Costain Group PLC
Project Quantity Surveyor
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Job Description
Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP8 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.
The role of Project Quantity Surveyor is to provide commercial support on projects to ensure that it is procured, delivered within budget and to the highest quality whilst exceeding our customers' expectations. This will be working across our East Thames patch, covering Hertfordshire, Essex and East London.
At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.
Responsibilities
The Project Quantity Surveyor shall be responsible to the Commercial Manager for ensuring the smooth and efficient running of all activities. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Providing support to Commercial Manager/Senior Commercial Manager.
- Leading and developing the efficient and effective management and issue of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence.
- Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Project Director/Manager.
- Responsible for ensuring the production of monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed within deadlines.
- Responsible for ensuring the production of monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Budget reports.
- Liaising with the Customer’s commercial team.
- Responsible for ensuring registers of variations, delay, extension of time applications and claims are contemporaneous and maintained.
- Responsible for ensuring the production of records of pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary.
- Review value management and advise on Risk management.
- Responsible for preparation, review and completion of sub-contract documentation.
- Ensuring all change management and cost control is undertaken on their projects.
- Ensuring preparation & agreement of interim applications for payments on their projects.
- Management of the final account process of sub-contractors.
- Oversight of management subcontracts from initial placement of order to final account.
- Monitor the Procurement Plan production, Sub-contract procurement including analysing commercial comparisons.
- Monitor main contract- including assisting with and producing Change Reports, Value Change Report Forms Main Contract, monitor allocation changes Report on matters relating to insurances relevant to the project.
- Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager.
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Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Extensive post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement.
- Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen.
- Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working.
- Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution.
- Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports.
- Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions.
- Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies
- Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge.
- Confidence and ability to assert influence.
- Experience in implementing and delivering strategic objectives and associated change programmes.
Qualifications
- Holds an RICS / CICES accredited degree.
- Full Membership of RICS or CICES
About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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About The Team
Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.
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