Project Quantity Surveyor

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor who will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects with minimal supervision to ensure that value for money is achieved alongside contractual compliance. You could have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects ranging in contractor value from £25k to £200M during your career at Thames Water.

What you’ll be doing as a Project Quantity Surveyor

• Providing Commercial Assurance of Major Projects and Programmes Contracts.
• Challenge, negotiating and agreeing Project Tenders on assigned Portfolio.
• Ensuring that payments are made on time and in accordance with the Contract for your given portfolio of Projects.
• Assessing the Quantum of Change and / or Extension of Time under the relevant Contracts on assigned portfolio.
• Ensuring that appropriate processes are in place and monitored on your Projects to ensure that Contractual Compliance is maintained and advising stakeholders if any non-performance is identified and corrective actions implemented as necessary.
• Supporting the management and optimisation of budgets and spend on portfolio of Projects
• Attending monthly site meetings on site.
• Data Collecting the relevant Contracts on assigned portfolio.
• Auditing and agreeing on Project Accounts.
• Supporting the Senior, Principal or Managing Quantity Surveyor with the resolution of Claims as necessary.

Base Location: Reading – Hybrid

Working Pattern or hours: 36 hours

To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:

• Have extensive experience of commercially managing a portfolio of projects both pre and post-contract.
• Hold a degree in Quantity Surveying of equivalent.
• Have a desire to work towards gaining Chartered Status.
• Be confident in negotiation and have some dispute resolution skills.
• Understand water regulation (incl. OFWAT Price Review methodology)
• Be excellent at building and maintaining relationships.
• Have strong communication skills.
• Mentor Junior team members.
• Hold a full UK Driving license and have your own transport.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary from £54,000 to £64,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Annual Leave – 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays)
• Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
• Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.

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