Thames Water
Project Quantity Surveyor

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Project Quantity Surveyor
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor who will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects with minimal supervision to ensure that value for money is achieved alongside contractual compliance. You could have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging in contractor value from £25k to £200M during your career at Thames Water.
What you’ll be doing as a Project Quantity Surveyor
- Providing Commercial Assurance of Major Projects and Programmes Contracts.
- Challenge, negotiating and agreeing Project Tenders on assigned Portfolio.
- Ensuring that payments are made on time and in accordance with the Contract for your given portfolio of Projects.
- Assessing the Quantum of Change and/or Extension of Time under the relevant Contracts on the assigned portfolio.
- Ensuring that appropriate processes are in place and monitored on your Projects to ensure that Contractual Compliance is maintained and advising stakeholders if any non-performance is identified and corrective actions implemented as necessary.
- Supporting the management and optimisation of budgets and spend on the portfolio of Projects.
- Attending monthly site meetings on-site.
- Data Collecting the relevant Contracts on the assigned portfolio.
- Auditing and agreeing on Project Accounts.
- Supporting the Senior, Principal or Managing Quantity Surveyor with the resolution of Claims as necessary.
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Base Location
Reading – Hybrid. Maple Lodge - Hybrid
Working Pattern or hours
36 hours
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:
- Have extensive experience in commercially managing a portfolio of projects, both pre and post-contract.
- Hold a degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
- Have a desire to work towards gaining Chartered Status.
- Be confident in negotiation and have some dispute resolution skills.
- Understand water regulation (incl. OFWAT Price Review methodology).
- Be excellent at building and maintaining relationships.
- Have strong communication skills.
- Mentor junior team members.
- Hold a full UK Driving license and have your own transport.


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What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary from £54,000 to £64,000 per annum, depending on experience.
- Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays).
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
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