Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor

About United Infrastructure

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

UI Social Infrastructure revitalises homes and communities through the regeneration and maintenance of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods and ensuring homes are safe and compliant. We deliver large programmes of work for social housing providers and fully integrated property service solutions for public sector clients. Our experienced teams are specialists in working within occupied properties, ensuring minimal disruption to residents and communities. We collaborate with community and social value specialists to deliver long lasting benefits for all.

Role Purpose

The Quantity Surveyor will take on validation pricing and provide monthly cost advice to the client based on validation surveys produced. The role is also responsible for the planning application workstream, inclusive of client valuations, procurement, payment and client claiming in line with agreed contract terms, as well as forecasting costs. The Quantity Surveyor will lead on compiling and managing open book reconciliation and audit information, maintain live monthly reconciliation through the live data sheet, identify unrecovered costs and claims (WIP), and redirect queries to the responsible QS / SQS and ensure actions are closed out in a timely manner.

You will be the commercial lead on a long-term partnering framework for Disrepairs contracts and be responsible for the commercial success of the projects whilst adhering to commercial administration procedures. You will promote and deliver a collaborative environment with both the client and throughout the management of the subcontract / supply chain account.

Key Responsibilities

1. Validation Pricing and Monthly Client Cost Advice

• Take lead responsibility for validation pricing activities
• Review validation survey outputs and advise the client monthly on costs, valuations and forecasted spend
• Ensure pricing submissions are accurate, commercially robust and aligned to agreed commercial processes and contract agreements
• Provide clear commentary on cost movements, risks, opportunities and recovery positions

2. Planning Applications – Procurement, Payments and Claims

• Take commercial ownership of planning application SOW procurement activities
• Manage procurement process for planning application works/packages, including enquiry, comparison and recommendation
• Administer payments and claiming from the client in line with agreed NHF rates and contractual/commercial requirements
• Produce and maintain planning application forecasts, including cost-to-complete and cash forecasts
• Track and reconcile planning application spend against budgets and approved allowances

3. Open Book Reconciliation, Audit and Cost Allocation Control

• Lead on compiling reconciliation and audit information for internal and client review
• Ensure subcontractor costs are correctly allocated by team members against the correct IDs/cost codes
• Compile, maintain and run the sideways sheet to provide a live monthly reconciliation position
• Update adjustments and corrections in a timely manner to maintain accurate reporting
• Identify where subcontractor claims or costs have not been recovered and escalate / redirect queries to the responsible QS or SQS
• Support audit readiness by ensuring records, back-up and reconciliations are complete and traceable

4. Sole QS Responsibility

• Act as sole Quantity Surveyor across Disrepair projects
• Manage commercial activities on these programmes from cradle to grave, including procurement through yearly close out
• Prepare and maintain valuations, variations, final accounts and supporting records as required
• Update forecasts regularly and manage cash flow/cash management across each programme
• Support operational staff with day-to-day commercial queries and contractual/commercial advice
• Maintain commercial records to support transparent reporting and recovery
• Manage commercial function on programme
• Ensure allocations and budgets are maintained and monitored against actual expenditure
• Identify and report any deviations from budget, including causes, impact and recommended corrective actions
• Support operational teams to ensure commercial controls remain effective across service delivery

5. Subcontract and Supply Chain Commercial Management

• Prepare subcontract enquiries, analyse quotations and support package procurement
• Value, negotiate and process subcontract applications/payments in line with agreed procedures and legislation
• Maintain clear records of subcontractor variations, claims and agreements
• Challenge, verify and resolve subcontractor cost claims to protect project margins and maximise recovery

6. Financial Control, Forecasting and Reporting

• Produce accurate monthly cost/value reconciliations, forecasts and cash projections
• Monitor project and programme budgets, allocations and recovery performance
• Highlight risks, unrecovered costs, overspends and margin erosion promptly to management
• Support monthly commercial reviews with clear, accurate data and commentary

7. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

• Work collaboratively with Operations, QS/SQS colleagues, Commercial Management and client representatives
• Provide commercial guidance to operational staff on procurement, valuations, claims, budgets and reconciliations
• Ensure commercial queries are directed to and resolved by the appropriate responsible party where required

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a Quantity Surveyor role within construction, social housing, maintenance or planned works (Disrepair experience is desired but not essential)
• Strong understanding of NHF rates
• Strong experience in cost validation, reconciliation, forecasting and cash management
• Experience administering subcontractor payments, claims and cost recovery processes
• Advanced Excel user with strong data interrogation and reconciliation skills (including live cost tracking spreadsheets)
• Good understanding of cost coding, allocation controls and audit trail requirements
• Commercial awareness with sound contractual and valuation knowledge
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and provide clear client-facing commercial advice

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar commercial related qualification (desirable)
• Relevant industry experience in lieu of formal qualification will be considered
• CSCS card at appropriate level (where required)
• Valid driving licence (where role requires travel)

Key Deliverables

• Accurate monthly validation pricing and client cost advice
• Timely planning application procurement, payment and client claims in line with Main Contract Agreement
• Reliable monthly live reconciliation via live data sheet and supporting audit information
• Effective identification and escalation of unrecovered subcontractor claims/costs
• Accurate forecasting and cash management

Equal Opportunities

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