Quantity Surveyor

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Main Purpose of the Job:

Mott MacDonald is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS) and construction supervision team on cost and commercial activities for a transport scheme.

Key responsibilities and duties are listed, but not limited to, the below:

• Prepare a bill of quantities reconciliation with respect to actual quantities
• Prepare monthly financial and costs reports including estimate reports and variance reports.
• Support the SQS to perform risk and value management on the project as well as cost control
• Measure progress of work and coordinate payments including interim payments to contractors
• Measure variations, quantities and costs
• Preparation of a monthly cash flow chart
• Negotiate and agree variations for both quantities and costs
• Register and review all drawing issues for quantities and cost implications
• Attend regular site meetings with internal and external stakeholders to discuss variations and monthly valuation
• Assist the SQS in evaluating claims and preparation of change/variation orders
• Attend meetings with client for all cost and commercial aspects during project

Essential Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Quantity Surveying Discipline from a recognized university
• Professional membership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is essential
• Experience in construction related quantity surveying
• Experience must include major programs; metro and rail experience will be advantageous
• Proven experience in closing out final accounts on large projects, claims and variations
• Knowledge in evaluating site instructions and variation orders
• Experience in assessing and evaluating contractor’s claims
• Must be able to demonstrate necessary skills to implement methods for dispute avoidance and resolution
• Must have ability to utilize computer technology to analyse data, maintain records, analyse financial data and generate reports
• Continuously looking for innovations and improvements to manage workload and accomplish deliverables across individuals, teams and projects
• Using leadership skills to build and nurture relationships and also creating effective working environments
• Able to manage multiple teams with diverse backgrounds on geographically and culturally diverse teams

Flexible working
At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience:

• 90 calendar days paid maternity leave
• Competitive annual leave
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Annual company performance bonus scheme – Subject to company performance