Description:
As the Quantity Surveyor, you will have responsibility to manage Client’s and Mott MacDonald obligations on various interesting clean and waste water and environmental projects. As part of a Core Team within the ENW Portfolio, you will work closely with the wider Advisory Project and Programme management teams to manage the project deliverables to the Client expectations. You will demonstrate a passion to work collaboratively with our client teams to deliver their complex projects to time, cost and quality with a commitment to safety. You will drive innovation of our service delivery and provide advice to the team and an integrated client. You will take ownership of and responsibility for the successful delivery of your projects, identifying and monitoring project risks and opportunities, managing stakeholders taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests and ensuring good project governance.
Candidate Specification
Essential
- Quantity Surveying degree or relevant extensive experience in experience of delivering within a Cost Consultancy/Main Contractor
- Ideally Chartered QS MRICS or working towards chartered status (MRICS) and a commitment to CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
- Previous experience of administrating a wide range of contracts, particularly NEC contracts and experience in using CEMAR (Contract Event Management and Reporting) or similar
- Contract and procurement advice, cost analysis, due diligence, cost control, cost reporting activities and post contract management on projects, programmes and D & B contracts
- NEC contract management, review early warning and compensation event notifications, assessment of compensation events, review and agreement of defined cost including targeted auditing where required and final account/contract closure
- Prepare and report cost engineering information & reports on a monthly basis and additional ad-hoc reports as required by Management e.g Cashflow, Actuals, Variance reporting
- Production of the Application for Payment including a critical review of time billed, recoverable activities with appropriate commentary
- Provide input and recommendations for cost engineering requirements and actively promote and implement Value engineering and value for money
- Support and advise the project manager in respect of fulfilment of all contractual obligations
- Building and managing strong client and stakeholder relationship skills
- Excellent IT skills, oral and written communication, organisation skills and good analytical thinking.
Desirable
- Experience in the public sector, water, environment and regulated industries
- Ability to operate both autonomously and as a part of a larger multi-disciplinary team providing commercial support
- Preferred experience in using electronic measurement systems and other cost and contract management tools
- Ability and willingness to travel.