Senior Quantity Surveyor
Costain GroupAbout the role
Costain has a unique opportunity for a Senior / Project Quantity Surveyor to join the West Winch Housing Access Road (WWHAR) project for Norfolk County Council.
Project overview
Costain has been appointed to design and construct the West Winch Housing Access Road (WWHAR) for Norfolk County Council (NCC). The project is in 3 stages:
- Stage 1 will involve detailed design, early contractor involvement (ECI) and on-site investigations, including gaining approvals from stakeholders
- Stage 2 will be to construct and handover the works into operations
- Stage 3 will be to maintain the environmental mitigation and biodiversity nett gain planting
The project team will mobilise in Stage 1 to lead the design and ECI with a whole project lifecycle approach. The team will deliver a design that enables a Safe, Efficient, Right First Time construction and efficient handover into maintenance, for both NCC and NH assets.
Scope of work
The new housing access road will connect the A10 to the A47 to the west of West Winch. Works will include:
- 2.5km of new single carriageway associated active travel routes and roundabouts forming access to new developments and onto the A10
- A new structure over the housing access road and modification of an existing structure on the A47
- Management of groundwater to enable installation of the drainage
- Management of utility works
- Modifications to the existing A10 improve active travel
The NCC project will also include works to enhance the A47 near to Kings Lynn, requiring 800m of dualling of the A47, a new roundabout to connect to the housing access road and reconfiguration of the existing Hardwick Interchange – all National Highways (NH) assets.
About you
As a Senior / Project QS, you are required to be commercially focused, confident in running your own packages as well as working effectively within a team. You will be joining a growing team working on a variety of packages across the lifecycle of the contract spanning multiple trades. Candidates will also be expected to cover all commercial aspects of their packages along with feeding into the overall project reporting cycles.
Responsibilities
- Lead your role from project set up, procurement, delivery and all the way through to final account
- Manage all commercial aspects of your packages
- Feed into the overall project reporting cycles
This role and project will provide scope for the successful candidate to grow and develop their skills across all aspects of commercial management.
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.
Application information
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About Costain Group
Costain Group plc is a British infrastructure company that provides construction, consulting and digital services across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. It works across six sectors — road, rail, integrated transport, energy, water, and defence and nuclear energy — offering services across the lifecycle of customers' assets, including consultancy and advisory, digital technology solutions, asset optimisation and complex programme delivery.
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