Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS - Oxford

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Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS - Oxford

Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Are you a Senior Quantity Surveyor with science or healthcare experience? Can you reduce cost and risk but maintain great value? 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 recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team on our 6-star cancer research facility, laboratory, clinic and wellness centre adjacent to the established Oxford Science Park (SE of city). The project is to be constructed on 2 separate plots with a link bridge (Woodland Walk) connection.

What will the role look like?

• Sole responsibility for a project, section of a project.
• All Senior Quantity Surveying duties including; measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
• Preparation and management of interim applications for payment and agreeing certifications.
• Draft, manage and settle subcontracts.
• Management and reporting of monthly costs.
• Drafting and preparation of claims.
• Preparation and agreement of final account.
• Day to day management of any trainee, assistant quantity surveyor and/or quantity surveyor.
• Negotiating with client's representatives, sub-contractors and other consultants to achieve project results whilst maintaining group relationships.
• Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action.
• Advise on commercial risks within the project or projects.
• Preparation and management of monthly contract review reports.
• Preparation of weekly Business Plan Review (BPR) information.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts information.
• Preparation of contractual and commercial input into Project Business Plan, as required.
• Assist with the establishment of the project "budget to build" from the Contract award.
• Identify and agree change and implement change control process.
• Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
• Communicating clearly & confidently to a professional standard.
• Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project.

• Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, Construction Management).
• Member of RICS or working towards achieving MRICS status.
• JCT contract experience.
• Science or healthcare experience desirable.
• A desire to learn the risk and opportunity process both internal and with our client.
• A drive to learn and grow to the next grade.

We are willing to offer mobility / lodge for those not within daily commutable distance!

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