Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Location: Peterhead
Rate: £65 per hour Umbrella
Hours: 42.5/w
Hybrid: 3 days office, 2 days home
Duration: 6 month+ contract
We are recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the pre-construction and delivery of a major substation project in Peterhead. The scheme includes a new 400kV substation, a 132kV five-bay substation, associated outbuildings and transformer infrastructure. The overall project is expected to run through to December 2028. You will be responsible for the procurement and commercial management of major subcontract packages, including:
- Groundworks package valued at c. £22m
- Further civils/groundworks package valued at c. £6m
- Structural steelwork and building-envelope packages across three buildings, valued at c. £13m
The role will focus heavily on subcontract procurement, administration and management through delivery. You will work under NEC3 Option A, using CEMAR to manage subcontractor communications and contractual processes.
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Requirements
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- Senior QS experience on major civils, utilities, energy or power-infrastructure projects
- Strong subcontract procurement and subcontract management experience
- NEC3 experience, ideally Option A
- Commercial experience including valuations, change control, compensation events, forecasting and reporting
- CEMAR experience preferred
- Substation, HV, groundworks, structural steelworks or building-envelope exposure would be beneficial
For more information, please contact Daniel Baker on 07380 329 743, or apply via this advert.
Desired Skills and Experience
- Senior Quantity Surveyor
- NEC3
- NEC3 Option A
- Subcontract Management
- Subcontract Procurement
- Commercial Management
- Package Management
- Groundworks
- Civils
- Civil Engineering
- Substation Construction
- Energy Infrastructure
- Power Transmission
- 400kV
- 132kV
- Electrical Infrastructure
- Utilities
- Transformer Installation
- HV Substations
- Major Projects
- Pre-Construction
- Procurement
- Tendering
- Tender Analysis
- Subcontract Negotiation
- Subcontract Administration
- Commercial Reporting
- Cost Control
- Cost Management
- Forecasting
- CVR
- Change Management
- Compensation Events
- Early Warnings
- Contract Administration
- Final Accounts
- Payment Applications
- Valuations
- Variations
- Risk Management
- Building Envelope
- Structural Steelwork
- Steelwork
- CEMAR
- NEC Contract Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Supply Chain Management
- SSE
- Hybrid Working
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