Quantity Surveyor (All Grades)

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

As Quantity Surveyor, you would be responsible for supporting the Commercial Manager in delivering the Contract Management Plans and maintaining the relationship with the Client, Contractors/Subcontractors, Suppliers or Service Providers for the relevant contracts.

This would include the administration of the contract change process, contractual correspondence, applications for payment and financial reporting. All contracts will be managed in accordance with Jacobs Management System and procedures for contract management.

You will be responsible for ensuring compliance to procedures and Contract Terms and Conditions to secure delivery with certainty.

Role will be based out the Peterborough or Humber Office.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Commercial Manager in the day-to-day management of a portfolio of Contracts, providing robust and accurate data to feed into internal and external financial and progress reporting.
• Managing change management process, Early Warnings, Compensation Events, PMI’s etc. via CEMAR and Contract Administration Trackers in a timely manner.
• Preparation of tender documents, tender analysis and production of award recommendation papers.
• Measuring project progress and performance against Key Performance Indicators and Incentivisation arrangements.
• Support to Project Managers/Project Engineers in resolving commercial issues with the Client.
• Ensure all procurement and governance processes are adhered to within the designated projects and the correct levels of authority are obtained for the procurement of goods, services, consumables and sub-contracts.
• Use procurement plan to interact with Commercial Manager to agree forms of contract and procurement activities to leverage best outcome for the business.
• Contract mobilisation and managing Sub-Contractor relationships as required to deliver the contract requirements.

• Experience of managing Sub-Contractors under contracts.
• Understanding of contract preparation, procurement procedures and contract administration.
• Experience of NEC3 and NEC4 contract management.
• Background in either the nuclear, oil & gas, renewables or water sectors.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with Clients and colleagues.
• Technical awareness and able to work with some support to deliver all post contract service delivery and to solve problems.
• Familiar with management systems and procedures for procurement and contract management.
• Proactive and self-motivated.
• BSc in Quantity Surveying and / or a proven track record of relevant experience with at least 5 years’ experience in the industry.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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