Quantity Surveyor

**Company Description**

Jobs for Humanity is collaborating with Atkins to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. We support individuals coming from all walks of life.

Company Name: Atkins

**Job Description** About AtkinsRéalis**

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Technically lead our quantity surveying team in the areas of cost planning, procurement, post contract and bank funding.
- Drive a business development strategy for the team with support from senior management.
- Manage team member resourcing for optimal utilisation across the team and the wider organisation.
- Be accountable for the performance of the team and quality outputs.
- Proposal preparation, job delivery, work planning and financial management tasks.
- Show initiative and provide practical advice to identify solutions to job-specific challenges.
- A team player keen to advance his/her skills and truly be an asset to the company projects brand.
- Preferred experience in high-end housing, infrastructure works, parks, apartments, commercial, health facilities, schools, retirement living, retail and community assets would be a clear advantage.
- Experience across both cost consultancy and contractor roles is preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to produce results whilst working alongside various stakeholders.
- Prior experience preparing pre
- and post-contract construction estimates.
- Preparation of capital and operating expense estimates in accordance with relevant standards such as Method of Measurement for Highway Works, CESMM4, NRM01/02/03, RMM01/02, SMM07, IS1200, AACE, and so on.
- Preparing quantity take-offs for various types of projects based on specifications/available drawings or information.
- Preparation of bottom-up and top-down estimates based on project requirements.
- Knowledge of relevant rates, rate benchmarking, location factors, productivity, and so on.
- Understanding of relevant rates, as well as rate benchmarking against other projects of a similar nature.
- The ability to prepare the entire lifecycle cost and calculate NAV will be advantageous.
- Provide procurement strategy advice to the client.
- Create tender and contract documents for contractors and consultants.
- Negotiate with contractors and subcontractors.
- Assists in the preparation of bidders' technical and commercial evaluation reports, as well as the creation of price bid comparison statements.
- Quantifying and submitting changes in terms of time and cost impact, as well as substantiating with proofs.

**Requirements**:

- Cost Estimation/Quantity Surveying Professionals with at least 10+ years of experience in Global Infrastructure, Transportation and Energy sector.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Willing and proactiveness to work under tight deadlines and taking ownership of the tasks assigned to him or her.
- Knowledge of estimation and cost management software CostX is a MUST.
- Exposure to ME, UK, and US-based projects will be advantageous.
- RICS Chartered membership will be advantageous.