Quantity Surveyor

Our client Scottish Power are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join the team on a contract basis based in Glasgow City Centre.
Job Purpose Statement:
Maintain strong commercial control of term contractors on allocated contracts, to manage the cost and performance against their contract targets, ensuring compliance with the commercial contract management regime, Health, Safety, Environmental and Technical Standards of Energy Networks.
Responsibility for developing and driving both the technical and commercial audit programmes and determining the level of audit required in order to focus the audit on areas of greatest need and value.

Accountability Statements:
•Control external contract expenditure through appropriate scope control, change management, technical and financial verification processes in geographic area.
•Audit contract administration in the delivery functions to ensure the business is complying with processes.
•Measure supplier delivery performance against contract KPIs, prepare associated reports and implement improvements as required.
•Provide contract benchmark, cost, budget, financial forecast and performance data for business improvement processes including preparation and presentation of reports.
•Audit and provide timely and constructive challenge of contractor costs, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of Contract that seem excessive compared with the benchmark data and output(s) being delivered.
•Manage the contractual relationships to resolve disputes promptly and directly interface with senior contractor delivery staff.
•Develop the scope, identify risks and prepare budgets and Risk Registers for Target Cost works, evaluating tender returns including agreement of value and allocation of risk between Energy Networks and the contractor.
•Agree value of works done for interim and progress payments with contractors.
•Represent the Energy Networks at negotiation meetings.
•Involve the team in finding solutions to areas where performance is not on target.
•Management of Disciplinary and Grievance issues.
•Carry out site and operational audits on your team
•Ensure assigned resources are deployed to maximum effectiveness.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
•Able to provide strong commercial leadership for staff within all areas of Energy Networks.
•Build and maintain relationships with both internal customers and external suppliers.
•Solve complex problems and introduce practical solutions by utilisation of strong numeracy and financial management skills.
•Write clear and precise reports and relate complex information to a diverse range of people.
•Lead negotiation of Target Price and associated Risk allocation with contractors, measuring out-turn costs and apply the contract incentive mechanism.
•Mitigate Commercial risk to Energy Networks through developent and use of Risk Registers.
•Measure performance against KPIs and milestones in relation to the successful achievement of contractual and business goals and propose associated improvement initiatives which generate additional value for the business.
•Awareness of statutory and licence obligations, HR procedures, Electrical and Civil Engineering procedures, Electricity supply industry, including generation and other wires businesses, Commercial, financial and operational risks.
•Working knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and policies, financial control procedures, financial control and management of projects.
•Commercial management in relation to framework, partnership, term and service level agreement contracts.
•Operations and investment processes/practices.
•IT systems, particulary the Microsoft Office suite.
•Expert knowledge of analytical techniques and quantity surveying techniques
Special Requirements (not mandatory)
•Degree or Accredited Qualification in Quantity Surveying
•Membership of relevant Professional Body
•Effective decision maker not inhibited by consultation with others when necessary or give lead as required
•Ability to lead and motivate team
Minimum Criteria (mandatory)
•Valid full driver's license.
•Proven experience in Quantity Surveying across multiple locations and high-volume works.
•Experience of operating in a commercial market

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