AmcoGiffen
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Aviation Sector ¦ Birmingham Airport / Warrington
Location
This role can be based from either:
- Birmingham Airport
- Warrington Office
with regular attendance at Birmingham Airport projects and occasional travel across the wider aviation portfolio.
Why Join Us?
You'll become part of a collaborative and experienced aviation team delivering projects that are critical to the UK's transport infrastructure. In return, we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Company car or car allowance
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare options
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development and career progression opportunities
- Support towards professional accreditation
The Opportunity
Due to continued growth within our Aviation business, we are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team supporting a portfolio of high-profile projects at Birmingham Airport.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering complex infrastructure and construction works within a live operational airport environment. The position offers flexibility to be based from either our Birmingham Airport project offices or Warrington, with travel as required to project locations.
Working alongside the Commercial Manager and project delivery teams, you will take responsibility for the commercial and contractual management of projects from inception through to final account, ensuring successful financial outcomes whilst maintaining strong client and supply chain relationships.
What You'll Be Doing
- Managing the commercial and contractual aspects of aviation projects across the project lifecycle
- Preparing, submitting and negotiating applications for payment
- Producing accurate cost/value reconciliations, forecasts and cashflows
- Managing subcontract procurement, administration and final account settlement
- Identifying, managing and mitigating commercial risks and opportunities
- Preparing and negotiating compensation events, variations and contractual claims
- Ensuring contractual compliance and protecting the company's commercial position
- Working closely with operational teams to support successful project delivery
- Building and maintaining strong client, consultant and supply chain relationships
- Supporting and mentoring Quantity Surveyors and Assistant Quantity Surveyors
- Contributing to project reporting, business forecasts and commercial reviews
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About You
We are looking for a commercially astute professional who thrives in a fast-paced project environment and has a proven track record of delivering successful commercial outcomes.
Essential
- Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline
- Experience operating as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within infrastructure, civil engineering, rail, aviation or major construction projects
- Strong knowledge of NEC contracts
- Excellent commercial acumen and contractual awareness
- Experience managing subcontractor procurement and commercial administration
- Proven ability to manage project cost reporting, forecasting and final accounts
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Full UK driving licence
Desirable
- Previous experience working within an aviation environment or on projects within live operational facilities
- Membership of RICS or working towards chartership
- Experience managing multiple projects or frameworks simultaneously
- Knowledge of airport infrastructure, civil engineering and building projects
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
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We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
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