Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

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We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and to UK infrastructure.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You will be a Senior Quantity Surveyor within our UK Infrastructure business working on a variety of client and Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.

• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.

• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.

• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.

• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.

• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice

• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets

• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders

• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed

• Commission management as needed

Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:

• Excellent communication

• Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)

• Change management

• Cost Management

• Change control

• Valuation

• Procurement

• Estimating

• Pricing

• Reporting

• Governance processing

• Collaborative approaches

• Best for project attitudes

• Sharing best practice

• Line management

• Commission management

- Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject

• Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.