Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job description

ENGIE is a leading energy and services company focused on three key activities: production and supply of energy, services and regeneration. Our 17,000 employees combine these capabilities for the benefit of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the UK & Ireland.

We enable customers to embrace a lower carbon, more efficient and increasingly digital world. Our customers benefit from our energy efficient and smart building solutions, the provision of effective and innovative services, the transformation of neighbourhoods through regeneration projects, and the supply of reliable, flexible and renewable energy.

ENGIE improves lives through better living and working environments. We help to balance performance with responsibility, enabling progress in a harmonious way.

Globally, the ENGIE Group employs 160,000 people worldwide and achieved revenues of €60.6 billion in 2018.

ENGIE are recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to be based in Stratford. This is a permanent full time role working Monday to Friday. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

To take responsibility, ownership and accountability of the successful management and control all aspects of the commercial / financial and contractual elements of designated projects within a Division to control and maximise the company’s profitability, protect the company’s legal and contractual obligations under the contract and to manage proactively the control of all commercial issues. This is to include managing other commercial and operational resources, ensuring applications and valuations are completed in line with the contract terms and ensuring sub-contractors receive prompt payment and are procured in line with our contractual obligations and commitments to Subcontractors. In addition, ensuring cost reports and the like are real time, managed, completed on time and monitored.

Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

People management

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Manage a commercial team to deliver the commercial objectives of the business on designated project(s)

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Help, support and mentoring to other team members

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Promote inter-departmental teamwork in the strongest possible manner with appropriate behaviours

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Assisting the development and training of trainee and assistant surveyors

Commercial management

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Take overall responsibility and accountability for the commercial elements on a project(s)

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Aspire to the highest standards of timely Sub-Contract procurement and commercial management

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Take a keen interest in matters outside of merely just the commercial issues

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Change management control securing the best possible outcome for the business

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Management and control of sub-contract accounts and variation accounts, communicating effectively to minimise risk and disputes

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Assisting and liaising with the buyers on materials procurement and buying opportunities

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Manage the day to day cost control, monitoring and reporting

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Measure progress, submit valuations, submit final accounts and retention release and monitor receipt of payment in a timely manner

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Process subcontractor requests for payment in accordance with their sub-contract terms

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Completing a monthly cost / valuation report and cash flow for the designation projects

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Where appropriate, assist with estimates and negotiations for future projects or phases

Operational support

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To assist the Operations Manager with pre-start planning and programming

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Develop an understanding of the designated contract, specification and pricing ensuring compliance with conditions throughout

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Assist the Operations Manager with subcontractor selection and ensure the chosen subcontractor has the appropriate order and information to carry out their work

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Attend project and company related meetings

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Assist in ensuring company with Health & Safety

Customers

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To develop strong customer relationships with key clients and Consultants

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To communicate with all staff, clients, consultants and residents in a professional manner

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Maintaining and developing professional relationships with the Client and Consultants to help future business development

Required Qualifications, Skills or Experience:

·  Current and Valid UK driving licence
·  Proven track record of commercial responsibility on Main Contracting projects
·  Degree in Quantity Surveying or Construction Management
·  Ability to competently operate MS office (Word & Excel)
·  Effectively manage time to meet deadlines
Desirable

·  Relevant Quantity Surveying Experience on appropriate Construction projects
·  Relevant experience in a variety of form of construction such as Concrete Frame, Timber Frame etc
·  Can demonstrate negotiation skills
·  Demonstrable experience in line management and developing junior team members
·  Working toward professional membership of RICS / MCIOB
·  3 year + experience within a Senior Surveying position reporting to either a commercial manager or director

For more information about ENGIE, please visit:

http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The ENGIE Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.

Additional Information
·  Posting Date: Aug 3, 2020