Job Description
About the job.
We are expanding our commercial management team to support National Highways' annual £1bn investment programme to maintain the Strategic Road Network. As part of this, we have exciting opportunities for Assistant Quantity Surveyors with an interest in defined cost auditing to join our centralised audit team, which is responsible for agreeing people and equipment rates.
In this role, you will primarily focus on agreeing people and equipment rates through a programme of defined cost audit activities (approximately 80% of the role) within the centralised audit team. You will support the agreement of the rates in line with the schedule of cost components with the 65 suppliers on our two operations delivery NEC based contracts. From initial supplier contact, through checking submissions and evidence of actual people cost build ups from first principles, the output will provide the regional commercial teams information to support their assessments.
In addition to your audit responsibilities, you may also get the opportunity to contribute to the day-to-day commercial management of schemes within the regional office's local renewals capital programme.
This is a national role that can be based at Birmingham, Bristol, Basingstoke, Maidstone, Nottingham, Preston, Warrington, Wakefield. The position also requires monthly travel to Birmingham for team days and to contractor o...