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M&E Project Quantity Surveyor

April 23, 2019 | Comments Off on M&E Project Quantity Surveyor

MEP Project Quantity Surveyor

 Salary and benefits: Competitive salary plus company car or car allowance, matched pension up to 7.5%, numerous retail discounts and 26 days annual leave
Location: Within 1 hours' commute of Lakenheath
Business area: Major Projects
Introduction:

 Kier and VolkerFitzpatrick, working as a Joint Venture, have been awarded a £160m contract to deliver new infrastructure to ready RAF Lakenheath for Europe's first permanent home for the US Air Force F-35 Fighter Jet.

The F-35 Beddown Programme, which is part of a wider programme of work to support the US Air Force operations in the UK, involves construction and renovation of a number of buildings and infrastructure projects on the Suffolk site, including a six-bay flight simulator, an aircraft maintenance unit, new hangars, and 42 aircraft parking aprons.

Kier Major Projects is looking to recruit a MEP Project Quantity Surveyor, who will report to the Commercial Manager. The successful post-holder will be responsible for managing the commercial resources of the assigned project to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage and develop the commercial team, ensuring workload is covered effectively and to ensure compliance and processes are being followed
  • Ensure that commercial and administrative systems, budgets and cost control procedures are utilised
  • Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
  • Produce/ compile accurate forecasts/ budget information and produce accurate reports to client, maintaining and improving client relations as well as ensuring full entitlement under the contract is achieved
  • Ensure contract commercial deliverables and timescales are met
  • Assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks
  • Responsible for ensuring works are valued, including any variation thereto, in accordance with the contract and analyses to determine the project True Value.
    • Skills and experience required:
  • Holder of a Full Driving Licence Degree
  • Holds the relevant qualifications (e.g. Degree in Quantity Surveying)
  • Experience within a similar role
  • Experience of identifying and managing commercial risks and opportunities
  • Excellent communicator (written and verbally with clients, colleagues and the public)
  • Good organiser and ability to prioritise
    • Make the journey. Leave a legacy.

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    Let's shape your world together.
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