Job Title: Infrastructure Quantity Surveyor

Reporting to: Managing Quantity Surveyor

Purpose:

To contribute to the successful delivery of outcomes for the Project Delivery directorate, collaborating with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders. The role involves ensuring all project aspects are successfully delivered within the agreed budget and timeframes, minimising risks.

Role Purpose:

Effectively manage the procurement of services (build & consultant), overseeing contracts, budgets, and cost control for the infrastructure delivery of the project. The position entails handling larger budgets and significant contracts, producing cost budgets, advising on value engineering, and leading the tendering and selection of consultants, contractors, and suppliers, including drafting agreements.

Key Accountabilities:

• Implement the commercial delivery strategy for the project.

• Tendering and selecting Consultants, Contractors, and materials suppliers, drafting agreements using pre-set templates.

• Work in accordance with the Council and Public Procurement Regulations.

• Assist in producing construction budgets and estimating functions for infrastructure project delivery.

• Monitor, update, and report on cash flow for infrastructure project delivery.

• Financial management of accounts, including procurement, contract placement, variations management, payment process, agreement of final accounts, and reporting.

• Manage claims and report on claim occurrences.

• Participate in the risk management process, providing financial information for risk management schedules and offering advice on risk mitigation.

• Review and authorize internal and external invoices related to the project.

• Capture, record, and report on all financial/commercial performance data.

Key Objectives:

• Interact and respond to internal/external customers through various channels, working collaboratively to enhance business processes and customer service.

• Understand and align individual objectives with the Corporate Plan.

• Possess a good understanding of council services and terminology, contributing to service strategy development.

Specific Tasks:

• Case Management skills, resolving cases using developed communication techniques.

• Teamwork and collaboration, contributing to corporate projects and identifying opportunities for process improvement.

• Handling enquiries, reports, and service requests.

• Processing and administration, contributing to performance and quality control KPIs.

Qualifications:

• A degree and/or equivalent professional qualification in Quantity Surveying, RICS, ICE, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Relevant experience and knowledge of development and contracting within a similar role, on projects of similar scale and complexity.

• Specific knowledge of NEC Contracts, ideally managing NEC Contracts.

• Excellent understanding of procurement, contract letting, cost management, reporting, and cash flow production.

• Understanding and experience of OJEU procurement rules and processes would be advantageous.

• Clear understanding of contract documents and obligations.

• Proven ability to manage budgets accurately.

• Knowledge of legal matters in construction and development.

• Effective negotiator with the ability to handle complex commercial matters.

• IT literate, expertise in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Word).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to disseminate complex financial information.

• Sound technical health and safety knowledge in the construction industry would be desirable.