Dragados UK & Ireland
Quantity Surveyor
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Job Summary
The Quantity Surveyor manages the cost and contract management aspects of work packages within the project from initiation to close-out.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer contractual terms and conditions for suppliers and sub-contractors
- Administer incentivisation arrangements as appropriate
- Support the assessment of the package and compensation events
- Provide regular cash flow forecast of expenditure for package
- Report expenditure against the package budget on a monthly basis
- Input to the monthly consolidated project-wide cost / expenditure report
- Assess potential contractor and supplier claims and make recommendations for settlement
- Finalise contractor’s accounts and close out contracts for the project
- Support the audit team for defined cost auditing as required, and for audit of final account pack
- Raising consultant, supplier or contractor instructions as necessary and take these through change management process for approval by Senior Leadership Team and Client
- Report on the expenditure of financial contingency built into the relevant packages
- Provide schedules of rates and commercial input to tender documentation
- Undertake cost analysis of bid returns
- Assist the package project manager and procurement team in resolving all financial commercial issues arising in the tender return
- Support the negotiation for relevant tenders
- Receive and review monthly valuations from contractors and incorporate into the monthly Client application for payment.
- Review all instructions issued by the project manager for cost implications
- Support the change control process and assist in identifying the cost implications of any proposed changes
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Technical Skills And Competencies
- Knowledge of all aspects of commercial management
- Knowledge of various forms of NEC contract
- Knowledge of IT systems relevant to Commercial Control (CEMAR & Aconex)
Qualifications, Certifications And Experience
- Experience of commercial management
- Experience of construction projects
- A degree in Quantity Surveying or professional experience
Behavioural competencies
- Able to collaborate and work as part of a team
- Focus on detail
HS2 Values
- Leadership: Using innovation and challenge to lead by example
- Respect: Understanding others, recognising their value and behaving accordingly.
- Safety: Caring for our workforce, or passengers and the public by creating an environment where no one gets hurt.
- Integrity: Acting fairly, transparently, and consistently.
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Dragados Values
- Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
- Integrity: Acting ethically and transparently. Demanding the best standards of integrity from its employees, suppliers and other stakeholders.
- Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organisation, with our clients and supply chain by developing strong and long-term relationships based on mutual trust.
- Sustainability: Commitment to sustainable development to make an efficient and ethically responsible contribution to society and the environment.
- Profitability: Ensuring our profitability as well as contributing value to the communities in which we operate as part of our sustainability agenda.
Dragados is committed to act based on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles. Equal opportunities, non-discrimination and respect for human rights are basic principles contained in the Dragados Code of Conduct (https://www.dragados.co.uk/html/compliance.html) that apply to all Dragados employees.
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