National Highways have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team within Operations. The Quantity Surveyor will provide expert commercial and contract management services to the National Highways Maintenance and Response Framework Contract and provide commercial advice and support to the service delivery team and manage a portfolio of cyclic maintenance, reactive maintenance and minor capital works in the value of £30 to £40 million per year.

Please note that this is a hybrid position and can be based from either of our Exeter or Bristol offices.

What you'll be leading on

• Provide contractual advice to the business and the service delivery team.
• Day to day contract and commercial management including managing communication and notifications to timescales, managing and valuing compensation events and early warnings, and review and agree final accounts using CEMAR contract management portal.
• Assess payment applications using National Highways 'Confirm' Enterprise Asset Management portal.
• Lead on regular cost and contract audits to ensure contractor compliance with contract conditions.
• Monitor actual costs against budget and prepare contract forecasts, identification of risks and opportunities to Opex and Capex budgets.
• Act as a line manager and mentor to Assistant Quantity Surveyors, Graduates and Apprentices and provide on-going support in their professional development.

To be successful

• Extensive experience working as a QS within a commercial function delivering value to the business, preferably experience working on civil engineering projects.
• B.Sc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying or similar or have secured chartered professional status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS or above), the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (MCInstCES or above) or an equivalent membership of a relevant professional body (Candidates not holding chartered professional status must be able to demonstrate substantive and direct personal experience working as a quantity surveyor having regard to the experience requirements listed under business knowledge and experience above)
• Demonstrable experience of delivering quantity surveying/commercial functions, preferably in a civil engineering/infrastructure environment.
• Excellent commercial awareness and experience with successfully delivering a variety of projects using different forms of contract (NEC desirable).
• Proficient user of excel and familiarity of contract management (e.g., CEMAR) and payment administration (e.g., Confirm) software.
• Provide mentoring and training to the commercial teams and support their professional development.

A bit about us

There's never been a better time to join our Commercial Operations team.

We're a growing, vibrant team helping to drive the most ambitious roads investment programme our country has ever seen. You'll be involved in the design of our modern, progressive contracts and partnerships, negotiating best commercial terms, galvanizing innovation and producing smart cost estimates and plans. Building in every opportunity to ensure that our customers and road workers get home safe and well every day while travelling or working on our road network.