Job Description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Permanent, Full Time

Up to \xc2\xa359,927 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style:

Closing Date: 5th September 2023

Interviews to be held week commencing 18th September 2023

Through the provision of commercial and analytical skills this exciting new role will advise, shape, support and influence the future highways and transportation programme service across Essex in 2027 and into the future. Joining an experienced and enthusiastic team of professionals working to deliver a fit for purpose solution to continue to serve the travelling public of Essex well.

The Opportunity

Essex is an ambitious County, with an equally ambitious agenda. It has an extensive group of assets, with the Essex Highways service being responsible for managing and maintaining one of the largest highway networks in the country: 5,100 miles of roads and around 4,000 miles of footways.

Essex Highways is a delivery partnership between Essex County Council and our contractual Provider. The postholder will work alongside Members and senior officers to be responsible for the financial viability and pricing mechanisms in relation to the re-procurement and commissioning of the Essex Highways contract\'s that will deliver a full complement of highway services, including road, footways and cycleways maintenance, street lighting, drainage and flooding, winter travel, road safety, traffic management, highway development, bridges and structures, grass and vegetation, bus stops and bus shelters, public rights of way and transportation strategies linked to all assets.

As a leader you will be a strategic thinker with excellent influencing and negotiating skills, the ability to build strong collaborative partnerships across the Council and with external partners, bringing commercial expertise and a passion to innovate.

Working collaboratively with senior officers from both ECC and partners, this role requires a financial and commercial acumen and experience of and expertise in highway contracts and service delivery.

Confidentiality of information must be maintained at all times during and after your employment. This means that you must not divulge information of a confidential, sensitive or commercial nature gained during the course of your employment for any purpose. The full confidentiality clause is contained within your contract of employment.

Accountabilities

\xc2\xb7 Roles at this level will provide expert professional commercial advice to inform corporate management. They lead on turning this advice into contract clauses and payment mechanisms that ensures the procurement of a contract that will address today\'s opportunities and begin to tackle tomorrow\'s challenges.

\xc2\xb7 The role is accountable for:

\xc2\xb7 Being a key responsible leader on the Re-procurement and Commissioning of a new Essex Highways contract, valued between \xc2\xa32bn and \xc2\xa33bn, ensuring the development and improvement of the highways model to achieve great outcomes for Essex, including translating the ECC Vision into contractual outcomes that matter; the economy; the environment, increasing active travel and accelerating decarbonisation.

\xc2\xb7 Working collaboratively, driving commerciality, building and nurturing relationships internally and externally to support the delivery of highways works and services, and longer-term developments.

\xc2\xb7 Identify opportunities using evidence-based insight for the commercial improvement of the contract, managing the changes so that the highest possible levels of service quality are continually delivered.

\xc2\xb7 Implement commercial solutions to emerging and complex issues, to meet the needs of customers and deliver the best possible outcomes within agreed resources.

\xc2\xb7 Using own professional expertise and deep insight to develop a contract that ensures value for money whilst ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and statutory requirements and managing a level of appropriate risk.

\xc2\xb7 Accountable for conducting financial viability analysis, market appraisals and embedding due diligence processes to manage financial risks to the Council.

\xc2\xb7 Developing innovative commercial approaches across our business so that you can maximise the leverage of our key investments, assets and grant opportunities, whilst delivering the council\'s policies and the highways service performance management framework.

\xc2\xb7 Demonstrate acute awareness of current and future market conditions/trends and highways and construction opportunities, evaluating and recommending direction for Essex Highways to follow to drive growth.

\xc2\xb7 Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

\xc2\xb7 Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience as a qualified surveyor,

\xc2\xb7 Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge as a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, or equivalent relevant professional body.

\xc2\xb7 Significant and demonstrable post qualification experience within a Highways a Transportation environment with a proven track record of successful delivery of contracts, schemes, projects and services.

\xc2\xb7 Excellent leadership skills with the ability to contribute to a highly performing and motivated team from diverse backgrounds.

\xc2\xb7 Excellent influencing skills - able to build strong collaborative relationships across the Council and with private partners, having keen negotiating skills with the ability to see the big strategic picture and think long-term.

\xc2\xb7 Capacity to innovate, embrace new ideas and test creative approaches to delivery in transport - including digital and commercial solutions.

\xc2\xb7 Expert in commercial awareness and capacity to generate creative options around income generation, grant funding and making best use of our assets.

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Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England\'s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We\'re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We\'re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

What you should do next

If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website.

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