Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
M Group Highways
At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK.
We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work.
You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.
This location of the role is currently Peterborough, this will reviewed at end of year to cover eastern region. Opportunity to work flexibly with working from home occasionally.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
You'll provide the commercial function across projects to ensure successful project delivery.
You'll be working within a team of talented professionals ensuring co-ordination and provision across all aspects of project delivery.
We'll ask you to undertake pre-contract setup, including forecasting, measurement, sub-contract tendering and procurement (including drafting to negotiating various forms of subcontract).
You'll effectively manage the commercial aspects of the project (or a section of a project) including valuations / applications, budget monitoring, material / plant reconciliation and contract variations / compensation events and change.
You'll prepare, manage and negotiate the agreement of Final Accounts.
Along with the procurement and management of subcontract packages, as well as supporting other members of the commercial team in the management of subcontract packages.
Produce and maintain, and assist others in producing and maintaining, project forecasts to support the monthly commercial and financial reporting procedures.
You'll assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks and maximise cashflow through the control and valuation of works, invoicing and payment process.
Manage commercial team to ensure delivery of above items and develop their knowledge.
We'll ask you to provide support and training for site staff on commercial issues and ensure compliance with all legal requirements, including contractual and legislative.
Assist with control of project documentation.
What you’ll bring
- Degree / HND qualification in Quantity Surveying or other relevant subject.
- Registered with the RICS / CICES or working towards professional chartership.
- Relevant CSCS card.
- Strong level of identifiable commercial experience within the industry as a Senior QS or QS people management experience essential.
- Demonstrable experience of working on Highways and Civil Engineering projects.
- Strong working knowledge of NEC3/4 suite of contracts.
- Good command and communication of oral and written English.
- Skilled negotiator and communicator.
- Good people and organisational skills.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office (ie. Excel) and other computer skills.
- Experience with term service contracts and Option C advantageous.
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Personal Accident Cover
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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