Senior Contracts Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Senior Contracts Manager / Quantity Surveyor
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £50.6k - £60.8k per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)
The Client:
Client is a Tier1 contractor in the Utilities space working directly with Clients in public and private sector. Somewhere an ambitious can grow and flourish their skills and the benefits on offer range in Financial, Physical and Mental wellbeing benefits inc Virtual GP\'s, Gym Discounts and Independent Financial Advice and much more.
Our Clients Procurement & Supply Chain team is seeking to employ an astute and commercially driven Quantity Surveyor, who can thrive in a challenging, but rewarding utility industry. The role provides a fantastic opportunity for personal and career development, with exposure to business and senior management stakeholders.
The role:
Will require the successful candidate to deliver key Quantity Surveying functions such as:
* Preparing tender documentation (including draft contracts, bills of quantities and Activity Schedules).
* Collaborate with Project Managers to administer contracts in line with NEC and our Bespoke form of Contracts
* Contract Administration - manage all post contract commercial matters including negotiating and agreeing compensation events to achieve best possible commercial outcome
* Enhancing supplier and stakeholder relationships and commercial advantage by preparing feasibility studies, optioneering, cost plans and cost estimate to assist in forecasting.
* Change .Management - Monitor and assist project managers to review project changes that impact on cost and programme and inform budget projections accordingly.
* Liaise with interfacing stakeholders such as Legal, Operations and Finance.
* Contribute to periodic reporting required by business unit directors.
* Project cost management - production of cost reports
* Consider contract risk profiles and advise mitigation actions.
* Assist project managers in production of project risk register
* Undertake peer reviews on Category Strategy Plans to ensure value and suitability for mains replacement activities.
* Mange final account process including communication of clear commercial lessons learned to senior stakeholders
What you'll need:
We are looking for a candidate who has an interest in developing in a highly regulated environment and will be empowered to deliver regulated procurements and post contract administration, including expenditure management and dispute resolution.
To be successful in this role:
Candidate must be analytical and numerate with excellent writing skills, ideally gained through experience of working with goods, works or services contracts.
* Quantity Surveying or equivalent qualification including recognised professional body accreditation or working towards (RICS, CIPS, CICES, IOB or equivalent) is desired
* Preferable at least 3 years unsupervised working on construction projects
* Strong IT skills, including knowledge of all MS Office applications, and purchase to pay systems.
* Demonstrable experience in drafting, negotiating, and managing construction contracts (ideally NEC).
* Experience of working to tight deadlines, under pressure whilst still delivering quality output and prioritising requirements.
* Ability to communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and to influence and negotiate with users outside your own sphere of responsibility
* A willingness to travel across both our network regions to attend various sites which you will be responsible for the commercial aspects of.

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