Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Manager

It is an exciting time to join us!

There has never been a better time to join us than now. Great things are happening here at Southern Water, there has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a resilient water future for the South East.

Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor looking to take the next step?

Are you looking to progress your career in a supportive team to grow in your current role? Do you want to make a difference by joining the Water Industry which is a vital source of Life?

If interested, continue reading!

We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join a friendly, supportive and dynamic team within the Procurement and Commercial Services Directorate to negotiate contracts and provide commercial support throughout delivery of high value contracts. The team leads an effective and efficient delivery and management of commercial operations and provides commercial assurance to infrastructure projects, including the tracking of Compensation Events and resolution of commercial risks and issues.

In this role, you will support the Engineering & Construction Directorate on the water CAPEX delivery model in drafting and in supporting contract administration and work closely with the project manager, E&C finance and delivery partners.

You will act as a commercial business partner and be considered an expert and trusted advisor, as well as provide cost management services, commercial support pre-contract award, contractual compliance, and dispute resolution, enabling Southern Water to extract maximum value from its construction contracts throughout the project lifecycle. As part of cost management services, you will provide commercial support and advice to the business including appraisal of options, feasibility studies, cost planning, procurement support, cost management, change management and cost appraisals.

You will work closely with Project managers to provide pre-contract capabilities, guiding best practice and expert advise based on Centre of Excellence best practices, minimising commercial impact by identifying difficulties, emerging issues and inadequate contractual performance leading on dispute resolution. Your contribution as an agent for change, seek opportunities for continuous improvement and delivering robust commercial governance and cost control with agreed annual savings is critical in this highly empowered role.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an experienced, driven and developing team with a wealth of knowledge. You will have exposure great openings to upskill within the role in a company which highly promotes and nurtures learning and development opportunities. Working in a team with such diverse knowledge you will learn something new everyday!

With Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying or a similar discipline, a solid commercial management experience, preferably in a water or utilities industry, you will have good experience of cost management and/or quantity surveying for large projects or framework arrangements with a background in administering and drafting NEC standard forms of contract. You will be an excellent communicator, highly influential and able to manage expectations of senior stakeholders. Being commercially acumen with strong problem-solving and analytical mindset, you will be confident in building sustainable relationships with strong commercial acumen and problem-solving, and excellent analytical and data presentation skills

Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.

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