Quantity Surveyor

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Wisbech

Contract Type: Contract Outside IR35

Day Rate: £500 - £575 per day

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join a leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) on an EfW project. Working within the commercial team, you will be responsible for managing project costs, contracts, and financial performance from procurement through to project completion. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile energy infrastructure projects, ensuring value for money while maintaining contractual and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the entire process of measuring again the quantities of work undertaken.
• Remeasurement and valuation of selected subcontract packages.
• Measures and evaluates changes from revised drawings and site inspection at regular intervals in accordance with the contractual measurement rules and rates and standard methods of measurement.
• Develop and issue sound, accurate cost reports, accurately reflecting the financial position of each package and forecast commercial status and cash flow, including interface with CAPRI and SAP. Identify trends and implement the requisite actions. Identify variances and explain the cause and potential effect and where necessary implement mitigation measures to reduce the impact.
• Participate in or run regular technical and commercial site meetings, issue minutes of meeting.
• Administer the subcontracts robustly with the view to protecting the clients contractual and financial position. Maintain comprehensive records that accurately reflect events at site and capable of being relied upon in the event of a dispute or difference. Prepare and ensure that contractual correspondence is maintained in PIRS and that the client’s contractual position is protected.
• Administer subcontract payments in accordance with the clients’ procedures and in accordance with the contract and applicable legislation and issue respective documents correctly and in time.
• Document commercial aspects of any change / deviation /claim in PIRS working collaboratively with the technical work package holder, project procurement, scheduling, site management. Early recognition and maximisation of opportunities. Identify commercial risks and implement mitigation measures in consultation with the work package holders.

Job Requirements

• Quantity Surveyor with good experience of managing civil, groundworks and construction packages.
• Specific experience remeasuring work packages for construction of industrial plants.
• Strong knowledge of applicable remeasurement rules (such as CESMM4; SMM7, NRM)
• Proficient with standard form and bespoke contracts. FIDIC an advantage.
• Assertive, diligent, proactive, detail and solution orientated team player.
• Demonstrate a high level of integrity and professionalism at all times.
• Demonstrate good technical knowledge of the construction processes.

Professional Qualifications

• BSc / MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Member (or working towards Membership of) RICS or similar an advantage.