Quantity Surveyor

Are you a Quantity Surveyor? Have you previously worked on Power Projects? Would you like a company to support your development and encourage further education and training? If the answer is yes, then the opportunity below is for you!

The opportunity:

Laing O'Rourke are currently recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to join the team in Chesterfield.

We have been appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership programme, which forms part of a supply chain framework that will also support infrastructure projects beyond 2030.

What will the role look like?

• All Commercial duties including measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
• Assist with preparation of interim applications for payment and internal valuations.
• Management and reporting of monthly costs
• Draft, manage and settle subcontracts, with assistance
• Preparation, agreement, maintenance and filing of records.
• Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action
• Assisting in preparation of claims.
• Identifying change and administering change control process
• Assisting with the preparation of final account, including pricing.
• Drafting and preparation of monthly contract review reports.
• Drafting and preparation of weekly Business Performance Review (BPR) information.
• Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project
• Communicating clearly and confidently to a professional standard.
• Day to day management of any trainee and/or assistant Commercial personnel

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• NEC contract knowledge. 
• Power and or infrastructure experience.
• Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management, Construction Management)
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors desirable.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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