Quantity Surveyor

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Nuttall are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join us in our North East of England area. Having recently secured a number of schemes in this area, the opportunity for the right candidate is available to join our young and growing team. This is a great opportunity for a highly collaborative and enthusiastic professional to support an area of the business with significant growth potential.

Your work environment

• BAM operates a flexible working policy 
• People are at the heart of what we do at Bam. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Your mission

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the following:

• Maintain high personal safety and environmental standards in accordance with Company policy
• Maintain effective communication with the team you are working with
• Manage, supervise and mentor your direct reports
• Provide commercial contact with supply chain partners through pre-contract meetings, contract vetting and input to subcontract documents
• Commercial management of subcontractors including processing payments, obtaining final account agreements, and resolving disputed issues by negotiation, if appropriate
• Ensure the timely production of reliable cost performance data 
• Assist in the production of monthly / quarterly reports
• Be responsible for change management including ensuring adherence to Contractual timescales and Notices
• Ensure adherence to Risk and Opportunity management protocol and advise the Management Team accordingly
• Be responsible for the timely production of appropriate levels of applications for payments in accordance with the provisions of the conditions of contract
• Attend and provide input to all site commercial meetings. Providing commercial advice to the site team
• Manage time and workloads for yourself and your commercial team in a structured manner

Who are we looking for?

The following are mandatory requirements:

• Successful experience at Quantity Surveyor level for a main contractor demonstrating effective core commercial skills would be advantageous 
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with the project team including the Client, Project Managers and Designers
• Have the confidence and ability to work within a team environment, and to have a positive influence on outcomes
• Willing to help and assist those around you in their development
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Excel & Microsoft Word

 
The following are desirable requirements:

• Early Contractor Involvement experience
• Experience of target cost contracts
• Working towards CICES membership or equivalent

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• Company car / car allowance / travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.

Who are we?

The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.

Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.

Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Our recruitment process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Zainab Rubbani, Recruiter, at Zainab.Rubbani@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.