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Quantity Surveyor / Contracts Administrator
Sector: Administration and Secretarial, Construction and Building Services
Role: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Are you a 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 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.
The investment in our own purpose-built facility, which opened in 2009, has united the power of our experience and knowledge of construction with state-of-the-art processes and technology, providing our clients with leaner, smarter and more cost-efficient options for the built environment.
What will the role look like?
* Sole responsibility for a specific area or areas within a project.
* All Commercial duties including measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
* Assist with preparation of interim applications for payment and internal valuations.
* Management and reporting of monthly costs.
* Draft, manage and settle subcontracts, with assistance.
* Preparation, agreement, maintenance and filing of records.
* Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action.
* Assisting in preparation of claims.
* Identifying change and administering change control process.
* Assisting with the preparation of final account, including pricing.
* Drafting and preparation of monthly contract review reports.
* Drafting and preparation of weekly Business Performance Review (BPR) information.
* Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project.
* Communicating clearly and confidently to a professional standard.
* Day to day management of any trainee and/or assistant Commercial personnel.
What skills & experience are we looking for?
* 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.
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.
* 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.
Sustainability:
* 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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