£44,292 - £50,937

+£5k car allowance

Base

Closing Date 

South East Hub

23:59 - 12th March 2024

What you’ll be responsible for

As Quantity Surveyor you will:

• Commercially manage a portfolio of large complex capital projects across a range of engineering disciplines ensuring best in class commercial and cost management that demonstrates value for money on all projects delivered.
• Identify and implement best practice commercial and cost management from across the water and other sectors of the construction industry.
• Ensure DCWW’s interests are protected at all times and that risks to the business are minimised.

  Principle Accountabilities:

•    Provide professional commercial and cost management on several capital projects simultaneously  
•    Provide support and advice to a team of project managers and project engineers on all aspects of commercial contract management within DCWW Frameworks
•    Assist with procurement and allocating of capital work to framework contractors
•    Undertake detailed cost analysis on tender returns for capital projects
•    Prepare all aspects of works orders ensuring all DCWW project approval processes are followed
•    Validate and agree contract values and target costs with framework contractors 
    Identify, analyse and develop response to commercial project risks ensuring risks are understood, valued and correctly allocated
•    Carry out monthly valuations of completed work and recommend for payment
•    Manage the flow of financial information between finance, SAP teams, project managers and contractors
•    Provide advice on contractual claims, early warning notices and compensation events
•    Agree and sign off final accounts at contractor and project levels
•    Undertake appropriate ‘lessons learnt’ analysis upon project completion in order to ensure that there is a continuous improvement process applied.
•    Assist with the dispute resolution between third parties and DCWW
•    Understand the implications of Health and Safety Regulations
•    Ensure the provision of accurate and timely management of information
•    Carry out other duties as directed to meet business needs

Who you’ll work with

Internal

•    Area operational teams including operational managers
•    Area Finance teams, commercial and procurement
•    All levels of management within DCWW

External

•    External contractors

About you

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• Qualified to degree level and working towards chartered status
• Ideally a minimum of 5 Years knowledge, experience and understanding of NEC or other contract administration
• Excellent analytical and data interrogation skills with an ability to extract relevant information and present it in a logical and structured manner.
• Ideally a minimum of 5 years cost management experience (preferably in the water industry) demonstrating an excellent track record in the commercial delivery of projects ranging from £25k to £2m.
• Excellent communicator and team player who understands the importance of ownership and accountability.
• Experience and understanding of Health and Safety Legislation.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi disciplined engineering delivery team environment.
• The ability to work to tight regulatory and project timelines
   

Good to know

• Flexible working: 2-3 office days per week plus option to work from home
• 37 hours, 5 days Monday-Friday fixed
• Car allowance included (£5K)

For any further information about this opportunity please contact Iwan Jones - iwan.jones@dwrcymru.com

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

•    Variable pay schemes ((your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
•    Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
•    Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
•    Enhanced family friendly policies
•    Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
•    Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Free on-site parking at all our sites
•    Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
•    Car-leasing scheme
•    Health CashBack scheme
•    An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Bath-times, half-times, party-times, meeting-times, and cooking-times. Our water brings Wales to life! It helps 3 million people stay healthy and clean every day. It keeps businesses running smoothly and life flowing along. 

We’re different. And proud of it. We’re for everyone, not for profit. We’re people from every walk of life. All with an opportunity to develop and grow amazing careers. All sharing the benefits of bringing our whole self to work. 

We’re the engineers and scientists, rangers and customer advisors that keep the taps flowing and keep our customers happy. And we’re thousands of other incredibly diverse roles with National responsibility. All working to the highest standards of satisfaction. In a business where safety and care for every colleague is never compromised.

We’re in every community. And for every community. We’re Welsh Water. The people with the passion to bring futures to life in a business that brings Wales to life! 

Discover the difference Welsh Water can bring to your life.

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