Job Description
Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.
A Little More About Your Role
You will play a pivotal role in Cost Management and Assurance as well as pre- and post-contract Quantity Surveying (QS) services to our prestigious clients – across a range of sectors. Projects are always diverse and unique with a wide range of scale and complexity. Our clients are always prestigious organisations demanding high standards and requiring high skillsets.
Depending on seniority and experience you could be involved in delivering projects, leading a QS/commercial team, as well as training and mentoring staff, bid writing, winning work, people leadership and management, representing WSP UK at industry events, etc.
Your Team
You will join a diverse, growing team of Cost Managers, Quantity Surveyors, and Commercial Managers, and other related professionals working across multiple sectors. Currently we are expanding in several sectors (Water, Defence and Offshore Energy). We have many opportunities here, so we’d really like to talk to you if you are in the Water Sector and wish to grow with us.
You will be based in one of our Southern Hub Offices at: London (Canary Wharf); Guildford, or Cambridge.
Essential Qualifications
- MRICS, Assoc RICS or MCICES or working towards a professional qualification
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate applicable knowledge, ability and experience around some QS/Cost and Commercial competencies required by relevant professional institutions
- Where applicable, have demonstrable management, project leadership and delivery experience at senior level
Desirable Qualifications
- Possess strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail
- Adaptable and flexible approach to workload
- Have an alternative, relevant, professional qualification or working towards one.
- Demonstrable Quantity Surveying or Cost and Commercial Management experience in the public sector and/or experience on water, generation or heavy industry projects
- Ability to travel from base office or home to site, client/project team offices, other WSP offices, and project locations
- Are passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a dynamic team
- Hold a degree, or similar higher education academic qualification
- Have proven organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Are not afraid to challenge the status quo to try innovative solutions and learn from past experiences
- Familiarity or working knowledge of specialist software such as CostX and CEMAR
- Working knowledge/experience of NEC Contracts and other industry standard forms of contract
- Able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Have previous experience of working in a QS/Cost and Commercial Management role in a consultant, contractor, or client organisation – particularly in all or some of the following sectors: Water Highways, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Petrochemical, Process Engineering and Energy
EEO Statement
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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