Senior Quantity Surveyor in Richmond

Location: Richmond

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Skanska

Job Hours: Full-time

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Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

We have 3,300 experts in the UK alone, could joining us be your next career move?

Our piling and foundations division provides internationally recognised geotechnical engineering solutions to the UK construction industry and beyond. We have brought new ideas and technology to projects like HS2, Crossrail, Northern Line Extension, 21 Moorfields, ESS Lund and the Amsterdam Metro.

As part of our global community of experts, you will be working on some of the world’s most exciting engineering projects.

We are now seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to strengthen our Ground Engineering team for complex projects for Cementation. This is a key role where you will carry out all commercial and contractual activities in the delivery of the piling and ground engineering projects working with variety of Clients and contract forms.

You will also be an active member of the project / Business Stream team offering support, advice and administering all commercial and contract duties ensuring discipline/governance is maintained throughout.

You’ll:

Understand and have experience in the review and agreement of contract terms and conditions ensuring Skanska Legal and CSL governance is adhered to at all times.

Have had experience and administer the use of a wide range of contract forms, including as a minimum NEC and JCT (various options) and have sufficient experience to understand and administer bespoke / non-standard forms.

Be skilled and confident in the review of proposed contracts, identify unacceptable terms and conditions and negotiate suitable compliant alternatives.

Be able to negotiate contracts, bonds, warranties, guarantees etc with external parties whilst liaising with all relevant internal stakeholders (with assistance from Skanska Legal, CSL / Skanska Commercial Leads)

Be able to do a full commercial and contract administration from tender to final account (plus post completion duties) for a variety of projects (varying size, discipline and complexity)

Complete cost and value reconciliation along with complete end life forecasting on a monthly basis for all projects / the business stream

Manage the Risk and Opportunity processes for the project/s in accordance with company and group procedures ensuring mitigation measures are identified and implement at the right time to benefit the project / business stream.

Understand and implement all commercial and contract governance ensuring compliance by the Project / Business Stream

Provide support and training for site staff on commercial and contract issues.

Assist in collating information for any relevant third parties representing the business (insurance, audits etc.)

We’re looking for:

A comprehensive level of commercial and contract experience with piling experience

Experience of main contracting

Experience in various forms of contract – but as a minimum NEC and JCT

BSc or HND in Quantity Surveying or other equivalent construction related subject.

Preferably qualified to RICS accreditation

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reward and benefits

A career with us means you’ll have the freedom to develop your skills and leave your mark on the communities in which we work. Our competitive benefits package will help to enhance your life outside work, too.

Inclusion and diversity

We thrive through embracing differences because we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.