Wakefield
Quantity Surveyor
Your New Company
The UK’s Utility sector is ever evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer requirements. At Ipsum it’s our vision to be the leading customer service focused provider of specialist utility and infrastructure solutions, operating on both public and private networks.
To support our continued growth we are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate, not just about the industry, but also about supporting our teams to in delivering essential services 24/7/365 that really make a difference to local people and communities.
What we offer
We are committed to supporting and developing our people to achieve their full potential. As a fast-growing ambitious business, we can offer our people opportunities to acquire a wide range of skills and gain broad and varied experience to enable them to progress in their career. Investing in our people and enhancing our expertise and flexibility enables us to deliver the highest standard of service to our customers.
Our benefits
We really value our people and so we like to look after them. If you work for us, you’ll enjoy a great range of employee benefits:
- Career development including professional qualifications and accreditation
- Health & Wellbeing Benefits:
- Employee Assistance Programme including mental health support and access to counselling
- Access to 24/7 virtual GP
- Occupational Health support
- Tax efficient benefits via salary exchange (salary sacrifice):
- Cycle to Work
- Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Employee Discount Scheme – discounts on hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, mobile phone/broadband providers, gym memberships and more!
- Established local social committees with calendar of regular social events
- Life assurance cover
- Flexible working
- Long service awards
- Opportunities to volunteer and make a difference via local community projects and initiatives
Your new role
As Quantity Surveyor, you will support with the development, implementation and management of all commercial activities and controls, taking ownership for the implementation of the group commercial strategy for the business unit you are assigned to. Ultimately, helping to maximise the profitability of the business unit whilst ensuring the Ipsum values are upheld (Safety, Service & Specialist).
Principle Accountabilities include:
- Manage contract/project performance including CVR reviews.
- Review contracts and support with mitigating risk.
- Report on and challenge performance for project cashflows and profitability.
- Subcontractor management.
- Preparation and review of subcontract documents and assessment of quotations for onboarding.
- Manage and track project changes, variations and/or notices
- Assess and value variations and compensation events
- Support the Commercial Manager with adhoc projects and continuous improvement of business processes
- Prepare and submit interim valuations and payment applications to clients, along with the agreement of final accounts
- Attend risk review, progress and commercial meetings on-site with the Client
- Be actively involved with tenders and pricing
- Support the operational team in daily commercial and contractual aspects
About you
Essential qualifications/ skills/ experience
- Bachelors or masters degree or equivalent qualification.
- Demonstrable experience within a similar commercial or financial role
- Experience of operating in a commercial, multi-divisional organisation
- Up to date knowledge of contractual law and commercial practice
- Experience of working with Schedule of Rates contracts and other measurement techniques
- Knowledge of measured terms contracts (MTC) contracts and the property services agency (PSA) schedule of rates, preferably with experience of the MOD environment
- A commitment to drive outstanding Health, Safety and Environmental performance
- A commitment to delivering outstanding levels of service every day
- A constant desire to truly add value, improvement and innovation
- Demonstrable track record of commercial and financial contract management, to an appropriate level
- Can quickly identify changes and potential problems in contracts and performance
- Ability to challenge the business at all levels to ensure performance remains on target
- Able to advise colleagues on commercial processes
- Will pursue high standards, recognise improvement opportunities, and learn from experience
- Able to undertake logical and methodical interrogation of information, data, legal sources and trends, keep accurate records and an audit trails
- Must have a solid understanding and be confident in using Microsoft Packages, including but not limited to Microsoft Excel
Desirable qualifications/ skills/ experience
- Previous experience of working within the Utilities industry
- Professional membership of a relevant body (e.g. ICM, RICS, ACCA)
- NEC experience
Ipsum is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.