Senior Quantity Surveyor
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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About Barhale
Who are Barhale
Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK with over 40 years of experience in providing design civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:
- Water
- Transport
- Built environment
- Energy
We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip regulated and private clients working as part of large frameworks joint ventures and alliances as well as on individual standalone projects developing longterm relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.
Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore we robustly source train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1200 employees nationwide.
We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:
- Tunnelling
- MEICA
- Temporary and permanent design
- Steelfabrication
- Signs (design and fabrication)
- Health & safety equipment and products including PPE
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- As a Gold Investors in People we are committed to a high standard of people practices creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy ethos and philosophies.
- Job security longterm secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
- Broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UKs largest infrastructure projects and clients
- Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver to our success
Senior Quantity Surveyor
The Role
Quantity Surveyors at Barhale integral members of project teams provide support to the project delivery teams and senior management daily. They are allowed to develop existing skills whilst learning new ones within a collaborative and dynamic team. Barhales ethos is to give our people the chance to demonstrate versatility in their skills and abilities. To meet the needs required to successfully manage the wide range of civil engineering projects we are proud to undertake and the contractual requirements therein.
Barhales civil engineering and infrastructure projects are varied in value complexity and duration from established frameworks to individual bespoke projects and unplanned emergency works. With projects varying from 200k to 10m you will be essential in driving efficiencies within the scope of work driving cost efficiency and providing a high standard of commercial analysis. The role will see you demonstrating your commercial acumen daily by identifying recording tracking and realizing commercial opportunities whilst mitigating business risk.
Key Responsibilities
Commercial
- Provision of accurate and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit levels to inform Group reporting
- Provision of accurate cash flow reporting
- Cost management and project forecasting
- Drafting and updating a monthly CVR cost and commercial plans
- Compile upstream applications for payment and cash management
- Responsibility for subcontract procurement negotiation and financial accounting
- Preparation of project applications for payment to final account settlement
- Liaison with clients client representatives and other third parties on commercial issues including agreement on matters relating to contractual change claims and additional payment
- Work with the wider project team to forecast predicted expenditure and cash recovery to ensure that both are in line with business unit expectation
- Share best practices with others and take a proactive approach in advising site teams on cost management and efficiencies
- Identification and realisation of commercial opportunities
- Protect Barhale from commercial risks
Contracts
- Effectively manage contract and subcontract agreements primarily IChemE and NEC forms
- Ensure that main contracts entered into have terms and conditions that align to Barhales corporate governance with commercial risks and opportunities identified and managed in conjunction with the project delivery team.
- Procurement of subcontracted works and subsequent subcontract post contract management
- Ensure that the supply chain is engaged appropriately with the correct contract terms and conditions
- Supply chain management including building and maintaining relationships
Processes
- Support all internal commercial processes by ensuring adherence to timeframes and compliance
- Actively seek to improve processes and procedures
Key Measures and Targets
- Accurate internal and external forecasting
- Ability to interrogate and challenge records reports and cost data
- Mitigate commercial risk identify and realise commercial opportunities
- Work to achieve profit in line with business unit expectations
- Maintaining deadlines in line with monthly commercial calendars
- Produce highquality commercial documentation
- Foster and maintain excellent supply chain stakeholder and client relationships.
Key Relationships
- Commercial Manager
- Commercial Team
- Project Teams
- Clients and contacts
- Subcontractors
- External stakeholders
About you
Essential
- Previous experience in the construction industry
- Familiarity with IChemE/ NEC forms of contract and knowledge and understanding of Construction Law
- Previous experience in commercial management and procurement of subcontractors including chairing regular meetings measurement and control cycle certificates and accruals calculations
- Demonstrable experience of monthly forecasting and cost analysis.
- Excellent communication numeric and computer literacy skills proficient in Microsoft Office
- Excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to work effectively to tight deadlines
Desirable
- Member of RICS or other relevant professional body or working towards
- CSCS card
- HND/degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience in estimation
- Experience working for a direct delivery contractor
- An engaging communicator with problemsolving skills.
Caring and investing in you
Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a peoplecentric company.
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by;
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- 25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental physiological and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Flexible working arrangements
- Annual salary review
- Continuous service awards
Would you like to know more
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
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