Vallum Associates
Managing Quantity Surveyor
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Managing Quantity Surveyor
📍 Scotland
💰 £750 per day PAYE
🕒 45 Hours per Week
📄 Temporary Contract
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to join a major Overhead Lines and Electrical Transmission project. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused Quantity Surveyor with strong NEC contract experience and a background in utilities, power, transmission, or infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in maximising project profitability, mitigating commercial risk, and supporting successful project delivery across a high-profile energy programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead commercial activities across the project lifecycle.
- Support the preparation of commercial reports, claims, forecasts, and associated documentation.
- Monitor and manage project risks, maintaining risk registers and mitigation strategies.
- Manage subcontractor and supplier accounts, including valuations, variations, quotations, claims, and final accounts.
- Identify and manage compensation events, delays, change control, and contractual variations.
- Carry out cost/value reconciliation (CVR) and support financial reporting and forecasting activities.
- Ensure accurate commercial records are maintained throughout the project.
- Work collaboratively with operational teams, project managers, and senior stakeholders.
- Attend project and commercial meetings as required.
- Drive commercial best practice and process improvements across the project.
- Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety, Quality, and Environmental procedures.
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Essential Requirements
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying.
- Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, Senior Quantity Surveyor, or Managing Quantity Surveyor.
- Strong understanding of NEC3 and NEC4 contracts.
- Experience managing subcontractors and supplier accounts.
- Demonstrable experience dealing with variations, valuations, claims, and compensation events.
- Strong commercial awareness and contract costing experience.
- Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and financial reporting capabilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
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Desirable
- Previous experience within Electrical Transmission, Overhead Lines (OHL), Utilities, Energy, or Power Infrastructure projects.
- CSCS Card.
- Experience working on major infrastructure or network projects.
Additional Information
- Inside IR35
- PAYE engagement only
- £750 per day
- Standard DBS Check required
- CSCS card preferred
- PPE required
- 45-hour working week
- Long-term project opportunity within the growing UK energy sector
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If you have strong NEC contract experience and a background in utilities, power, transmission, or infrastructure projects, we'd love to hear from you.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a major energy infrastructure project and play a key role in its commercial success.
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