Quantity Surveyor

Colchester, Essex
Hays
Quantity Surveyor – Civils – Negotiable Salary

Your new company
One of the UK’s leading infrastructure contractors, working across a number of sectors including; transport, highways, water, energy and telecommunications
Your new role
Working on the Anglian Water framework in Colchester they are now looking for a Quantity Surveyor. The scheme across the region to ensure the customers continue to receive a great service with as little interruption as possible whilst remaining within budget.
As the Quantity Surveyor, you’ll work with the delivery team, providing support to both the delivery management and on-site delivery teams.

• Embracing the outperformance mentality, you’ll ensure that operations are carried out to control costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard.
• You will be responsible for assisting the programme area Estimating team to ensure robust estimates align to scope and make allowance for risks and opportunities.
• You will work closely with the Procurement team, Construction team and Project team in preparing Subcontracts and procurement strategies and ensuring they reflect agreed scope.
• You will produce accurate live forecasting, considering the programme and reporting in accordance with the respective work breakdown structure / cost breakdown structure.
• You will be responsible for ensuring actual costs are monitored and assessed.
• You will provide reports on actual costs vs. estimate and identifying underlying reasons for any variance & resolutions, highlight, challenge and resolve variance to latest plans.
• You will ensure that all project team members (including site staff) understand the contractual arrangements, in order to satisfy Client & Partner organisation requirements.
• You will also ensure that proper records are kept & maintained so financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
• You will need to liaise with the Project team to ensure any Contractual notifications required are issued in accordance with the Contract.
• You will support delivery teams locally and the central commercial function

What you’ll need to succeed

• A degree in Quantity Surveying or HNC / HND in Civil or Mechanical Engineering with specific QS / commercial management experience

What you’ll get in return

• 25 days’ annual leave plus eight days’ bank holiday
• Non-contractual Annual Bonus
• Company Car or Car allowance
• Fuel Card
• Private Health Care and Health care Cash plan
• Matched Pension Scheme
• Remote working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities to progress in a successful multifaceted company
• Access to My Rewards which provides fantastic reductions on 1000’s of purchases including Mobile Phone, Utility bill & top retail brand discounts.

What you need to do now
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