Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, your role as the Senior Quantity Surveyor is to be Yokogawa's focal point for contractual and commercial matters. You will join our Project Management Office to support our continuing growth and provide expert guidance to the project cost management team within their assigned projects, while safeguarding the position of Yokogawa in any cost or schedule related discussions.
Yokogawa is looking for a forward-thinking and passionate Senior Quantity Surveyor who ideally has worked on large-scale Construction, Design, and Management projects with experience of NEC4 and Bespoke forms of contract. This will be a pivotal position within the PMO team, providing support to large-scale individual projects or multiple small/medium projects. You will ensure all projects are running in line with budgeted forecasts and maximized to increase profit through good commercial acumen and effective contract and supplier management.
You will be responsible for managing the progress of all accounts, both client and sub-contract, through to finalization. With the support of the Quantity Surveyors allocated to the projects, you will have commercial control of all allocated projects, including the provision of timely submission of valuations, invoicing, payments, CVR reporting, payment of the supply chain, forecasting, and budget setting for the project. You will ensure that forecasts are achieved or exceeded where possible to ensure maximum profitability and value for Yokogawa and our clients, while ensuring the Senior Project Manager and Operations Manager are appraised of all progress. You will be responsible for providing governance, consistency, and ensuring commercial compliance of the Quantity Surveyors' day-to-day activities whilst they are supporting their individual projects.
In conjunction with the operational team, you will drive productivity and identify opportunities to ensure that Yokogawa GB goals are achieved.
In conjunction with the Procurement Team, you will ensure that the procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers is undertaken in a timely and cost-effective manner and manage the timely production of the main/sub-contract final accounts, including re-measurement as necessary to ensure the best result, evaluation, and agreement of all variations, extensions of time, and loss and expense claims.
We are keen to hear from positive and self-driven individuals to join our existing engineering & support team.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead commercial matters for planned projects
2. Procurement
3. Financial performance and periodic reporting, including forecasting, profit/loss, cash flow, etc.
4. Contract compliance
5. Meeting/liaison with client/subcontract/supply chain as necessary
6. Manage commercial risk and opportunity
7. Develop and agree on a commercial strategy that achieves budget and maximizes profitability
To be considered for this Senior Quantity Surveyor role, you will need to have the following experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge, and attributes:
1. Establishing friendly, professional, and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues, and other parties involved in the projects and programs we support.
2. Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
3. Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting to completion in line with budget.
4. Proactively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
5. Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
6. Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
7. Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets.
8. Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders.
9. Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
10. Leading people and commercial matters as needed.
11. Contract Management (NEC4, Option A, C, and E)
Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:
1. Cost Management
2. Change management and control valuation
3. Procurement
4. Reporting
5. Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
6. CVR, CPI, and SPI management
7. Identifying and driving efficiencies and improvements through the project life cycle.
8. Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
The role is permanent and based at Yokogawa Head Office in Runcorn. To be considered for this role, you will:
1. Have experience in a similar role within Construction, Design, and Management projects. This would be EPC with Electrical (LV/MV, Control, Instrumentation, Mechanical, and Civil scope of works within the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors.
2. Ideally hold a degree qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
3. Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.
4. Have working experience of NEC contracts.
5. Have experience of commercially running multiple small projects or one project up to £50 Million.
6. Have knowledge of ISO 9001, CDM15, and Health & Safety at Work.
7. Hold a full UK driving licence.
What we promise to offer:
Salary level is dependent on experience. Standard working hours are Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5:00pm, Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm. Flexibility will be required to meet customer and business needs.
Superb benefits including company pension contribution up to 12.5% dependent upon criteria, private medical insurance and healthcare scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with increments based on length of service.
Freedom to do your job and autonomy is important to us.
Exciting challenges within a mature organization that demands a high degree of individual responsibility and promotes initiatives.
Innovative and advanced high-technology products and services.
This is a permanent position, with our offices based at Runcorn, Cheshire. We provide a healthy work-life balance through working from home possibilities (currently 3 days/week); however, there will be a requirement to travel to UK customer sites for each project.
Not just a job, but a career
Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems, and industrial services in several industries.
Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.
About the Team
Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.
Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive culture
Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.
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