Senior Quantity Surveyor (Data Centres / ecarbonisation)

Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor on a Permanent basis located near Birmingham.

Our client is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team and specialise in the Decarbonisation & Data Centre sectors.

Within the Decarbonisation Sector, our client assumes the role of the Main Contractor, covering:

• Civils,
• Construction,
• Building Fabric,
• Solar,
• M&E, etc.

On our Projects within the Data Centre Sector, our client assumes the role of Specialist Prefab M&E Contractor, covering:

• Design,
• Chilled Water Distribution Systems,
• LTHW Distribution Systems,
• Plantrooms,
• Electrical Distribution Modules
• Delivery,
• Installation.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for securing the successful financial delivery of projects by controlling costs, progressing monthly valuations, and managing variations and change orders.
• Liaising with contracts, estimating and pre-construction teams to obtain full understanding of each project scope.
• Review and set out project package allowances prior to handover for tendering of works by operations team.
• Review & collate subcontractor package awards.
• Engage Sub-contractors, handle negotiations, prepare sub-contract documents.
• Review and interrogate new and existing contracts, orders, and suppliers to ensure associated terms and conditions are relevant and acceptable.
• Track & maintain monthly job performance reporting and feedback the same to Lead QS.
• Prepare on-time monthly valuations following site measurements and work-in-progress reviews and follow up to make sure that payments are received on time as per the agreed contract conditions.
• Vette and process monthly subcontractor payments.
• Attend monthly commercial meetings to provide update on any ongoing contract specific negotiations and overall job performance.
• Assist in the commercial activities of the business and provide support/advice in this regard to the Projects Managers as required.
• Attend sites as required (England primarily, but may extend to Wales, Scotland or Ireland dependent on workload and project awards).

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential Criteria:

• Third level qualification in a Surveying or Cost Engineering discipline or can demonstrate an equivalent level of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar Commercial role.
• Commercially astute and ambitious.
• Strong contractual knowledge of both JCT and NEC Forms of Contract.
• Current UK Driving License.

Our Company

Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time!