Senior Quantity Surveyor

About Aureos

Aureos is a growing business seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to work within the SPN Business Unit as part of the Commercial team. We work collaboratively with customers to deliver critical national infrastructure projects across the UK.

Our goals are to:

• Grow: turnover, margin and customer satisfaction
• Improve: operational delivery, reliability and outcomes
• Sustain: our people, communities and the environment

Aureos's Action Agenda

Our business-wide strategy focuses on seven key priorities:

• Sustainable innovation: Embedding sustainable improvements with an aim to be net zero
• Structure and Governance: Through monthly Performance review meetings and clear delegation of authority
• Business Development and Customer Relationship Management: Growing into new markets and developing relationships and strategies with new and existing customers
• Safety, Health and Wellbeing: Implementing tiers of H&S management and bring the operational input to the fore
• People and inclusion: With specific training and succession planning
• Operational effectiveness: Enhancing our capabilities and strengthening the existing core of the business
• Digitisation: Through an internal Programme Management office, lean tools, and digital platforms

About the Role

The Senior Quantity Surveyor plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results. Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercial reporting and maximising profit. You will be responsible for assisting the commercial team in completing and maintaining well organised records, contribution to the timely production of applications for payment and accurate project reporting.

Reporting to: Regional Commercial Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Management of application and credit control processes
• Management of optimisation of income
• Management of all processes regarding costing and forecasting
• Management of change control system
• Input into the management of project risk
• Management of CTC and CVRs
• Management of the full sub-contract cycle
• Provision of commercial advice to Project Team
• Development of team spirit and trustworthiness within Project Commercial Team and with Client and S/C
• Management of dispute resolution
• Communications within the Project Commercial Team and with the Project Team
• Management of Training plans
• Input into the tendering process

Secondary Responsibilities

• Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are met
• Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI's
• Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice across the client base
• Assisting with the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste
• Encourage, support and assist with the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams
• Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit
• Other tasks appropriate to the role of Senior Quantity Surveyor, as identified by Regional Commercial Manager/Commercial Manager

Expected Behaviours

Trust and respect

• We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect
• We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively
• We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs

Accountability and decision making

• We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly
• Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture
• We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes

Communication and engagement

• We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators
• We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all
• When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding

Constructive challenge

• We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion
• We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own
• We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success

Improvement and innovation

• We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working
• Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear
• We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement

Performance Expectations

Targets will be set and reviewed on a 6 monthly basis, aligned with the responsibilities and behaviours listed within this job description. The Senior Quantity Surveyor is expected to deliver:

• Timely achievement of forecast figures for turnover, profit and income
• Timely production of accurate internal accounts and internal/external reports/audits
• Timely production of accurate cost and forecasting information
• Robust and up to date change control system. Prompt agreement of and payment for changes. Risk registers frequently reviewed and updated
• Successful well managed sub-contract life spans with few or no disputes and payments made on time
• A commercially well informed, qualified and professional Project Commercial Team with few quickly resolved project disputes
• Up to date records/reports/libraries of standard documents
• Significant contribution to the tendering, and contract review processes

Essential Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent
• Substantial experience working in contracting commercial department
• Experience of on multi-disciplined HV/LV Infrastructure projects is desirable, working with DNO's and Private Networks experience is preferrable
• Proficient in Microsoft packages (Excel)

Desirable Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Driving license
• Use of ERP systems such as COINS
• Hold or working toward Professional Qualification
• Working knowledge of construction industry conditions of contract

Benefits

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
• Pension
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Assistance and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Referral Scheme

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.