Senior Quantity Surveyor

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senior quantity surveyor – asset intelligence

Lincolnshire

What you will be doing:

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team at Galliford Try within our Asset Intelligence Business.

Ideally, you will based in or around the Lincolnshire area.

- To act as a link between the Senior Leadership Team and our project delivery teams to communicate company strategy and vision.
- Ensure effective interaction and promote collaboration between the commercial team and the other team disciplines (operational/delivery/design etc.).
- Assist the Managing QS in enhancing the Asset Intelligence teams commercial awareness including providing targeted training sessions.
- Responsible for the coaching, mentoring and development of any direct reports.
- Assist the Managing QS with coaching and mentoring the wider commercial team in their respective roles and encourage continuous professional development.
- Assist the Managing QS to ensure that the Commercial Team is supported through all their duties in the business.
- Assist the Managing QS in future proofing the commercial management function by developing technical and leadership capability across the team.
- Enhance commercial processes and ensure that processes are adhered to across the AI business.
- Ensure that good client and supply chain relationships are fostered and held to enhance the company's reputation and future business.
- Establish and maintain clear lines of communication within the commercial team and with other stakeholders to facilitate effective decision-making and problem-solving.
- Lead efforts to incorporate sustainability initiatives into project planning and execution, aligning with the company's environmental and corporate social responsibility goals.
- Responsible for ensuring the preparation of comprehensive and reliable cash forecasts.
- Responsible for understanding and substantiating any variances versus projected and budgeted cash forecasts.
- Responsible for implementing and advising the commercial team on established techniques to maximise cashflow.
- Monitoring the subcontractor applications across the portfolio of projects to ensure that they’re reviewed and processed with the associated payment and/or payless notices where required.
- Assessing supply chain payments to prevent payments being made for items which aren’t yet due.
- Adherence to PPC and statutory payment regulation compliance across portfolio of projects
- Ensure VCA reviews are conducted in line with company’s 5-point manifesto; that risk is accounted for appropriately and that a comprehensively assessed commercial position is put forward.
- Responsible for substantiating any turnover and contribution movements to the Managing QS versus the budgeted and forecasted positions reported for the relevant milestones assessed by the business (eg. Period, quarter, half year, full year and beyond).
- Ensuring that accountability is set and upheld with the correct members of the project and commercial teams with regards to their responsibilities in relation to commercial performance and strategy.
- Negotiating and agreeing T&C’s of new clients, subcontracts and existing contracts for the agreed portfolio of projects within the parameters of the business’ governance.
- Ensuring adherence with GT’s commercial and legal contract agreement policies and procedures as defined on the BMS.
- Ensuring correct risk allocation within main contract, subcontract and supply chain documentation as well as mitigation of GT’s contractual risk as much as reasonably practicable (including transferring main contract risk to the supply chain).
- Responsible for ensuring that the commercial and technical elements of both main and subcontracts are incorporated correctly and dovetailed via collaboration with the project team.
- Responsible for effective commercial project mobilisation of the agreed portfolio of projects as well as ensuring the whole project team has a full appreciation of their contractual obligations and constraints.
- To be the single point of contact to deal with the client’s QS in agreeing all commercial matters in the absence of a Senior QS. Delegation to the QS will be at the SQS’s discretion if there is an SQS in place.
- If the preferred manner in which to agree commercial matters is in a joint meeting with a client, then the PM, QS and SQS (if applicable) shall be fully aligned on the result required.
- To escalate any high-risk commercial matters to the SQS as soon as they arise.
- To ensure that all client commercial notifications (EWN’s, CE’s, VAR’s etc.) are notified and closed out/implemented in a timely manner and that all appropriate clarifications/assumptions/additional client’s risks are expressed and incorporated where required.
- To ensure that all supply chain notifications are notified and closed out/implemented by the AQS in a timely manner and that the appropriate responsibilities and risks are transferred to the supply chain.
- Responsible with the project manager for the completion of all cost and time quotations.
- Responsible for ensuring the business’ entitlement to additional cost and time is gained wherever necessary and within the contractual timescales.
- Accountable for ensuring complete accuracy of all commercial registers.
- Responsible for attendance to client and supply chain meetings.
- Responsible for completion of any other commercial communication issued to clients (e.g. Progress reports, minute and action logs etc.).

About you:

- Proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within construction, infrastructure, utilities or a comparable project environment.
- Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline, or relevant demonstrable experience.
- Sound working knowledge of standard forms of contract, with NEC and JCT experience preferred.
- Commercially astute, organised and decisive, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across live projects and site environments.
- Competent in Microsoft Excel and confident using commercial systems, reporting tools and project documentation platforms.
- Ability to lead, coach and develop junior commercial team members and promote effective collaboration with operational and technical teams.
- Progress towards or membership of a recognised professional institution such as RICS or CIOB is desirable, together with a commitment to continued professional development.

You will be able to demonstrate the following key attributes.

- Desire to understand and promote the Company purpose, vision, values and culture
- Organised, structured and professional, with a passion for excellence, striving to delivering the best.
- Flexibility, resilience and the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders. Demonstrating strong ethical standards with openness and honest.
- Commitment to the provision of excellent customer service, passionate, committed and enthusiastic in all that you do.
- A self-starter with a can-do attitude and a desire to pick up new challenges. Dedicated to working together to achieve results.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Galliford Try’s Asset Intelligence business works predominantly within the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure market, focussing on Defence, Water, Energy, Transport and Telecommunications sectors. We deliver multi-site security programs, and our expertise in the planning, design and delivery processes, together with our CNI Security knowledge and experience, enables us to efficiently deliver fully integrated physical and electronic security programmes and portfolios of work on critical operational assets.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Wharton on [email protected] .

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

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