Quantity Surveyor

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The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. Were problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure. This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team.

Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment. Want to be a part of it? What will you be doing? As our Quantity Surveyor you'llplay a key role in overseeing the commercial viability of projects by attending progress and planning meetings, analysing cost-to-complete data, preparing monthly CVRs, and identifying risks or variances against agreed budgets.

Working closely with clients, you will agree budgets for each job, including risk registers and programme requirements, while ensuring all contractual dates and notifications are managed in line with expectations. Collaboration is central to this role, and you'll build strong working relationships with Project Delivery Managers and wider stakeholders to ensure effective communication, early identification of risks, and well-prioritised workload planning.

Youll be responsible for monitoring project performance, analysing cost allocations, and developing improvement plans to enhance productivity and reduce unnecessary expenditure. Alongside your analytical responsibilities, you will champion continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes and sharing best practice across the contract. You may also supervise staff when required and support ad-hoc commercial tasks to ensure smooth, efficient project delivery and robust commercial outcomes.

What you'll bring Formal Quantity Surveyor qualification (HND or BSc) Working knowledge of NEC3 form of contract Project experience, with involvement in change control and risk management Knowledge / experience surrounding management of risk budgets and associated analysis Exemplary attention to detail Experience in the compilation & presentation of cost and value reports / analysis across a portfolio of projects Good communication, interaction / team-working, presentation and negotiation skills Good knowledge of Excel essential e.g. pivot tables, vlookups, there will be an excel test on interviewing.

Ability to prioritise and manage own workload to ensure all targets and reports are delivered on time and with the appropriate level of analysis. Full driving licence

Whats in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme In addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme Private health care for youplus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more! 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

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About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. Were responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations Were together and as one team;

the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Were ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and…