Project Quantity Surveyor

🕒 April 23

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Costain Group PLC

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1865

🚗 Transport

⚡ Energy

Transport • Energy

Costain Group PLC is a UK-based engineering, construction and consultancy company that designs, builds and manages critical infrastructure across sectors including road, rail, integrated transport, water, energy and defence & nuclear. It delivers large-scale infrastructure projects and services — from planning and digital consulting to construction, delivery and long-term operation — often partnering with public utilities and government bodies to improve connectivity and sustainability. The company emphasizes sustainability, safety, and career development while serving institutional and corporate clients.

📋 Description

• Providing support to Commercial Manager/Senior Commercial Manager. • Leading and developing the efficient and effective management and issue of accurate, timely and compliant notices and correspondence. • Ensuring contractual and commercial risks and opportunities are identified to the Project Director/Manager. • Preparing monthly progress valuations and claims for work completed within deadlines. • Producing monthly cost reports, forecasts, and Contract Budget reports. • Liaising with the Customer’s commercial team. • Ensuring effective and consistent implementation of the Company's commercial policies and procedures. • Ensuring registers of variations, delay, extension of time applications and claims are contemporaneous and maintained. • Producing records of pre-Contract tender negotiations & reports where necessary. • Review value management and advise on Risk management. • Prepare, review and complete of sub-contract documentation. • Plan change management and cost control. • Prepare & agree interim applications for payment. • Prepare & agree final accounts with sub-contractor. • Manage subcontracts from initial placement of order to final account. • Monitor and update Procurement Plan, Sub-contract procurement including analysing commercial comparisons. • Produce requisition and award letters. • Reconcile weekly plant, material, labour reconciliation against budget. • Monitor main contract- including assisting with and producing Change Reports, Value Change Report Forms Main Contract, monitor allocation changes Report on matters relating to insurances relevant to the project. • Understanding the implications of health, safety, and environmental regulations. • Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract Leader / Project Manager

🎯 Requirements

• Post-graduate commercial experience in the construction industry with demonstrable track record of achievement. • Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen. • Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working. • Extensive experience of setting up and/or operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution. • Extensive experience of technical minute taking at contractual meetings and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information, prepare reports, payment certificates and interim financial reports and closeout reports. • Extensive experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions. • Experience of developing & implementing procurement and contract strategies. • Proven negotiating and team-working skills with the ability to motivate and lead a team. • Strong analytical skills. • Demonstrable legal, contractual and construction knowledge. • Confidence and ability to assert influence. • Full Membership of RICS or CICES (or working towards).

🏖️ Benefits

• Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. • We do share individual feedback following an interview. • A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. • It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.