Managing Quantity Surveyor

What you’ll be responsible for

Commercially managing a team of Quantity Surveyors providing cost management services across a large portfolio of complex capital projects across a range of engineering disciplines, ensuring best in class commercial and cost management that demonstrates value for money on all projects delivered. This will include:

• Inspiring all employees working within your team through the provision of a stimulating and challenging environment that recognises achievements, promotes effective communications, and develops individuals to achieve their maximum level of performance.
• Managing your teams’ resources effectively to ensure tasks are completed to a high standard and within required timescales as set out by the Commercial Calendar and the Business Governance requirements. Responsible for the provision of governance and assurance across a programme of works with a capex of £40m-£100m per annum.
• Providing support and advice to a Delivery Manager and team of project managers and project engineers on all aspects of commercial contract management within Frameworks.
• Providing support and advice to a team of Quantity Surveyors (DCWW staff and Consultants) on all aspects of the cost management function and the Capital Cost Management Procedures – including the Management Handbook and the Alliance Partner Processes
• Preparing all aspects of works orders, ensuring all Welsh Water project approval processes are followed.
• Overseeing the Validation and agreement of contract values and target costs with framework contractors.
• Identifying, analysing and developing response to commercial project risks, ensuring risks are understood, valued and correctly allocated.
• Overseeing the completion of monthly valuations of completed work and recommendations for payment across in house and Partner delivered schemes in your area.
• Building and maintaining relationships with the Delivery Team, Finance, SAP teams, Project Managers and Contractors.
• Providing advice on contractual claims, early warning notices and compensation events.
• Checking and approving final accounts at contractor and project levels prior ton submission to the Commercial Manager.
• Undertaking appropriate ‘lessons learnt’ analysis upon project completion in order to ensure that there is a continuous improvement process applied.
• Assisting with commercial / contractual dispute resolution between third parties and Welsh Water.
• Providing clear, visible, management to the team – and ensuring effective management of people through HR processes and procedures.

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Delivery Manager
• All levels of management within Welsh Water
• Capital Delivery Teams
• Operations
• Asset Strategy
• Finance
• Procurement
• Welsh Water Leadership Team

External

• Regulators, Local Authorities, CCW, EA
• Capital Delivery Partners
• Framework contractors, consultants and equipment suppliers

About you

• Extensive experience of NEC and other contract administration
• Qualified to degree level or holding a relevant Professional Qualification
• Minimum of 5 years cost management experience, preferably in the water industry
• Experience of working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor being responsible for the commercial aspect of large complex projects
• The ability to manage, develop and motivate a team of Quantity Surveyors
• Commercial acumen, the ability to challenge costs and drive value for our customers
• Extensive experience in administering commercial agreements, frameworks contracts and programmes
• Excellent analytical and data interrogation skills with an ability to extract relevant information and present it in a logical and structured manner
• Excellent communicator and team player who understands the importance of ownership and accountability
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplined engineering delivery team environment
• The ability to work to tight regulatory and project timelines

Good to know

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: sean.o'[email protected]