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Location: South East in Basingstoke, Guildford or Maidstone
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 a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team.
You will lead a team of quantify surveyors and have responsibility for the end-to-end commercial and contract management of a complex programme of schemes, each of which are valued from £1m to more than £30m. The nature and diversity of the programme ensures you will have opportunity to enhance your leadership and stakeholder management skills, together with your ability to successfully deploy your commercial skills, capabilities and experience in a complex delivery environment.
* Lead on the commercial and contract management of all schemes, ensuring that all works are managed in line with the contract and all contractual matters are responded within the contractual timescales.
* Providing mentoring, training and coaching in support of team and individual development. Support those pursuing professional qualifications (e.g. MRICS) as may be applicable.
* Oversee supply chain management including enquiry documentation, quotation assessment, works order award and instructions to supply chain where required. Ensure Supply Chain Payment assessment including all relevant documentation on a monthly basis.
* Ensure Scheme Cost and value reconciliation is performed to ensure correct cost capture has occurred across all contracts. Assist with preparation of scheme forecasts and associated risk profile.
* Management of site level change management including Early Warning and Compensation Event management and production, both to the Client and to the supply chain as necessary.
About You.
* Degree in Quantity Surveying or other relevant technical qualification. This requirement may be waived for those who have secured a relevant professional qualification (as below).
* A relevant professional qualification at Chartered/Member status e.g. MRICS, MCInstCES, or equivalent.
* Demonstrable experience of contract administration, ideally in a portfolio/programme setting and desirably using NEC forms of contract.
* Demonstrable experience within a Quantity Surveying/ Commercial function with evidence of providing expert advice and support on complex commercial matters, preferably in a civil engineering/infrastructure environment for either the client or contractor.
* Demonstrable stakeholder management experience, with an ability to engage, prioritise and collaborate as an intelligent and effective customer
About Us.
Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads.
We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys.
External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Government Administration
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