
- Review tender feedback and implement commercial improvement.
Assigned Live Projects
- Participate in creating a knowingly safe working environment.
- Act as Project Commercial Lead in the administration of the contract.
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients, subcontractors and key stakeholders.
- Produce Subcontract documentation including negotiation of terms and conditions, prices, and programme.
- Management of subcontract works packages including, interim assessments of the amount due and subsequent change management.
- Produce and issue all commercial notices, to both the Client and Subcontractors, as required by the form of contract.
- Manage change in a timely manner in accordance with the form of contract, including the production and submission of Compensation Event Quotations.
- Produce, submit, and agree monthly applications, to the Client, in accordance with the form of contract.
- Liaise with operational and engineering staff to ensure site records are kept to the standard required.
- Review detailed monthly reports and Cost Value Reconciliation’s (CVR) as required by the business unit or project.
- Review ‘Cost Plan’, tracking and forecasting expenditure, including detailed schedules of Subcontractor ‘liabilities’.
- Work with the Project Manager to ensure accurate planning of expenditure.
- Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems.
- Support the Project Manager and others to identify, quantify, and mitigate risks to cost and value.
- Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems.
- Attending weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with the client and subcontractors.
- Apply the principles of ‘Doing the right thing’ in maximising value and profit.
- Responsible for key decision relating to commercial matters alongside the senior operational team.
- Management of teams and the development of all commercial staff to ensure they reach their potential and support their wellbeing.
YOU
We are looking for passion, strong leadership and a commitment for delivering excellence. If you have a solid track record for delivering civils projects from a commercial standpoint then get in touch as I want to hear from you. You’ll need experience of working in the contracting environment with good working knowledge and experience with the NEC form of contract, with knowledge of measuring work for roads/bridges offering a distinct advantage. If you are degree qualified and member of the RICS or IOB (or moving towards professional membership) that would be preferred. If this sounds like you and you are ready to strive for exceptional levels of performance, call me today!
IN RETURN
In return we offer an opportunity to work on some of the UKs most exciting construction projects, in a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges as well as a competitive salary and benefits package including car or car allowance, pension, healthcare, bonus and 28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We will always consider flexible working hours and arrangements.
For more information on this Senior Quantity Surveyor role or to enquire about other positions available within our highways business please contact [email protected]
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Galliford Try is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community
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