Senior Quantity Surveyor

Company description:

Location: Addlestone, England, United Kingdom
Job ID: 92234

At Schindler Ltd (UK), our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion people every day through buildings, airports, railway stations, and other transportation hubs around the world. As part of the Schindler team, you'll discover meaningful work that enhances the quality of life for communities and helps make places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all.

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As a Senior Quantity Surveyor - Commercial Business Partner, you'll play a key role in supporting the commercial performance of our new installation projects. Working closely with project, operational and supply chain teams, you'll help drive profitability, manage commercial risk, protect cash flow and ensure contracts are delivered successfully from award through to final account settlement.This is a high-profile role with responsibility for a substantial portfolio of live projects, offering the opportunity to influence commercial outcomes and support the continued growth of the business.

Job description:

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Managing customer and subcontractor contracts throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring contractual obligations are met and commercial risks are effectively managed
• Leading commercial negotiations with customers, subcontractors and key stakeholders
• Preparing, submitting and agreeing interim and final accounts, while supporting timely payment and cash collection
• Identifying, valuing and negotiating contract variations, compensation events, claims and commercial opportunities
• Monitoring, forecasting and reporting project costs, performance and commercial outcomes
• Maintaining commercial risk and opportunity registers and implementing strategies to protect project profitability
• Working closely with project and operational teams to improve financial performance, control costs and support successful project delivery
• Managing commercial aspects of procurement and subcontractor performance
• Issuing contractual notices and maintaining accurate commercial and contractual records
• Supporting value engineering initiatives and identifying opportunities to maximise project returns
• Ensuring compliance with contractual, legal and company governance requirements
• Providing commercial support, advice and guidance to operational teams throughout project delivery
• Supporting continuous improvement across commercial processes, systems and reporting
• Providing information and documentation required for audits and ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements

Profile description:

Essential

• Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying or equivalent commercial discipline
• Proven experience operating at Senior Quantity Surveyor level within the construction, building services, engineering, infrastructure or maintenance sectors
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and complex commercial programmes
• Strong knowledge of contract management, commercial administration and risk management principles
• Proven experience preparing and negotiating applications for payment, variations, claims and final accounts
• Experience forecasting project costs and managing commercial performance against budget
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and subcontractor management
• Knowledge of construction contracts, including NEC and/or JCT forms of contract
• Understanding of CDM regulations and health and safety requirements
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel

Desirable

• Membership of RICS, CIOB or a similar professional body
• Additional qualification or experience in dispute resolution or claims management
• Experience within the lift, escalator, building services or specialist engineering sectors
• Experience working on large-scale installation or infrastructure projects

We offer:

When you join Schindler, you'll be rewarded with a competitive package designed to support your wellbeing, career development and work-life balance, including:

• Competitive salary

• Company Car

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, and an annual paid volunteering day

• Pension scheme with 6% company contribution

• Comprehensive life assurance

• Enhanced family leave

• Private medical cover with a trusted provider, plus 24/7 virtual GP access

• Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential support

• Free eye tests and eyewear discounts

• Access to a range of employee benefits, including Tech and Cycle to Work schemes, plus exclusive retailer discounts

At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practise equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavour that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, colour, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.

Any unsolicited application from Recruitment Agencies is deemed to be rejected and does not constitute in any manner an offer from a Recruitment Agency.