Senior Quantity Surveyor

Ref
MAX8544
Consultant
Adam Cadwaladr
Region
South West and Wales
Location
Gloucester
Salary
£45k - £55k + package
Job Posted
24/07/2018
Type
Permanent
Status

A Senior Cost Manager is required to join an international consultancy in their Gloucester office, to work on major Nuclear construction projects.

Project Details

You will be the Senior Quantity Surveyor/Cost Manager on large scale Nuclear projects.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Consulting, establishing & implementing best practice cost management and cost engineering processes within client's organisation.
• Review and propose improvements to current business processes and policies related to cost management & change controls.
• Establish and maintain Project Cost Controls policies and processes.
• Manages the execution of estimates, plus the delivery to the clients
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget, as well as pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner
• Review and issue periodic cost & cash flow reports to senior staff.
• Establish and manage the reviews all change orders in accordance with the client's approval process.
• Manages the payment application and invoice approval process prior to forwarding top accounts payable.
• Review payment requisitions, assess percentage of work complete with the project team and make recommendations.
• Provides procurement services for the client, where applicable, for construction and engineering services, including preparing RFP and bid analysis.
• Attends cost meetings to review procurement status and change order status with the contractors and engineering teams.
• Attend and chair project, cost and other meetings as required.
• Provides cost information on value engineering analysis.
• Develop Cost Models, Estimating Relationships, schedules and risks analysis for programmes and projects in support of customers
• Support standardisation and update of estimates.
• Develop and maintain price proposal cost and pricing templates for customers
• Conduct cost and price analysis of competitive and non-competitive bids for supplies and services offered
• Provide training to staff on cost/schedule/risk estimation methods
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience delivering major projects, ideally in the Nuclear sector
•  Experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager in client facing roles

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

- Degree in Quantity Surveying or similar discipline
- Member of relevant professional body is preferred, however, not essential

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The interviewing company is a leading, world class management and construction consultancy with vast experience in the building and civil engineering sectors. They operate offices worldwide; uniting local knowledge, personal insight and global expertise to be a market leader in construction.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

The company offer a very competitive salary and package inclusive of a discretionary bonus, a pension package, private health and a car allowance

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