Senior Quantity Surveyor

2024 is continuing to provide sustainable growth within OCU Group. Due to this continued growth an opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our busy Commercial Team in Nottingham. This role would suit an experienced Quantity Surveyor looking to develop their career in this fastpaced industry with a Tier 1 Contractor.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensuring the commercial interests of OCU are always maintained and throughout all activities undertaken.
• Overall responsibility for managing the quantity surveying team in daily/ weekly/ monthly tasks.
• Proficient in reviewing forms of contract notably NEC3/ NEC4 and negotiating with clients concerning contract provisions.
• Ensuring contract compliance across the entire OCU region and always be seeking to mitigate the exposure of OCU to any commercial risk from poor contract administration.
• Responsible for all business reporting requirements to support key business targets.
• Assisting the region and central functions with tendering new works.
• Ensuring the process for raising variations/ compensation claims to clients are produced and submitted in a timely manner covering all additional scope works.
• Ensuring the clients commercial management tools are updated and monitored by all key personnel for all commercial activities.
• Managing submission of all payment assessments through to prompt cash collection.
• Ensuring a robust subcontractor management process is employed supported by robust governance procedures.
• Promote cost saving and increased productivity through initiatives and value engineering.
• Ensuring sound commercial practice is employed by commercial and operational teams on all works and promote business culture.
• Ensuring a fluid line of communication with key client representatives.
• Manage effective dispute resolution with clients and subcontractors as required.
• Supporting Regional Director with monthly reporting.

Skills and Experience

• Holder of a Full UK Drivers Licence.
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Experience within a similar role.
• Confident IT skills proficient in the use of MS Office in particular MS Excel.
• Experience of CEMAR preferable but not essential.
• Excellent Communication skills.

Company Information:

Established in 1994 OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK with a long successful track record in delivering customerfocused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the countrys leading bluechip power water telecoms and rail clients we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU One Company United.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.