Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the project and the job

The M25 and A249 DBFO Contracts were two of the last DBFO Contracts awarded by National Highways and continue to run to 2039 and 2034 respectively. The M25 DBFO is by far the largest DBFO Contract and the annual Service Payment cost for the two contracts is in excess of £400m per annum. The project oversees the operation and maintenance of the M25 & A249 networks and given the annual expenditure and duration remaining on the project, this provides an exciting and unique opportunity to join the team.

We are expanding our commercial management team to support National Highways' annual £1bn investment programme to maintain the Strategic Road Network. In addition, the M25 DBFO will interface with exciting projects such as Lower Thames Crossing and Heathrow Airport expansion over the next decade. In preparation for this, we have exciting opportunities for Senior Quantity Surveyors to join our team.

You will lead a team of Quantity Surveyors and have responsibility for the end-to-end commercial and contract management of a complex programme of works. The nature and diversity of the programme ensures you will have the opportunity to enhance your leadership and stakeholder management skills, together with your ability to successfully deploy your commercial skills, capabilities and experience in a complex delivery environment.

The role will be primarily based in our Maidstone, Guildford, Basingstoke or Bedford offices depending on your home location. In all cases we have a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office/agile home working with a general expectation of office working at least 2 days per week. You will also be expected to attend our Contractor's offices around the M25/A249 on occasion to support the role and enhance collaborative working practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the commercial and contract management and assurance of all works, ensuring that all works are managed in line with the contract and all contractual matters are responded within the contractual timescales.
• Line management responsibility and providing mentoring, training and coaching in support of team and individual development. Support those pursuing professional qualifications (e.g. MRICS) as may be applicable.
• Oversee supply chain management including enquiry documentation, quotation assessment, works order award and instructions to supply chain where required. Ensure monthly Supply Chain Payment assessment including all relevant documentation as well as Final Accounting.
• Ensure Cost and value reconciliation is performed to ensure correct cost capture has occurred across the contracts. Assist with preparation of scheme forecasts and associated risk profile. Contribute to whole-life costing assessments and be willing to provide appropriate advice/recommendations where necessary to the leadership team to facilitate decision making.
• Management and negotiation of change management including Early Warning and Compensation Events, both to the Client and to the supply chain as necessary.
• Interface with Major Projects and other special projects to ensure the operational requirements and risks have been considered.
• Have commercial oversight on key project and strategic risks and hand back. As hand back approaches, the commercial risks increase for National Highways, especially in the post-hand back period. As such, this will require specific focus as the contract progresses.
• Interface with our key stakeholders including our commercial/contract consultants and legal advisors to protect the interests of National Highways and ensure appropriate governance approvals within National Highways and through to DfT and HMT are in place.

About you

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or other relevant technical qualification and relevant professional qualification at Chartered/Member status e.g. MRICS, MCInstCES, or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of contract administration, ideally in a portfolio/programme/PFI setting and desirably using NEC/PFI forms of contract.
• Demonstrable experience within a Quantity Surveying/Commercial function with evidence of providing expert advice and support on complex commercial matters, preferably in a civil engineering/infrastructure environment for either the client or contractor.
• Demonstrable stakeholder management experience, with an ability to engage, prioritise and collaborate as an intelligent and effective customer.
• Line management and mentoring experience.

About us

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.

We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it – then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Benefits package

• Basic salary, with the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

Family friendly benefits

• Enhanced maternity leave and pay
• Paternity leave (15 days)
• Shared parental leave
• Adoption leave
• Access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities

Money and community friendly benefits

• Access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

Pre-employment checks

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

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