Lead Quantity Surveyor(Lead QS)

Job Title: Lead QS

Location: Glasgow, UK

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As a Lead Quantity Surveyor (LQS) you will play a role involves overseeing our EPC projects' cost control, contract administration, and commercial management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in lump sum EPC contracts and NEC contract frameworks, ensuring projects are executed efficiently and in line with commercial best practices.

What will you do?

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial and contractual management of large project ensuring seamless pre-contract and post-contract processes.
• Provide strategic guidance on tendering activities, contract options, and budget estimates, incorporating risk and contingency allowances.
• Maintain quality assurance of construction contracts by overseeing contractor data records, providing commercial support, and ensuring effective cost management.
• Participate in contract risk reviews, implement strong risk management techniques, and ensure accurate project risk assessment.
• Ensure upstream and downstream contract compliance by implementing robust contract/subcontract management processes, tracking expenditures against approved budgets, controlling all payment application processes, and monitoring upstream and downstream commercial KPIs and other linked project metrics. A key aspect of this role will be assisting your team in developing and maintaining accurate cost forecasts.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of essential contract/subcontract forms and documentation, including valuations, payment recommendations, and contractual communications.
• lead the evaluation and assessment of payment applications, variations and compensation events, while also supporting escalation procedures and strategies for dispute avoidance and resolution.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior team members, including Graduates, Assistant Quantity Surveyors, and Quantity Surveyors, fostering a collaborative team environment
•  Ensure all commercial and contractual aspects of projects are effectively managed.
• Provide cost management and forecasting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including Project Managers, Planners, Accountants, Operational teams, Contractors, and Procurement, and Legal.
• Provide cost management and forecasting throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring financial objectives are met.
• Administer and manage EPC contracts, ensuring adherence to commercial best practices and project requirements.
• Manage and interpret NEC contracts, including early warning notifications, compensation events, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Conduct valuations, cash flow management, and payment applications.
• Provide procurement support, including tender evaluations, contract negotiations, and supplier cost assessments.
• Collaborate closely with project managers, engineers, and clients to ensure financial and contractual objectives are met.
• Prepare and present commercial reports, cost analyses, and financial statements.
• Support change management and variation control processes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Construction Law, or a related field. Professional accreditation (e.g., MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent) preferred.

Experience

• Extensive years of experience as a QS on large-scale construction projects.
• Extensive experience in EPC and NEC4 contracts (Options A, C, and E).
• Proven track record in commercial and contract management on large, complex projects.
• Strong expertise in risk management, cost forecasting, and procurement processes.
• Proficiency in financial reporting, valuations, payment applications, and cost analysis.
• Ability to lead and mentor a team, fostering professional development within the department
• Strong negotiation and communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders at all levels, with excellent negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

We combine Hitachi Energy deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.

Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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