Burns & McDonnell Jobs

Description

Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with 10,000 professionals working in 55 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Transmission & Distribution.

This role will provide commercial support at a project level in all aspects of commercial control. You will work on both live projects and tender opportunities within the power sector. You will use your in-depth experience of the NEC3 and NEC4 forms of contract (Options A and C) to administer projects effectively including the development and implementation of subcontracts with the supply chain.

Technical responsibilities

• Conduct monthly internal reporting through the CVR and internal commercial management procedures.

• Conduct monthly reporting to the client in accordance with the contract and the client periodical reporting procedure

• Ensure cash flow is optimised through the development of activity schedules, the submission of monthly valuations and the control of subcontractor accounts.

• Drive the recovery of outstanding monies and ensure all queries are fully resolved in a timely manner.

• Identify commercial risks, opportunities, value engineering and change events.

• Manage change events in accordance with the contract including early warnings, CE notification, CE quotation and through to CE implementation and inclusion into the new cost and programme baselines.

• Produce cost estimates and subcontract enquiries for both tender proposals and compensation events.

• Ensure the project delivery teams adhere to risk management procedures and financial compliance.

• Record the commercial KPI data at project level and minimise any potential negative effect on your projects.

• Maintain the projects adherence to payment timescales .

• Prepare and manage sub-contracts throughout the project, through to Final Account agreement.

Functional responsibilities

• Work closely with the project delivery teams to enforce the business drivers and outcomes for your projects.

• Maximise profitability having regard to client and subcontractor relations, third party incomers and the company’s strategic objectives. regarding client relations and the risk/reward philosophy.

• A commercially and contractually astute individual that takes ownership of performance.

• Assistance with the management, preparation and submission of tender enquires.

• Undertake costing activities, utilising a sound working knowledge of tender process.

• Interact and communicate effectively with clients and colleagues to achieve project objectives.

• Able to manage multiple projects and conflicting deadlines.

• Able to work autonomously and/or as part of a project team.

• Identifying new skills and competencies required to meet business needs and actively supporting development and recruitment of talent.

• Support the continued development of more junior team personnel providing commercial guidance and establishing training needs.

Qualifications

• 4 years’ relevant experience as a Quantity Surveyor

• BSc or HND (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or other equivalent commercially related subject

• Experience within the Power Transmission & Distribution sector preferred

• Awareness and experience of construction methods, technology, standard forms of measurement and the NEC 3 and NEC4 forms of contract (Options A & C)

• Excellent computer literacy with experience MS office suite of programmes.

• Ability to read, understand, interpret and anaylse a project programme.

Desirable

• Chartership or working towards chartership through the RICS or similar accredited institution

Job Estimating

Primary Location GB-Birmingham UK-Birmingham

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time

Req ID: 235040

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JA #UKO N/A