Skill Set: Bids & Tendering

Job Title: Rail Strategy Manager

Type: Contract

Location: Dublin

Rate: Flexible depending on experience

Job Reference: BMRAILSTRATMAN

About the Role
A unique opportunity has arisen for a Rail Strategy Lead to join a high-performing team focused on advancing rail engineering initiatives across Ireland. This role is central to cultivating successful partnerships and securing future business through strategic engagement with key stakeholders including national rail and transport bodies.

As Rail Strategy Lead, you will lead efforts to shape the business’s strategic positioning for upcoming rail infrastructure opportunities. The role involves proactive client engagement, market intelligence gathering, and leveraging technical insight to contribute to winning proposals and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and nurture strategic relationships with major clients and stakeholders to identify business challenges and co-create effective solutions.

  • Conduct ongoing market and competitor analysis to stay ahead of industry trends and inform business strategy.

  • Support and execute client engagement strategies aimed at enhancing the organisation’s position in future procurement processes.

  • Apply technical acumen to influence and contribute to tender submissions, ensuring high-quality and competitive proposals.

  • Champion continuous improvement of the company’s market presence and strategic identity through targeted research and capability development.

Note: This role involves regular travel to client and project sites across Ireland in addition to flexible home-working arrangements. It is a full-time position based on a 35-hour work week.

Experience & Skills

  • Proven experience in developing senior-level customer relationships to support strategic business development.

  • Strong track record of leading business development efforts, managing opportunity pipelines, and crafting commercial strategies.

  • Deep understanding of the Irish rail sector and experience with large-scale infrastructure projects.

  • Technical knowledge across various rail systems such as signalling, telecoms, civils, E&P, ETCS/TMS, OLE/electrification, and track.

  • Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.

  • Proficiency in project management and customer relationship software tools.

Qualifications

  • Degree in Engineering (Chartered status preferred).

  • In-depth technical knowledge of rail systems and infrastructure.

  • Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and influencing skills

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Assistant Bid Writer/ Submissions Manager

Type: Permanent

Location: Belfast

Rate : dependant on experience

Job Reference: CMABWB

I am looking for a Assistant bid writer / Submissions manager with a good construction background, to deliver pre qualifications questionnaires (PQQs) excellence for projects in Belfast.

Role

You will have previous experience working in a similar role within bid writing / submissions management. This role would suit a assistant bid writer.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Reviewing web portals for PQQ / Tender opportunities
  • Creating / updating PQQ / Tender information on company IT systems
  • Liaising with internal and external parties to obtain information for submissions

Essential requirements:

  • Previous experience within Assistant bid writing / submissions management
  • Strong IT and creative presentation skills
  • Ability to work on own initiative

Desirable:

  • Knowledge/experience within the construction industry

To discuss in more detail please call Callum Meek at Advance or apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Title: Bid Writer / Submissions Manager

Type: Permanent

Location: Belfast

Rate : dependant on experience

Job Reference: CMBWB

I am looking for a Bid writer / Submissions Manager with a good construction background, to deliver tender quality submissions excellence for projects in Belfast.

Role

You will have previous experience working in a similar role within bid writing/submissions management. This role would suit a Bid writer.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Reviewing web portals for PQQ/tender opportunities
  • Analysing PQQ/tender for viability as well as creating/updating PQQ/tender information on company IT systems
  • Managing the clarification and RFI process; proof reading colleagues’ work
  • Creating/updating the pre-construction library/standard marketing information
  • Attending site visits and participating in PQQ/tender interviews

Essential requirements:

  • Previous experience in Bid writing/Submissions management roles
  • Strong IT and creative presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales

Desirable:

  • Previous experience within the construction industry

To discuss in more detail please call Callum Meek at Advance or apply

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
  • Bedford
  • Rail Infrastructure
  • Tier 1 Contractor

Currently working closely with a Tier 1 Contractor who have been successful in winning multiple new infrastructure frameworks across the country.

This role would see you specifically placed on a large Bridge replacement project in the Bedfordshire region, Using NR contracts. Currently ECI moving into Procurement and live on site by the end of the year.

Needs strong Cost Reporting Exp

Based on site 3 days a week, with 2 days at home a week.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Quantity Surveyor

Kent

Freelance – Umbrella

Rail / Civil Engineering

Currently recruiting for a busty and successful client, who’ve won a southern Rail framework, which is the backbone to the company. They are constantly one of Network Rail’s best performing contractors, with a strong team of quantity surveyors.

They’re looking to add more resource to their commercial team given the latest contract win and are looking for more Quantity Surveyors to join the team.

If you are a Quantity Surveyor with a background working in the UK Rail or civil engineering sector on the contractor side, please apply.

This is a freelance role, ideally looking at someone available on 2 weeks notice or less.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Quantity Surveyor

London

Freelance – Umbrella

Rail / Civil Engineering

Currently recruiting for one of my favourite clients, who’ve won another Rail framework, which is the backbone to the company. They are constantly one of Network Rail’s best performing contractors, with a strong team of quantity surveyors.

They’re looking to add more resource to their commercial team given the latest contract win and are looking for more Quantity Surveyors to join the team.

If you are a Quantity Surveyor with a background working in the UK Rail or civil engineering sector on the contractor side, please apply.

This is a freelance role, guaranteed to pay more money than a perm contract.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client are a leading global engineering and design consultancy, with operations spanning across most regions and virtually every market worldwide. Joining my client presents an opportunity to tackle some of the most compelling engineering challenges of our era. Coupled with an attractive and adaptable compensation package, you’ll find the ideal blend to achieve both your personal and professional aspirations.

Are you someone who thinks differently, acts smart, and finds innovative approaches to challenges? If you thrive in a strategic growth environment and enjoy a dynamic, fun work atmosphere, this might just be the role for you.

Your Purpose:

Reporting to the Managing Director and serving as a key member of the Nuclear & Power EMEA leadership team, the Strategic Growth Director will be at the heart of our growth objectives and strategy. This role involves close collaboration with Market Directors, Client Account Managers, business development functions, as well as external partners, suppliers, and clients.

To achieve ambitious business growth targets within projected timelines, the ideal candidate will be a proactive individual who excels at driving initiatives forward. You will be recognised for your ability to collaborate, influence, innovate, connect, and energise those around you. If your natural style is to create momentum and enthusiasm, you will thrive amidst the challenges and opportunities my client are pursuing.

My clients growth plans encompass some of the most fascinating projects, making it an exciting time to join their Nuclear & Power EMEA business. We are embarking on an ambitious five-year transformational growth plan, aiming to double our business size by securing and delivering large-scale, complex projects that offer amazing opportunities for all involved.

Key Responsibilities:

– Lead the development and execution of long-term growth strategies and strategic pipelines.

– Cultivate and nurture strategic client relationships, partner alliances, as well as government and industry relations.

– Explore and develop new markets and/or geographies within the Nuclear & Power EMEA sector.

– Lead investment cases, investment planning, and support inorganic growth initiatives.

– Oversee market research, competitor intelligence, and analysis.

– Supervise the strategic bid team.

Qualifications and Skills:

– Proven experience in delivering significant strategic initiatives (projects >£50m).

– Demonstrated success in driving business growth through strategic initiatives.

– Strong relationship-building skills with clients and partners.

Strategic thinking is crucial, but so is enthusiasm. The ideal candidate will be inspired to approach challenges in innovative ways, enjoy working with and inspiring others, and have a positive attitude.

If this sounds like you, I would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV, highlighting your experience related to the key requirements mentioned above.

About the Company:

My client are a fast-growing business with a current team of 1,700 people within a larger organisation of 35,000. While based in the UK, the exciting growth plans span across the UK, France, Germany, the Middle East, and India. My clients collaboration within the Nuclear Sector also places significant emphasis on supporting growth in Canada and the US.

Why Work for My Client?

The UK is the first major economy to legislate for a Net Zero target by 2050. To achieve this, my clients nuclear and clean energy teams are ensuring a mix of secure and sustainable energy sources that can meet our industry and lifestyle demands today and in the future. My client power our world through exciting new technologies and intelligent cybersecurity systems on projects of varying sizes, scopes, and scales. You will help create safe and resilient systems across nuclear power, renewables, decarbonisation, new builds, and energy efficiency.

Join my client and be part of a team where different truly makes a difference. Apply now to shape the future of sustainable energy and secure your place in a company committed to innovation, diversity, and impactful engineering.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager (CM)

Role: Commercial Manager into Senior Commercial Manager. You will be overseeing a Project Quantity Surveyor and an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor.

Day Rate: £400 – £550 salary dependent on experience – Ltd Company OUTSIDE IR35

Location: Central London Zones 1 / 2

Project: £50m substructure and superstructure (reinforced concrete) with groundworks – starting October. Working on preconstruction initially before going onto site and seeing the project through to completion.

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering long term contracts with progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience working within civil engineering

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager (CM)

Role: Commercial Manager into Senior Commercial Manager. You will be overseeing a Project Quantity Surveyor and an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor.

Day Rate: £80,000 – £120,000 annual salary dependent on experience

Location: Central London Zones 1 / 2

Project: £50m substructure and superstructure (reinforced concrete) with groundworks – starting October. Working on preconstruction initially before going onto site and seeing the project through to completion.

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering long term contracts with progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience working within civil engineering

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS)

Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting into Commercial Manager. You will be overseeing a Project Quantity Surveyor and Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Day Rate: £70,000 – £90,000 dependent on experience

Location: Central London Zones 1 / 2

Project: £50m substructure and superstructure (reinforced concrete) with groundworks – starting October. Working on preconstruction initially before going onto site and seeing the project through to completion.

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Senior Quantity Surveyor with experience within civil engineering.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS)

Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting into Commercial Manager. You will be overseeing a Project Quantity Surveyor and Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

Day Rate: £350 – £475 per day dependent on experience – Outside IR35 LTD company

Location: Central London Zones 1 / 2

Project: £50m substructure and superstructure (reinforced concrete) with groundworks – starting October. Working on preconstruction initially before going onto site and seeing the project through to completion.

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering long term contracts with progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Senior Quantity Surveyor with experience within civil engineering.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our client is a leading consultancy in civil and structural engineering, seeking an exceptional Quantity Surveyor for their engineering projects.

Role:

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing quantity surveying and cost management for civil and structural engineering projects from inception to completion.

Main responsibilities, but not limited to:

  • Manage the cost management element for the delivery of works, including the provision of commercial support to the design and client teams
  • Preparation of bills of quantities and schedules of work for pricing
  • involvement in tender stage activities such tender reviews and development of procurement plan
  • Prepare and monitor the submission and approval of design, specification and cost estimates information

Essential Requirements:

  • Chartered Quantity Surveyor: Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland
  • A minimum of 5 years post graduation experience
  • Knowledge of and experience in NEC and Public Works contracts
  • Experience in other forms of contracts desirable
  • Knowledge of Quality Assurance systems and quality management
  • Knowledge of CDM Regulation

Desirable:

  • Project management
  • Familiar with Microsoft Office Suite – Excel and Word
  • An awareness of recent developments in engineering design and research

For further information on this fantastic opportunity contact Lily Kaye at Advance TRS

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Quantity Surveyor
  • York
  • Rail Tier 1 Contractor
  • Freelance – Outside IR35

Recruiting for an experienced and proficient Quantity Surveyor with a proven background of delivering commercial success on Rail infrastructure projects in the UK.

This is an opportunity to join an established team working on a very large Rail Signalling project in Yorkshire, early on in the project program.

The ideal candidate would be able to work from the York office 3 days a week, have a level of understanding of the Rail industry, not necessarily Signalling although preferable.

For the right candidate this could be a long term freelance outside IR35 role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Quantity Surveyor

London

Freelance – Umbrella

Rail / Civil Engineering

Currently recruiting for one of my favourite clients, who’ve won another Rail framework, which is the backbone to the company. They are constantly one of Network Rail’s best performing contractors, with a strong team of quantity surveyors.

They’re looking to add more resource to their commercial team given the latest contract win and are looking for more Quantity Surveyors to join the team.

If you are a Quantity Surveyor with a background working in the UK Rail or civil engineering sector on the contractor side, please apply.

This is a freelance role, guaranteed to pay more money than a perm contract.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager for specialist civil engineering company working on 3 projects across Kent.

My client are a £215m turnover niche civils principle contractor who specialise specifically in tunnelling. They’re a family owned business will a well-established name in the industry using positive reinforcement with high expectations to encourage a high output work environment.

The Commercial Manager is expected to oversee a handful of projects concurrently which currently includes 3 spread across Kent and Surrey. You will direct a handful of Quantity surveyor’s on each project and report to the Commercial Director. As well as project management, you will also be expected to participate in the company’s business development and strategic panning. A great opportunity for a striving young professional to progress up the ladder of their career.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years exposure in the commercial industry including 2-3 years minimum as a Managing Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager having experience overseeing a small team. You will likely have worked within civil engineering industry with expertise across NEC contracts.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing up to 5 Quantity Surveyor’s
  • Dealing with client engagement and negotiations/ troubleshooting
  • Reporting up and down stream
  • Monthly CVR’s
  • Supporting with pre construction business development and tenders
  • Supporting in strategic planning to grow the business

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Due to the high number of applicants, I will only be reaching out to those who make the short list. If you’re currently looking for a new role please feel free to add me on LinkedIn to stay updated with current vacancies within the commercial sector.

Advance TRS follows in accordance to the The Equality Act 2010

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS)

Salary: £55,000 – £70,000 + car allowance + standard packing including pension and healthcare

Location: Brentwood, Essex

Company: Tier 1 well known main contractor. Working within a bright and blossoming team with a social and enthusiastic appetite.

Project: £150m National Highways scheme. Working on an NEC based contract. Project running until 2025.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: NEC experience and civils or highways experience. Experience working on a National Highways / Highways England project is also preferred but not necessary.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have.

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Assistant Quantity Surveyor (AQS)

Role: Assistant Quantity Surveyor working alongside a team of 3, including a Quantity Surveyor and a Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting into a Managing QS on a £20m bus regeneration project as part of a wider Colchester Highways scheme

Salary: £30,000 – £47,500 + package

Location: Colchester based

Company: Irish Tier 1 main contractor who work across the whole of the UK and EU. They have a process driven internal system, great for those who are looking for more structure. The team you’ll be based in are dynamic and energetic suiting anyone who enjoys a social work life.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience within civils / highways

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager (CM)

Role: Commercial Manager into Senior Commercial Manager working on a £40m project in Central London. You will oversee a Project Quantity Surveyor and an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor. Working on JCT D&B contract

Day Rate: £80,000 – £120,000 annual salary dependent on experience

Location: Central London Zones 1/2

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering long term contracts with progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience working with a specialist groundworks or frames contractor. Experience overseeing a junior member of staff.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS) – OUTSIDE IR35

Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting into Commercial Manager working on a £40m project in Central London. You will oversee a Project Quantity Surveyor and an Apprentice Quantity Surveyor. Working on JCT D&B contract

Day Rate: £350 – £475 per day dependent on experience – Outside IR35 LTD company

Location: Central London Zones 1/2

Company: Niche civil engineering contractor who specialise in demolition, piling, fire protection, groundworks, concrete frame and earthworks. They’re well known in the industry and have a great reputation for offering long term contracts with progression internally.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials, plant and labour
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing change
  • Day to day management of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience working with a specialist groundworks or frames contractor. Experience overseeing a junior member of staff.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager

Role: Commercial Manager overseeing a flagship project in London, reporting into the Commercial Director. You will be expected to get involved with business wide decisions also.

Salary: Competitive salary with an attractive package – please apply for more information

Location: Central London – Zone 1/2

Company: £100m turnover civil engineering contractor

Project: Projects range from £10m to £80m and include groundworks, piling, civils, and structures.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Managing a team of QS’s
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Business critical meetings internally
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Experience within the civil engineering market. Self delivery is also a bonus

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Senior Quantity Surveyor (SQS)

Salary: £70,000 – £90,000 basic

Package: £5,000 car allowance + 5% pension, 26 days holidays, life assurance, and flexi benefits package including high street discounts

Location: Central London Zones 1/2

Company: £600m turnover civil engineering specialist who work across the whole of the UK. They act as both a principle contractor and a sub-contractor self-delivering 70% of their works. They work heavily within the infrastructure, residential, education, and renewable energy sectors managing groundworks, general civils, and frames.

The company are notorious for developing their staff putting them through education, sending them on training courses etc and they always promote from within before moving to outside sources

Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor needed to manage their own project from award to completion. Projects are up to £80m and you will be responsible for 1-3 Quantity Surveyors underneath you.

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: Infrastructure background working on projects within civil engineering or frames.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Alstom are looking for curious and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Alstom creates smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Joining Alstom means joining a truly global community of more than 75,000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

Working for Alstom, a market leader with the most up-to-date technology, you will have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow in a thriving, technical company with the chance to progress quickly. Benefit from a nurturing culture of inclusive and collaborative innovation, joining a team of the right talents to solve real-world mobility challenges and invent the transport systems of tomorrow.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cyber Security Bid Manager in Derby.

Role:

The successful candidate will ensure cyber security requirements are identified with solutions defined and costed for applicable tenders in UK&I in accordance with Alston processes, local laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Be the cyber security interface to bidding teams in the Cluster (across all Product Lines), and to cyber security platform colleagues worldwide.
  • Participate to Tender Launch Workshops and other key tender meetings to ensure cyber security activities are aligned to tender planning with inputs provided in a timely manner.
  • Analyze tender documents, local laws and regulations in order to establish full set of cyber security requirements for analysis locally as well as Platform colleagues
  • Align cyber security quotations ensuring all gaps are costed and included in the quotation with technical solutions and costing optimised.

Essential Requirements:

  • Degree level or equivalent
  • Dynamic and autonomous individual with strong communication and management skills within a matrix management environment.
  • Practised understanding of securing and evaluating OT network and system architectures
  • Knowledge of main cyber security standards and regulations

Desirable:

  • Rail domain experience is desirable but not mandatory
  • Recognized cyber security certification

For further information on this fantastic opportunity contact Sam Riley at Advance TRS

Advance TRS are RPO partners for Alstom’s permanent staff recruitment drive of rail signalling management, engineering and installation professionals in York, Derby, Birmingham, London, and Bristol, as part of CP7.

Advance TRS is a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in the provision of highly skilled technical professionals for the built environment. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver an exceptional level of customer service and seek to create long-lasting, dependable relationships.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Commercial Manager for specialist civil engineering company working on 3 projects across Kent.

My client are a £215m turnover niche civils principle contractor who specialise specifically in tunnelling. They’re a family owned business will a well-established name in the industry using positive reinforcement with high expectations to encourage a high output work environment.

The Commercial Manager is expected to oversee a handful of projects concurrently which currently includes 3 spread across Kent and Surrey. You will direct a handful of Quantity surveyor’s on each project and report to the Commercial Director. As well as project management, you will also be expected to participate in the company’s business development and strategic panning. A great opportunity for a striving young professional to progress up the ladder of their career.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years exposure in the commercial industry including 2-3 years minimum as a Managing Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager having experience overseeing a small team. You will likely have worked within civil engineering industry with expertise across NEC contracts.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing up to 5 Quantity Surveyor’s
  • Dealing with client engagement and negotiations/ troubleshooting
  • Reporting up and down stream
  • Monthly CVR’s
  • Supporting with pre construction business development and tenders
  • Supporting in strategic planning to grow the business

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Due to the high number of applicants, I will only be reaching out to those who make the short list. If you’re currently looking for a new role please feel free to add me on LinkedIn to stay updated with current vacancies within the commercial sector.

Advance TRS follows in accordance to the The Equality Act 2010

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
  • London
  • Rail Infrastructure
  • Tier 1 Contractor

Currently working closely with a Tier 1 Contractor who have been successful in winning multiple new infrastructure frameworks across the country.

With these new awards, they are looking for extra commercial resource to immerse themselves into the team, assisting is setting up and establishing commercial contracts, systems and processes. In addition to this with 2 large projects on the horizon, looking at these and again assisting in the ECI stages and pre contract works through to delivery.

This is an on-going requirement, and would give you a great opportunity to embed yourself in the ongoing works for the framework.

Based in London a few day week, the ideal candidate would be agile and flexible in their approach, posses strong contractual knowledge and have a predominantly contractor mindset in their outlook.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Quantity Surveyor

Electrical / Rail HS2

West London

£300 – £350 Limited Company

Currently recruiting for a quantity surveyor to join a large specialist electrical contractor in West London working on some HS2 assets.

The ideal candidate would have a combination of Rail, Electrical and NEC contract experience. As a quantity surveyor you would be expected to be able to measure from drawings, and on site. Be contractually competent and well versed in NEC contacts.

A methodical and Logical person, happy to work in an admin heavy role.

This role is full time on site is West London.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Role: Managing Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 + Competitive benefits package

Location: Midsomer Norton (Hybrid Working)

Are you an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor looking for your next opportunity?

If so, my client is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to help successfully deliver a range of water projects; and to assist with new framework bids, maintaining existing agreements which will include all commercial requirements such as annual rate uplift calculations and attendance at framework review meetings.

About the Role:

  • As a managing quantity surveyor you are expected to provide commercial support to the delivery teams. This will include commercial management at a framework level including a wide variety of different and complex contract types. The role would need to manage tight deadlines to meet both internal and external reporting periods.
  • Review and negotiate awarded contracts to ensure a commercially beneficial position to the business.
  • Responsible for the accurate and on time compilation of reporting to meet strict monthly deadlines. These reports feed into a wider batch of reporting completed across the business and you will be expected to provide support and feedback to both the delivery teams and management where required.
  • Responsible for invoicing your own portfolio of projects in line with both on-site progress and contractual requirements, whilst monitoring the overall cost position and ensuring it is maintained at a positive level.
  • Ensuring that the change control process is implemented correctly with the Delivery Team and that quotations are turned around within 7 days.
  • Ensuring that project final accounts are agreed and signed off as swiftly by liaising with key stakeholders.
  • Responsible for monitoring of project spend along with the delivery team, reviewing budgets to ensure the business and its customers are receiving value for money. Where possible identifying areas for savings and alternative procurement options that may bring about savings in cost or programme.
  • Responsible for the swift set up of contracts to ensure stakeholders have access to key information as soon as possible.
  • Support the rest of the commercial team with advice and guidance, and provide training and coaching as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Degree qualified or equivalent
  • Experience and understanding of the NEC suite of contracts
  • Mechanical and/or electrical background is desirable
  • Confident in reading and understanding project scope documents & drawings (P&IDs / schedules / BCDs)
  • Competency of MS Excel to advanced level
  • Experience in EQUE2 (desirable)
  • Estimating experience
  • Water industry experience
  • Experience working for a subcontractor (desirable)
  • Management experience
  • Experience of completing framework bids
  • Experience of managing commercial elements of frameworks

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Looking to add a proven quantity surveyor / senior quantity surveyor to a large team, on a new rail framework based out of London, Kent, South West London.

This is a freelance role, working inside IR35 on an umbrella company basis.

The ideal Senior Quantity Surveyor would work closely with the design team, challenging and working to improve commercial efficiency. You would be embedded in this design team, working closely with the engineering staff, the planning team and design houses, to robustly test the commercial efficiency of new designs and try to add value engineering to a project.

This role, would see the senior quantity surveyor look to question and think outside the box, embedded with this team.

Using a bespoke contract up stream, and NEC downstream, you’d be working closely with a very tight nit team, all whom are fresh thinking and trying to improve on what has previously been the normal.

A great role for someone that is prepared to give their all and not accept 2nd best.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Role: Managing Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 + Competitive benefits package

Location: Midsomer Norton (Hybrid Working)

Are you an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor looking for your next opportunity?

If so, my client is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to help successfully deliver a range of water projects; and to assist with new framework bids, maintaining existing agreements which will include all commercial requirements such as annual rate uplift calculations and attendance at framework review meetings.

About the Role:

  • As a managing quantity surveyor you are expected to provide commercial support to the delivery teams. This will include commercial management at a framework level including a wide variety of different and complex contract types. The role would need to manage tight deadlines to meet both internal and external reporting periods.
  • Review and negotiate awarded contracts to ensure a commercially beneficial position to the business.
  • Responsible for the accurate and on time compilation of reporting to meet strict monthly deadlines. These reports feed into a wider batch of reporting completed across the business and you will be expected to provide support and feedback to both the delivery teams and management where required.
  • Responsible for invoicing your own portfolio of projects in line with both on-site progress and contractual requirements, whilst monitoring the overall cost position and ensuring it is maintained at a positive level.
  • Ensuring that the change control process is implemented correctly with the Delivery Team and that quotations are turned around within 7 days.
  • Ensuring that project final accounts are agreed and signed off as swiftly by liaising with key stakeholders.
  • Responsible for monitoring of project spend along with the delivery team, reviewing budgets to ensure the business and its customers are receiving value for money. Where possible identifying areas for savings and alternative procurement options that may bring about savings in cost or programme.
  • Responsible for the swift set up of contracts to ensure stakeholders have access to key information as soon as possible.
  • Support the rest of the commercial team with advice and guidance, and provide training and coaching as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Degree qualified or equivalent
  • Experience and understanding of the NEC suite of contracts
  • Mechanical and/or electrical background is desirable
  • Confident in reading and understanding project scope documents & drawings (P&IDs / schedules / BCDs)
  • Competency of MS Excel to advanced level
  • Experience in EQUE2 (desirable)
  • Estimating experience
  • Water industry experience
  • Experience working for a subcontractor (desirable)
  • Management experience
  • Experience of completing framework bids
  • Experience of managing commercial elements of frameworks

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Role: Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 + Competitive benefits package

Location: Midsomer Norton (Hybrid Working)

Are you a Quantity Surveyor looking for your next opportunity?

If so, my client is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to help deliver a range of water projects to assist with new framework bids and maintain existing agreements which will include all commercial requirements such as annual rate uplift calculations and attendance at framework review meetings.

About the Role:

  • As a quantity surveyor you are expected to provide commercial support to the delivery teams. This will include commercial management of a wide variety of different and complex contract types. The role would need to manage tight deadlines to meet both internal and external reporting periods.
  • Review and negotiate awarded contracts to ensure a commercially beneficial position to the business.
  • Responsible for the accurate and on time compilation of reporting to meet strict monthly deadlines. These reports feed into a wider batch of reporting completed across the business and you will be expected to provide support and feedback to both the delivery teams and management where required.
  • Responsible for invoicing your own portfolio of projects in line with both on-site progress and contractual requirements, whilst monitoring the overall cost position and ensuring it is maintained at a positive level.
  • Ensuring that the change control process is implemented correctly with the Delivery Team and that quotations are turned around within 7 days.
  • Ensuring that project final accounts are agreed and signed off as swiftly by liaising with key stakeholders.
  • Responsible for monitoring of project spend along with the delivery team, reviewing budgets to ensure the business and its customers are receiving value for money. Where possible identifying areas for savings and alternative procurement options that may bring about savings in cost or programme.
  • Responsible for the swift set up of contracts to ensure stakeholders have access to key information as soon as possible.
  • Support the rest of the commercial team with advice and guidance, and provide training and coaching as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Experience and understanding of the NEC suite of contracts
  • Mechanical and/or electrical background is desirable
  • Confident in reading and understanding project scope documents & drawings (P&IDs / schedules / BCDs)
  • Competency of MS Excel to advanced level
  • Experience in EQUE2 (desirable)
  • Estimating experience
  • Water industry experience
  • Experience working for a subcontractor (desirable)

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Role: Managing Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 + Competitive benefits package

Location: Midsomer Norton (Hybrid Working)

Are you an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor looking for your next opportunity?

If so, my client is seeking to recruit an experienced individual to help successfully deliver a range of water projects; and to assist with new framework bids, maintaining existing agreements which will include all commercial requirements such as annual rate uplift calculations and attendance at framework review meetings.

About the Role:

  • As a managing quantity surveyor you are expected to provide commercial support to the delivery teams. This will include commercial management at a framework level including a wide variety of different and complex contract types. The role would need to manage tight deadlines to meet both internal and external reporting periods.
  • Review and negotiate awarded contracts to ensure a commercially beneficial position to the business.
  • Responsible for the accurate and on time compilation of reporting to meet strict monthly deadlines. These reports feed into a wider batch of reporting completed across the business and you will be expected to provide support and feedback to both the delivery teams and management where required.
  • Responsible for invoicing your own portfolio of projects in line with both on-site progress and contractual requirements, whilst monitoring the overall cost position and ensuring it is maintained at a positive level.
  • Ensuring that the change control process is implemented correctly with the Delivery Team and that quotations are turned around within 7 days.
  • Ensuring that project final accounts are agreed and signed off as swiftly by liaising with key stakeholders.
  • Responsible for monitoring of project spend along with the delivery team, reviewing budgets to ensure the business and its customers are receiving value for money. Where possible identifying areas for savings and alternative procurement options that may bring about savings in cost or programme.
  • Responsible for the swift set up of contracts to ensure stakeholders have access to key information as soon as possible.
  • Support the rest of the commercial team with advice and guidance, and provide training and coaching as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Degree qualified or equivalent
  • Experience and understanding of the NEC suite of contracts
  • Mechanical and/or electrical background is desirable
  • Confident in reading and understanding project scope documents & drawings (P&IDs / schedules / BCDs)
  • Competency of MS Excel to advanced level
  • Experience in EQUE2 (desirable)
  • Estimating experience
  • Water industry experience
  • Experience working for a subcontractor (desirable)
  • Management experience
  • Experience of completing framework bids
  • Experience of managing commercial elements of frameworks

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager
  • Rail
  • Manchester
  • Freelance outside IR35 – £400 – £525

Working with a specialist Rail contractor based in Manchester who are looking at growing their existing commercial team to include another Senior Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager.

The company has a proven pedigree of providing high quality rail design and build capability on a variety or mixed rail projects in the UK.

It’s a tight nit team, based out of the Manchester office works closely with some of the UK’s best Tier 1 Rail contractors.

The ideal candidate would have proven history of working on UK Rail projects for UK Infrastructure or Rail Clients.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Alstom are looking for curious and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Alstom creates smart innovations to meet the mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Joining Alstom means joining a truly global community of more than 75,000 people dedicated to solving real-world mobility challenges and achieving international projects with sustainable local impact.

Working for Alstom, a market leader with the most up-to-date technology, you will have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow in a thriving, technical company with the chance to progress quickly. Benefit from a nurturing culture of inclusive and collaborative innovation, joining a team of the right talents to solve real-world mobility challenges and invent the transport systems of tomorrow.

An exciting role has opened for a RAM Engineer, reporting directly to the UK&I Regional Centre Safety Manager.

Role:
The successful candidate will coordinate and execute RAM (Reliability, Availability and Maintainability) relating to tenders, projects, and product development.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Make recommendations for architecture choices for products and systems
  • Create reliability documents for Tenders, Products, Systems, Projects and Customers
  • Put in place RAM Monitoring process during Operations and Maintenance (O&M) phase
  • Issue RAM-related KPIs for projects
  • Perform Reliability Modelling of Projects and Systems

Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in mechanical, industrial or electrical engineering
  • RAM engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software
  • Ability to perform complex reliability modeling and predictions

Desirable:

  • Experience in rail signalling
  • Experience with Root Cause Failure analysis
  • Excellent communication skills

For further information on this fantastic opportunity contact Louise Oldham at Advance TRS

Advance TRS are RPO partners for Alstom’s permanent staff recruitment drive of rail signalling management, engineering and installation professionals in York, Derby, Birmingham, London, and Bristol, as part of CP6.

Advance TRS is a niche recruitment consultancy specialising in the provision of highly skilled technical professionals for the built environment. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver an exceptional level of customer service and seek to create long-lasting, dependable relationships.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*Senior Quantity Surveyor needed for a £20m bus route regeneration scheme in Colchester*

Role: Senior QS working alongside another Senior QS on a 18 month project in Central Colchester. Managing a lot of change and variation within the programme

Salary: £60,000 – £75,000 + car allowance + standard package including pension and healthcare

Location: Colchester, Essex

Company: Tier 1 main contractor with multiple civils and highways projects in Essex / London – there is plenty of work to move onto after and the opportunity to progress to Commercial Manager down the line

Project: £20m bus route regeneration scheme including highways, public realms and general civils

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: NEC experience as well as civil or highway project experience.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

*Senior Quantity Surveyor needed for £100m National Highways scheme in Maidstone *

Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor working within a team of 5

Salary: £60,000 – £75,000 + car allowance + standard packing including pension and healthcare

Location: Maidstone, Kent

Company: Tier 1 well known main contractor. Working within a bright and blossoming team with a social and enthusiastic appetite.

Project: £100m National Highways scheme. Working on an NEC based contract

Duties:

  • Procurement of materials
  • Applications of payment
  • Managing subcontractors / labour
  • Raising early warnings and managing CE’s
  • Measuring and pricing variations
  • Completing monthly CVR’s
  • Getting involved with client liaison

MUST HAVE: NEC experience and civils or highways experience. Experience working on a National Highways / Highways England project is also preferred but not necessary.

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Due to a high number of applicants, Advance TRS cannot promise to respond to each individual application. Feel free to add me on LinkedIn to keep track of any other opportunities I may have.

Alternatively, have a look at our website for information on other vacancies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Rail Senior Estimator

Network Rail CP7

Hybrid / London

Freelance Outside IR35

An exciting opportunity for a freelance Senior Estimator to work on early CP7 Rail projects Outside of IR35!

Currently looking for an established and proficient senior estimator with a proven background of early grip stage pricing, and feasibility.

The role would see you working under your own steam, organising meetings for updates on pricing and info needed etc.

You’d be working flexibly between home and the occasional meeting with NR clients, both in person in London and on Teams.

It’s initially a 6 month outside IR35 role, with an opportunity to join one of the countries largest cost consultancies.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

* Senior Quantity Surveyor
* Freelance – Outside IR35
* £380-£450 Limited
* Infrastructure Rail
* Belfast

Currently recruiting for a Tier 1 Infrastructure client looking at bolstering their commercial team on a large new Rail Multi Discipline project.

The project encompasses the following packages of work:
* Heavy Civil Engineering
* Track Renewals
* OHL Renewals
* Level Crossing upgrades
* Station Upgrades, Station Build

Ideal Candidate

  • Strong Tier 1 Infrastructure contractor experience
  • NEC 3/4 Experience,
  • Strong Civil Engineering Experience
  • Northern Ireland Based

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
  • London / Kent with some WFH
  • Regional Principle Rail Contractor
  • Freelance £450 – £525 a day Umbrella

Currently I’m recruiting for a Rail or Civil Engineering experienced Quantity Surveyor to work for a Principle Contractor on various large frameworks and projects in the South East Area.

This is an established Contractor with a proven pedigree, and solid pipeline of work into the next 3 years.
The commercial team has developed a very flexible and autonomous working environment, a very trusting team that allows people to work to their strengths. You’d be expected to drive to a couple of sites a week as part of the role, with the option to work remotely for the rest of the time.

If you think you’d thrive in this sort of team, then please give me a call or drop me your CV so I can give you some more information on the role and company, the projects and type of work etc.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Quantity Surveyor

Plymouth

Freelance, £350 a day Umbrella

Civil Engineering

Currently looking for an established and proficient quantity surveyor for a large civil engineering and construction project in Plymouth.

The ideal candidate would have a main contractor biased CV, and have good understanding of the NEC suite of contracts. You’d have the opportunity to work amongst a high performing, successful commercial team.

This is a long term role for a significant Main Contractor on a prestigious project in the region. You would need to be able to commit to 4 days on site.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
  • Freelance – £350 – £450 Umbrella
  • Sussex / Surrey
  • Transportation / Aviation
  • Client Side

Currently recruiting for a busy consultancy to work in ever expanding transportation team in Surrey / Sussex region.

The ideal candidate would have a client sided background, and have been operating as a Quantity surveyor in the infrastructure world for some time in the UK, someone proficient in NEC contracts.

The role would see you joining an established but rapidly growing team, working in a client organisations office, overseeing large scale investment, with a spend of over £1 Billion a year.

This would be a long term role for the right person, someone client facing, and a can do attitude.
Flexible working, 2 -3 days on site a week

Please send your CV to be considered,

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a Tier 1 Contractor, are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to work on a £100 million rail/depot porject.

They have an expansive portfolio of London work across the rail and civils sector.

The right candidate will need:

  • Experience working for a Contractor.
  • Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable.)
  • NEC or NR contract knowledge
  • Degree educated in a related field
  • Commutable distance to East London

Benefits:

  • Attractive Salary
  • A rare opportunity to join a project in fairly early stages
  • Pension, travel paid and car allowance
  • Occasional hybrid working
  • Continued support and professional development for your individual career
  • Salary £45,000 – 65,000 package

Please only apply for this role if you have the right to work in the UK, and do not need sponsorship.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you want to work on the largest infrastructure project in Europe?!

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project.

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on rail projects ideally but not a necessity
    * Degree educated in a related field

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £50,000 – £55,000
* Car allowance/Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role ASAP!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you want to work on HS2 for a well known, reputable, busy, M& E Company?

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project.

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP and rail experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects ideally but not a necessity
    * Degree educated in a related field

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £50,000 – 55,000
* Car allowance/Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role ASAP!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you want to work on HS2 for a well known, reputable, busy, M& E Company?

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project!!

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects ideally but not a necessity
    * Degree educated in a related field

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000
* Car allowance/Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role ASAP!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you want to work on the largest infrastructure project in Europe?!

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project!!

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects ideally but not a necessity
    * Degree educated in a related field
  • Happy to work in West London 4 days a week

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £65,000 – 85,000
* Car allowance/Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role ASAP!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Do you want to work on the largest infrastructure project in Europe?!

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project!!

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects ideally but not a necessity
    * Degree educated in a related field
  • Happy to work in West London 4 days a week

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000
* Car allowance/Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role ASAP!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

My client, a leading M&E company, who provide design, installation and commissioning of mechanical and electrical systems across numerous sectors are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team to work on a prestigious rail project!!

The suitable candidate will have:

  • Experience working for a contractor or sub contractor
  • MEP experience from a sub contractor or contractor environment
    * Will have worked on Infrastructure projects (rail experience is preferable but not a necessity)
    * NEC contract knowledge
    * Degree educated in a related field
  • Happy to work in West London 4 days a week

Benefits
* Attractive Salary – £60,000 – 65,000
* Pension
* Continued support and professional development for your individual career

Please get in contact if you are interested in this role!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

  • Senior Quantity Surveyor
  • Freelance – £350
  • Sussex / Surrey
  • Transportation / Aviation
  • Client Side

Currently recruiting for a busy consultancy to work in ever expanding transportation team in Surrey / Sussex region.

The ideal candidate would have a client sided background, and have been operating as a Quantity surveyor in the infrastructure world for some time in the UK, someone proficient in NEC contracts.

The role would see you joining an established but rapidly growing team, working in a client organisations office, overseeing large scale investment, with a spend of over £1 Billion a year.

This would be a long term role for the right person, someone client facing, and a can do attitude.
Flexible working, 2 -3 days on site a week

Please send your CV to be considered,

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Advance TRS Construction are currently assisting a renowned regional main contractor with their search for an experienced Pre Construction Manager to join their construction division based in Surrey.

As Pre Construction Manager will be responsible for all pre construction activities, including preliminary budgets, value engineering, pre construction schedules, definition of bid package scopes etc. on regional main contract construction projects operating as a regionalised main contractor. A business which provides clients engineered solutions to complex projects across a wide range of industry sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • To manage the bid process from RIBA stage 3 / start to finish to ensure a compliant tender submission
  • Develop capture plans and work winning themes to maximise opportunities in established and potential markets
  • To prepare or manage the technical responses to ensure compliance with the tender submission and company standards
  • Maintain the project opportunity pipeline and provide periodic reports on the pipeline opportunities, whilst providing information to allow work to win forecasts to be populated
  • Establish pre-construction project responsibilities
  • Develop and produce delivery strategy and initiate project execution plan
  • Organise, manage, and contribute to ‘Risk & Opportunity’ schedules, meetings and workshops
  • Assist with setting the tender procurement strategy and obtaining specialist sub-contractor/ material quotes
  • Contribute to the construction of outline tender programme
  • Produce ‘tender settlement’ packs in line with company procedures
  • Organise and lead tender handover meetings

Working closely with the Technical Director, Planning lead, estimating team, project delivery team and Regional Director you will predominantly be focused in leading all Pre-Construction Management

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving business with the value of adding you skills and expertise in pre construction project responsibilities, ensuring timely, safe and financially beneficial solutions to post contract project delivery.

Don’t hesitate to contact us to gather more detailed information…

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This family owned and run regional contracting business have increasingly secured forward workload contracts in the West London to Thames Valley region. As a result they have targeted the need to recruit a Project Quantity Surveyor to join their operational delivery team.

Initially they will need an autonomous QS to commercially head up a £2M extension to an existing school in Ealing, West London. This is set to commence in April and will involve a confined site, including piling and a 2 story steel frame build. This is a Traditional JCT contract with a 35 week programme so you will be expected to head up pre construction procurement & valuations and post contract commercial management of packages through to completion of final account. You will liaise with the client and their representation, all sub contractors and consultants, reporting to a Commercial Director

The Company are a regional main contact organisation based in the Thames Valley so it is important to understand future contracts could be in the Berkshire / Hampshire and Surrey region. An ideal location will be that you reside west of West London to ensure you are well placed for future contracts.

We require:

  • Commercial qualifications
  • main contract pedigree
  • JCT form of contract understanding
  • Track history of autonomously delivering the commercial elements to projects up to £5M
  • Ideal location residing in the M4 corridor region with access to West London

In return you are joining a highly regarded family business, a company which pride themselves on employer / employee relationships, truly portray a reward and inclusion culture. Above all they remain a successful trading entity which are set for growth in the coming years.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

I am currently seeking a Senior Planner to join a Principal Contractor in their Construction division. The company has grown year on year after winning large new build commercial and residential Construction schemes, along side refurbishment and reactive maintenance works.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The role of Senior is to lead the preparation and maintenance of integrated and co-ordinated project programmes, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables, using Asta software. The postholder will be expected to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of the delivery team and also deal with multiple clients directly and professionally.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Senior Planner will be expected to work autonomously and independently, setting high personal standards and delivering reports in a timely and accurate manner to the project team and client alike. He/she will also be expected to manage/mentor less experienced staff within a dynamic project environment.

You will ideally have prior expertise in Residential or Commercial Construction.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for projects incorporating resource loading/forecasting, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
  • Continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
  • Identify critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximise project quality, cost and delivery objectives.
  • Through accurate reporting on Work Package progress, co-ordinate all functional activity on the project and ensure that problems and bottlenecks are anticipated and resolved in a timely manner to prevent negative impact on the project.
  • Provide regular reports and feedback to management on key issues and focus areas. This includes weekly dashboards, incorporating (but not limited to) Project Issues, Key Risks, Programme movement and recovery plans, Client Issues and Change.
  • Lead the preparation of any high level strategic programmes as required for use when meeting the client and/or Internal Management (Plan on a Page).
  • Through active dialogue with Work Package Managers and the Project Manager, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.
  • Conduct regular project co-ordination meetings on the status of the project with specific reference to engineering activity, sourcing, quality, cost and delivery.
  • Support the Planning Manager with business requests and auditing the programmes against the planning procedure / work instruction.
  • Ensure all programmes under their control are updated and reviewed in line with the planning processes, including PMS updates.
  • Ensure all reports from their planning team are produced to a high quality and to agreed deadlines. This role will be measured against the timeliness and accuracy of reporting.
  • Undertake all staff management duties for their team, including undertaking relevant Performance Management and People Review activities.
  • Travel when required to other sites across the country.
  • Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissionings.
  • Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health and Safety measures and activities.

Essential:

  • Extensive experience in a project planning / scheduling role, including resource and cost-loading / forecasting.
  • Extensive experience and expert knowledge of Asta.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Ability to communicate well and build relationships
  • Ability to persuade and influence others.
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Educated to at least A Level Standard.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in a business process environment with an emphasis on project delivery (contractor side).
  • Understanding and experience of Earned Value Management.

Desirable:

  • Educated to degree level.
  • Demonstrable people management skills and experience.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel.
  • Extensive experience of Earned Value Management.

Please contact Joe Moss if you would like to hear more information about this opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

I am currently seeking a Senior Planner to join a Principal Contractor in their Construction division. The company has grown year on year after winning large new build commercial and residential Construction schemes, along side refurbishment and reactive maintenance works.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The role of Senior is to lead the preparation and maintenance of integrated and co-ordinated project programmes, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables, using Asta software. The postholder will be expected to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of the delivery team and also deal with multiple clients directly and professionally.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Senior Planner will be expected to work autonomously and independently, setting high personal standards and delivering reports in a timely and accurate manner to the project team and client alike. He/she will also be expected to manage/mentor less experienced staff within a dynamic project environment.

You will ideally have prior expertise in Residential or Commercial Construction.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for projects incorporating resource loading/forecasting, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
  • Continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
  • Identify critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximise project quality, cost and delivery objectives.
  • Through accurate reporting on Work Package progress, co-ordinate all functional activity on the project and ensure that problems and bottlenecks are anticipated and resolved in a timely manner to prevent negative impact on the project.
  • Provide regular reports and feedback to management on key issues and focus areas. This includes weekly dashboards, incorporating (but not limited to) Project Issues, Key Risks, Programme movement and recovery plans, Client Issues and Change.
  • Lead the preparation of any high level strategic programmes as required for use when meeting the client and/or Internal Management (Plan on a Page).
  • Through active dialogue with Work Package Managers and the Project Manager, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.
  • Conduct regular project co-ordination meetings on the status of the project with specific reference to engineering activity, sourcing, quality, cost and delivery.
  • Support the Planning Manager with business requests and auditing the programmes against the planning procedure / work instruction.
  • Ensure all programmes under their control are updated and reviewed in line with the planning processes, including PMS updates.
  • Ensure all reports from their planning team are produced to a high quality and to agreed deadlines. This role will be measured against the timeliness and accuracy of reporting.
  • Undertake all staff management duties for their team, including undertaking relevant Performance Management and People Review activities.
  • Travel when required to other sites across the country.
  • Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissionings.
  • Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health and Safety measures and activities.

Essential:

  • Extensive experience in a project planning / scheduling role, including resource and cost-loading / forecasting.
  • Extensive experience and expert knowledge of Asta.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Ability to communicate well and build relationships
  • Ability to persuade and influence others.
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Educated to at least A Level Standard.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in a business process environment with an emphasis on project delivery (contractor side).
  • Understanding and experience of Earned Value Management.

Desirable:

  • Educated to degree level.
  • Demonstrable people management skills and experience.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel.
  • Extensive experience of Earned Value Management.

Please contact Joe Moss if you would like to hear more information about this opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

A Project Planner vacancy exits with this high ranking, profitable and secure main contract organisation operating in London and the Central Southern to South East region.

As Project Planner you role is to lead, improve and promote the planning function within the Construction Business to ensure bids are fully analysed for programme, methodology and risk during the pre-construction phases, together with periodic audits of live projects. To develop and maintain positive relationships internally and externally and to promote and protect the company reputation whilst remaining customer focused, in-line with company policies, procedures and values.

Additionally you will ensure that they have the best chance of winning profitable workload and that gateway governance requirements are complied with, ensuring consistently high quality, accurate and consistent production of programmes.

Your role will also ensure that the financial strategy is fully implemented and realised.

Your Planning responsibilities will include:

  • To oversee programme and planning activities where allocated in the pre-construction/design phase.
  • Preparation of bid documentation including method statements and site logistic plans.
  • Input into the Project Execution Plans as handover document to construction team.
  • Programming includes all types such as construction, procurement and design.
  • Input into the project risk register.
  • Advise on the programme and method implications of any value engineering options that arise.
  • Input into 2nd stage works/negotiated projects from technical, programming and buildability perspectives.
  • Input into risk management procedures across the Division.
  • Create, own, update and communicate construction output rates and planning procedures across the Division.
  • Input into preparation of prelims book updating with output rates and ratios from completed projects.
  • Assess all bids for value engineering and alternatives with design and commercial teams.
  • Work closely with Estimators and Surveyors in preparing cost plans and final bid prices.
  • Work with supply chain to provide specialist input especially M&E.
  • Audit live projects to verify progress reports as need arises.
  • Mentor trainees when on secondment to procurement team including reviews.
  • Prepare temporary works schemes including scaffolding, site logistics, etc. and obtain competitive quotations for inclusion in tender submissions.

In return you will be joining a renowned and successful main contract brand, a business which is prevalent in securing work in the Education and Residential sectors across London and the South East.

For more information on this opportunity and the employing company please don’t hesitate to contact us….

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The Thames Valley regional team of this national contracting group have identified the need to strength their work winning team and recruit a Proposals Manager.

Based from their Berkshire based office you will be responsible for:

  • Participate and contribute to the development and incorporation of bid win themes within proposals. Ensure clear structure and consistency across sections
  • Participate and oversee a storyboard process at proposal, section and/or question levels.
  • Demonstrates use of document planning software to aid authors and control content of bids
  • Support and share best practise / lessons learned through a Knowledge Bank and the Proposals Library
  • Inputs to planning activities with horizons of typically 12 months
  • Operates within agreed operational and/or management guidelines including IMS Proposals GN
  • Interacts with client or users around specific work efforts and deliverables
  • Supports delivery of Health and Safety policy and standards
  • Manages the activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards
  • taking account of impact outside area of responsibility
  • Identifies ways to reduce cost and improve service
  • Manages variable costs (e.g. overtime and agency costs)
  • Typically first line manager with overall people responsibility

Your required skills and training will include:

  • Qualified in appropriate discipline (APMP or technical qualifications – Degree

or similar)

  • Experience of Bid Management / business development / Support
  • Has excellent awareness of the Proposals Library and Internet Knowledge Banks.
  • Intermediary IT skills in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Word and PowerPoint. Preferably Creative suite. Awareness and understanding of other supporting software including mind genius or similar
  • Able to develop comprehensive answer and document plans, including requirements for supporting information, using appropriate tools and software, such as Mind Genius etc.
  • Able to effectively manage available resources to ensure that all bids are delivered to the required standards.
  • Able to engage with wider areas of the business (e.g. marketing, operations etc, procurement, safety and sustainability) in order to acquire information & resources which will strengthen the quality of bids
  • Able to analyse Bid Documents and identify Critical Success Factors, Win Themes and Differentiators leading to clear messaging which aligns with the scoring criteria.
  • Demonstrates good persuasive Writing Skills which are prescriptive and well substantiated with evidence, performance data, graphics etc.
  • Ability to create Executive summaries that are aligned to strategic aims and operational approaches.

In return for your skill and experience you will be joining a thriving regional business, a business which holds P&L responsibility and has secured lucrative workload through frameworks and two stage procurement processes.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

I am currently seeking a Senior Planner to join a Principal Contractor in their Construction division. The company has grown year on year after winning large new build commercial and residential Construction schemes, along side refurbishment and reactive maintenance works.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The role of Senior is to lead the preparation and maintenance of integrated and co-ordinated project programmes, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables, using Asta software. The postholder will be expected to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of the delivery team and also deal with multiple clients directly and professionally.

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Senior Planner will be expected to work autonomously and independently, setting high personal standards and delivering reports in a timely and accurate manner to the project team and client alike. He/she will also be expected to manage/mentor less experienced staff within a dynamic project environment.

You will ideally have prior expertise in Residential or Commercial Construction.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for projects incorporating resource loading/forecasting, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
  • Continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
  • Identify critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximise project quality, cost and delivery objectives.
  • Through accurate reporting on Work Package progress, co-ordinate all functional activity on the project and ensure that problems and bottlenecks are anticipated and resolved in a timely manner to prevent negative impact on the project.
  • Provide regular reports and feedback to management on key issues and focus areas. This includes weekly dashboards, incorporating (but not limited to) Project Issues, Key Risks, Programme movement and recovery plans, Client Issues and Change.
  • Lead the preparation of any high level strategic programmes as required for use when meeting the client and/or Internal Management (Plan on a Page).
  • Through active dialogue with Work Package Managers and the Project Manager, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.
  • Conduct regular project co-ordination meetings on the status of the project with specific reference to engineering activity, sourcing, quality, cost and delivery.
  • Support the Planning Manager with business requests and auditing the programmes against the planning procedure / work instruction.
  • Ensure all programmes under their control are updated and reviewed in line with the planning processes, including PMS updates.
  • Ensure all reports from their planning team are produced to a high quality and to agreed deadlines. This role will be measured against the timeliness and accuracy of reporting.
  • Undertake all staff management duties for their team, including undertaking relevant Performance Management and People Review activities.
  • Travel when required to other sites across the country.
  • Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissionings.
  • Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health and Safety measures and activities.

Essential:

  • Extensive experience in a project planning / scheduling role, including resource and cost-loading / forecasting.
  • Extensive experience and expert knowledge of Asta.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Ability to communicate well and build relationships
  • Ability to persuade and influence others.
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Educated to at least A Level Standard.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in a business process environment with an emphasis on project delivery (contractor side).
  • Understanding and experience of Earned Value Management.

Desirable:

  • Educated to degree level.
  • Demonstrable people management skills and experience.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel.
  • Extensive experience of Earned Value Management.

Please contact Joe Moss if you would like to hear more information about this opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

A Project Planner vacancy exits with this high ranking, profitable and secure main contract organisation operating in London and the Central Southern to South East region.

As Project Planner you role is to lead, improve and promote the planning function within the Construction Business to ensure bids are fully analysed for programme, methodology and risk during the pre-construction phases, together with periodic audits of live projects. To develop and maintain positive relationships internally and externally and to promote and protect the company reputation whilst remaining customer focused, in-line with company policies, procedures and values.

Additionally you will ensure that they have the best chance of winning profitable workload and that gateway governance requirements are complied with, ensuring consistently high quality, accurate and consistent production of programmes.

Your role will also ensure that the financial strategy is fully implemented and realised.

Your Planning responsibilities will include:

  • To oversee programme and planning activities where allocated in the pre-construction/design phase.
  • Preparation of bid documentation including method statements and site logistic plans.
  • Input into the Project Execution Plans as handover document to construction team.
  • Programming includes all types such as construction, procurement and design.
  • Input into the project risk register.
  • Advise on the programme and method implications of any value engineering options that arise.
  • Input into 2nd stage works/negotiated projects from technical, programming and buildability perspectives.
  • Input into risk management procedures across the Division.
  • Create, own, update and communicate construction output rates and planning procedures across the Division.
  • Input into preparation of prelims book updating with output rates and ratios from completed projects.
  • Assess all bids for value engineering and alternatives with design and commercial teams.
  • Work closely with Estimators and Surveyors in preparing cost plans and final bid prices.
  • Work with supply chain to provide specialist input especially M&E.
  • Audit live projects to verify progress reports as need arises.
  • Mentor trainees when on secondment to procurement team including reviews.
  • Prepare temporary works schemes including scaffolding, site logistics, etc. and obtain competitive quotations for inclusion in tender submissions.

In return you will be joining a renowned and successful main contract brand, a business which is prevalent in securing work in the Education and Residential sectors across London and the South East.

For more information on this opportunity and the employing company please don’t hesitate to contact us….

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.