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Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS - Worksop
Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Are you a Senior Quantity Surveyor? Can you reduce cost and risk but maintain great value? Would you like a company to support your development and encourage further education and training? If the answer is yes, then the opportunity below is for you!
The opportunity:
Explore Manufacturing are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team at the Laing O'Rourke Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction, Europe's largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility.
What will the role look like?
* Sole responsibility for a project, section of a project.
* All Senior Quantity Surveying duties including; measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
* Preparation and management of interim applications for payment and agreeing certifications.
* Draft, manage and settle subcontracts.
* Management and reporting of monthly costs.
* Drafting and preparation of claims.
* Preparation and agreement of final account.
* Day to day management of any trainee, assistant quantity surveyor and/or quantity surveyor.
* Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
* Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action.
* Advise on commercial risks within the project or projects.
* Preparation and management of monthly contract review reports, weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information and of monthly management accounts information.
* Preparation of contractual and commercial input into Project Business Plan, as required.
* Assist with the establishment of the project "budget to build" from the Contract award.
* Identify and agree change and implement change control process.
* Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
* Communicating clearly & confidently to a professional standard.
* Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
* Autonomously delivered a small to medium project or; performed a support role to a commercial manager/senior commercial manager on a larger project and/or managed an area (£25m) of a larger project.
* Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, Construction Management).
* JCT/Mixed contract experience.
* A good knowledge of coins, for both sub-contract and cost management.
* Cost management of prelims.
* Familiarity with the CRF and CiM processes.
* A desire to learn the risk and opportunity process both internal and with our client.
* A drive to learn and grow to the next grade.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
Company
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
“As an engineering enterprise, Laing O'Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.”
– Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer
Diversity & Inclusion:
Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.
Laing O'Rourke believes that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood, and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES
Laing O'Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.
The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.
Support for Disabled Employees:
* LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
* LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommittee is an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long-term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
* Disability Confident Leaders– We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
* LOR are members of the Business Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
* LOR are partnering with Even Break to have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.
Sustainability:
In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets. These include:
* To be a net zero company by 2050.
* By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff.
Rewards and Benefits:
* Private Medical Insurance.
* Pension – basic and enhanced schemes.
* Health and Wellbeing.
* Virtual GP.
* Health Assessment (Age 50+).
* Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay).
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* 5 days leave extra can be purchased.
* Employee Discounts.
* Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade.
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