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About Barhale
Barhale is a business founded on family values, established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in design, civil engineering and maintenance services across multiple sectors including:
* Water
* Transport
* Built environment
* Energy
We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working on large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, and on standalone projects. Our direct delivery model means we source, train and retain our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.
We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:
* Tunnelling
* MEICA
* Temporary and permanent design
* Steel-fabrication
* Signs (design and fabrication)
* Health & safety equipment and products including PPE
The Role
Quantity Surveyors at Barhale are integral members of project teams, providing support to project delivery teams and senior management daily. They develop existing skills while learning new ones within a collaborative and dynamic team environment. Barhale’s ethos is to give our people the chance to demonstrate versatility in their skills and abilities to meet the needs of the wide range of civil engineering projects we undertake and the contractual requirements therein.
Barhale has secured its place on Yorkshire Water’s Complex Non-Infrastructure Framework to support delivery of the water company’s capital investment programme through the Asset Management Plan 8 (AMP8) period from April 2025 to 2030. The civil engineering infrastructure and tunnelling specialist has been appointed to Lot 1 of the AMP8 framework for complex works, with Yorkshire Water retaining the option to extend for up to a further five years through the AMP9 period. A new regional facility and office in Leeds has been established to support project delivery. Delivery of the £850M lot will cover both water and wastewater sites with projects typically ranging from £1m to £35m, with no explicit upper limit.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial
* Provision of accurate and timely cost and value reporting at project and business unit levels
* Provision of accurate cash flow reporting
* Cost management and project forecasting
* Drafting and updating a monthly CVR, cost and commercial plans
* Prepare upstream applications for payment and manage cash
* Subcontract procurement, negotiation and financial accounting
* Preparation of project applications for payment to final account settlement
* Liaison with clients and third parties on commercial issues, including changes, claims and additional payments
* Forecast expenditure and cash recovery with the project team
* Share best practices and advise site teams on cost management and efficiencies
* Identify and realise commercial opportunities and protect Barhale from commercial risks
Contracts
* Manage contract and subcontract agreements, primarily NEC forms
* Ensure main contracts align with Barhale’s governance, with risks and opportunities identified and managed with the project delivery team
* Procurement of subcontracted works and post-contract management
* Engage the supply chain with the correct contract terms
* Supply chain management including building and maintaining relationships
Processes
* Support internal commercial processes by meeting timeframes and compliance
* Actively seek to improve processes and procedures
Key Measures and Targets
* Accurate internal and external forecasting
* Ability to interrogate and challenge records, reports and cost data
* Mitigate commercial risk and realise opportunities
* Work to achieve profit in line with business unit expectations
* Maintain deadlines in line with monthly commercial calendars
* Produce high-quality commercial documentation
* Maintain excellent supply chain, stakeholder and client relationships
Key Relationships
* Commercial Manager
* Commercial Team
* Project Teams
* Clients and contacts
* Subcontractors
* External stakeholders
Essential
About you
* Previous experience in the Civil Engineering industry
* Familiarity with NEC forms of contract and knowledge of Construction Law
* Experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors, including chairing regular meetings, measurement and control cycles, certificates, and accruals calculations
* Demonstrable experience of monthly forecasting and cost analysis
* Excellent communication, numeric and computer literacy skills; proficient in Microsoft Office
* Excellent organisation and time management skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines
Desirable
* Member of RICS or other professional body, or working towards
* CSCS card
* HND/degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience in estimation
* Experience working for a direct delivery contractor
* Engaging communicator with problem-solving skills
Caring and investing in you
Barhale values have guided our people-centric approach for over 40 years. We are a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, committed to investing in people. Your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported from day one, with benefits such as:
* Competitive salary
* Company Pension
* Life Assurance
* Private Medical
* 25 days annual leave plus 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
* 8 hours volunteering
* Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing
* Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
* Company car/green car scheme or car allowance
* Leadership and management training and coaching
* Regular line management engagement and appraisal
* Development supported by internal and external training
* Continuous service awards
Would you like to know more?
Please contact our Recruitment team via careers@barhale.co.uk
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
* Construction
Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Yorkshire and UK-wide opportunities with Barhale
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