Quantity Surveyor

Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. #MoreToMurphy
Quantity Surveyor
- Beaulieu Would you like to join a business recognised as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For'?
Murphy have an exciting role for either an Assistant Quantity Surveyor or a qualified Quantity Surveyor to join the team working on a new Railway station, Beaulieu Park Station. This will be a rewarding role offering the successful candidate an excellent project to work on, the opportunity to continue to develop and progress along with interesting work at each phase of the project.
If you think you fit the bill and want to work as either an AQS or a QS within a team that rewards performance, drives personal development and offers a great place to work delivering exciting projects, get in touch.
This is a great opportunity to be involved in a high profile portfolio on the CP6 Anglia Framework which is Beaulieu Park Station. Station value of £125 m. The project is to provide a new three-platform station on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) approximately three miles north-east of Chelmsford station. This project alone will help excel your career, giving you exposure to a high profile project.
What you will be doing:
- You will be pricing and administration under the Main Contract and Subcontracts.
- Support the team with management of subcontract payment notices in accordance with statutory and company requirements.
- Assist in the preparation of periodic cost/value reconciliation reports.
- Identify risks and opportunities in the administration of commercial processes upstream and downstream.
- Monitoring of planned vs actual cost across disciplines (Labour, Plant, Material, and Subcontract).
- Timely issue of contractual notices and quotations under the project.
Who we’re looking for:
- Degree qualified or working towards- equivalent in Quantity Surveying and desire to work towards Chartership.
- Thorough understanding of good commercial working principles.
- Have a solid record of achievement and successful portfolio working across civils or infrastructure projects for a contractor.
- Ideally worked on NEC option A, C or E contracts and knowledge and procurement/supply chain.
- Ability to measure value adding in planned vs actual estimating and cost.Understanding of commercial gateway process around increasing financial limits and relevant instructions to subcontractors.