Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager

At Connect it we’re fully focused on delivering an exceptional multi utility service for our customers. To build on our success we’re looking to expand our Commercial Team by recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager, you’ll be responsible for supporting all the aspects of contract management, ensuring contract requirements are compliant with standards and to maximise delivery.

Key Skills and duties:

• Oversee the commercial aspects and processes involved with keeping supplier information relevant and up to date.
• Manage contracts across the business (NEC, JCT, Bespoke).
• Be client facing and engage with customers to ensure effective project delivery.
• Administer and manage ongoing contracts on live schemes.
• Help prepare activity schedules and assist with tender processes for new contracts.
• To assist with mentoring and providing guidance to other members in the team.
• Knowledge of commercial and/or financial audits.
• Monitoring site costs on a weekly basis as well as labour cost allocations and processes.
• To ensure work is carried out in accordance with the Company’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Manage and report on project changes, ensuring best practise.

Qualifications and experience:

• Educated in Quantity Surveying to at least NVQ level; degree qualification preferred.
• Civils, utilities or highways background.
• Experience in building relationships with both service providers and company partners - including Executives and other Senior Managers.
• Good attention to detail with excellent time management skills.
• Strong analytical skills to be able to manage, collate and store data ensuring best practise.
• Experienced in using Microsoft Office (Particularly Outlook, Excel & Word)
• Team orientated individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

Additional:

• An analytical bias with the ability to provide solutions.
• Experience of accounting and Customer Service software and applications.

Connect it is an equal opportunities employer, and we value diversity and promote equality across our business. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are always happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. The terminology used in this advert is not intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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