Quantity Surveyor

About the Project

The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.

About the Role

Responsibility to ensure that operations are carried out to control costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety whilst also ensuring that maximum efficiencies are obtained and full compliance with the Alliance and Anglian Water governance procedures is achieved. All to be done working as part of an integrated delivery team providing commercial challenge and recommending actions to achieve and create an environment of our performance.

This role will be hybrid, working at the Peterborough office 2-3 days and the rest working from home.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of commercial and cost management of a project or group of projects as designated by the Project Commercial Manager.
• Assist the programme area estimating team to ensure robust estimates are provided that align to scope and make allowance for risks and opportunities including any necessary analysis, transfer of data to Alliance Procurement system and Cost Base. Ensure there is 360 feedback and learning from actual costs updating the Estimators accordingly.
• Ensure subcontracts are properly prepared & reflect agreed scope. Manage subcontracts in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, early warnings, compensation events, programme submissions etc, and maintain all contract files up to date.
• Work closely with the procurement team, Construction Manager and Project Manager (PM) to develop & monitor procurement strategy.
• Work closely with the site Team attending site regularly to ensure they are aware of and can manage the allowances and outputs, provide robust challenge to achieve outperformance, communicate change control and escalate when necessary.
• Ensure robust cost management is always undertaken.
• Undertake accurate live forecasting taking into account the programme and report in accordance with the respective work breakdown structure / cost breakdown structure.
• Monitor and assess actual costs against baseline, value of work done, solution cost progress, affordability challenges and final outturn calculations, reporting either weekly or otherwise as agreed with the Lead QS whilst observing Alliance governance.
• Ensure that all project team members (including site staff) understand the contractual arrangements, to satisfy Client & Partner organisation requirements.
• Ensure that proper records are kept & maintained so financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.
• Prepare final accounts timely and accurately.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Notable years post graduate experience in construction industry in a commercial role.
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working.
• Experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
• Experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information and prepare reports.
• Experience of drafting contractual correspondence on behalf of the Project Manager and preparation of payment certificates and interim financial reports.
• Negotiating and team-working skills and the ability to motivate and lead.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge.
• Confidence and ability to assert influence.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering / management / cost discipline.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving.
• Experience of contributing to procurement and contract strategies.

Essential Qualifications

• Degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering / management / cost discipline.
• Holds an RICS/CICES accredited degree or enrolled on an accredited part-time post graduate degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.

Desirable Qualifications

• Full Membership of the RICS or CICES desirable, or enrolled on the approved training scheme for membership.

About Costain

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you're passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we'd love to hear from you even if you don't tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

Recruitment Notes

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