Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Discipline: Rail

Salary: £28,000 – £38,000 + Benefits, depending on experience

We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor with Rail industry experience to join our business. Due to continued growth we are seeking a self-motivated and highly organised QS to work alongside our project team.

The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team engaged on large scale investment projects across the West Midlands region.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide a leading role to support the projects and the programme with commercial information and advice ensuring compliance with governance
• Providing a positive commercial influence on the strategy, behaviours, and delivery of the operational activities
• Cost reporting – assessing value to date, supply chain valuations and forward forecasting to completion
• Production, management and communication of the periodic CVR documentation
• Driving risk and change management, mentoring the wider project teams as part of this.
• Support with pre and post contract procurement activities as appropriate
• Estimating and cost planning for new projects/elements of work as they arise
• Production of contractual correspondence and leading on record keeping processes and behaviours

Skills:

• Cost control and administration
• Subcontractor management
• Contract administration
• Change Control
• Budget Management Accuracy of forecasting

Person Specification Qualifications:

• Holding or working toward a construction commercial qualification, such as quantity surveying or commercial management preferred
• Knowledge and Experience Working in a finance or commercial function within the engineering or construction sector
• Knowledge of finance systems Cost and budget administration
• Financial and commercial reporting
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft excel