Quantity Surveyor

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

3/26/2025

Job Description

The role of Quantity Surveyor is responsible for providing accurate and value generating input to projects. The role ensures that all commercial aspects are carried out in accordance with the contract, company policies and procedures, and to the satisfaction of the customer and/or contract leader. This role may work independently or under the direction of a more senior Quantity Surveyor. The Quantity Surveyor will be able to demonstrate the ability to function as a member of an integrated team.

Please note potential candidates for this role must be able to obtain and retain SC Clearance. (Minimum 5 years residence in UK)

Responsibilities

• Providing support to Commercial Manager/Senior Commercial Manager
• Leading and developing the efficient and effective management and issue of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence
• Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Project Director/Manager
• Preparing monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed within deadlines
• Producing monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Budget reports
• Liaising with the Customer’s commercial team
• Ensuring effective and consistent implementation of the Company's commercial policies and procedures
• Ensuring registers of variations, delay, extension of time applications and claims are contemporaneous and maintained
• Producing records of pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary
• Review value management and advise on Risk management
• Prepare, review and complete of sub-contract documentation
  
  

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
• Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen
• Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working
• A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving
• Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems
• Including filing systems and document control and distribution
• Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports
• Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
• Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies
• Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team
• Strong analytical skills
• Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge
• Experience in implementing and delivering strategic objectives and associated change programmes
• Confidence and ability to assert influence
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• Holds an RICS/CICES accredited degree
• Full Membership of the RICS or CICES desirable, or enrolled on the approved training scheme for membership
  
  

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign