About the job.
National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team within Operations. As a Quantity Surveyor, you will provide expert commercial and contract management services to the National Highways Maintenance and Response Framework Contract and provide commercial advice and support to the service delivery team and manage a portfolio of cyclic maintenance, reactive maintenance and minor capital works in the value of £30 to £40 million per year.
The successful candidate will be based in our Nottinghamshire or Birmingham office, however here at National Highways we offer a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office and agile home working
1. Day to day contract and commercial management including managing communication and notifications to timescales, managing and valuing compensation events and early warnings, and review and agree final accounts using CEMAR contract management portal.
2. Assess payment applications using National Highways 'Confirm' Enterprise Asset Management portal.
3. Lead on regular cost and contract audits to ensure contractor compliance with contract conditions.
4. Monitor actual costs against budget and prepare contract forecasts, identification of risks and opportunities to Opex and Capex budgets.
5. Act as a line manager and mentor to Assistant Quantity Surveyors, Graduates and Ap...