Quantity Surveyor - Highways

Job Introduction

Are you an Assistant Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor looking for your next role?  Then please read on as we have a new role with the team here at Tarmac that may just be for you.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters.  We want to get to know you.  If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. 

We are currently looking for a suitably qualified and/or experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our friendly Highways Contracting team in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. The role is based from our Tarmac Boroughbridge Depot and you will be required to travel across the A1(M) D2D contract requirements. The role is easily commutable from Harrogate, York, Leeds, Ripon, North Allerton, Thirsk, Shipley, Sowerby, Knaresborough, Wetherby, Catterick, Boston Spa, Selby, Castleford, Bradford, Wakefield and surrounding areas.

We’re working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

As the Quantity Surveyor you will ideally have worked in a similar industry with experience of working on Highways, Infrastructure or Civil Engineering Projects, the focus of this role is on Highways Services.

This contract has Tarmac providing the RMS (Road Management Services) for the A1(M) Darrington to Dishforth, we cover the inspection, maintenance, earthworks, motorway communications, winter maintenance along with a host of other associated things as you would imagine to keep the highways safe for all.

Other responsibilities for this role will include (not exhaustive):

• Be an integral member of the commercial team supporting the Managing Quantity Surveyor 
• Build a strong relationship with internal and client counterparts 
• Managing commercial projects from pre contract stage through to completion
• Engaging and managing sub-contracts including tender enquiries, award and assessment of monthly payment applications 
• Support the production of monthly CVR's 
• Produce both internal and client forecasts 
• Production and substantiation through to agreement of associated Final Accounts 
• Ensure all Tarmac and client processes are followed to minimise commercial risk 
• Ensure all work completed is accurately valued and followed through to cash collection 
• Prepare and submit monthly application for payments to clients 
• Prepare and issue early warning notices and compensation events 

Due to the nature of the work, you must have a FULL UK manual car driving licence with no more than 6 points

The Ideal Candidate

As our ideal Quantity Surveyor you will have:

• Drive and ambition to succeed
• ESSENTIAL - NEC3/4 experience within our sector
• Good interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Good oral, written communication; and presentation skills with strong numeracy and analytical ability
• Process driven with strong commercial awareness and good negotiation skills

It is preferred that the successful candidate for the role of Quantity Surveyor is educated to degree level, although other equivalent qualifications minimum HND or QBE (Qualified by Experience) will be accepted.  

Why Us

In addition to the role of Quantity Surveyor we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

• Bonus scheme 
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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