Job Description
Job Title:
Quantity Surveyor (WW044)
Reports to:
Contracts Manager
Team:
Wastewater Network
Location:
Nelson (CF46 6LY)
Salary Band:
7 (£34,357 – £39,510)
As a credible member of the Team you will:
 Assist the implementation and continuous improvement of the Waste water network
contracts.
 Be an essential team member to ensure that contracts are delivered within the statutory,
regulatory and financial outputs of the DCWW Business Plan while demonstrating value for
money and complying with all relevant DCWW governance processes at all times.
As a Quantity Surveyor you will:
 Assist the implementation and continuous improvement of the Waste water contracts,
supporting the Contractors Manager to deliver ‘Customer Led Success’ to bed in these
principles with our supply chain To Earn The Trust of Customers in Everything We Do’
 Provide advice and support to area operational teams on all commercial aspects of the
framework. Identify and implement best practice.
 Ensure that the appropriate processes are maintained to provide detailed and effective
financial information on the delivery of the contracts.
Principal Accountabilities
 Evaluate task payments, challenge costs and raise/resolve queries.
 Raising Payment Certificates in accordance with contract.
 Tracking assessment dates, review period and payment date to meet contract obligations.
 Ensure contractors tasks are technically complete (TECO) on DCWW SAP system
 Ensure cost settlement is posted to the correct cost centre.
 Monitor volumes of activity and report on volumes against forecasts.
 Use of IT systems to accurately record and monitor contract information
 Provide financial detail to ensure monthly accruals are accurately captured
 Assist in the evaluation and administration of compensation events.
 Site visits as and when required to verify measurement of work completed
 Assist in recording and monitoring of contract performance against key Performance
Indicators (KPI’s)
 Attend monthly performance meetings with Service Manager and service providers.
Confident in presenting accurate data at monthly management meetings.
 Deputise and flexibility is required of the individual in order to provide cover for Waste
Water Service Manager for holidays, absence or as business needs dictate.
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Develop monthly reporting summary on cost by contract area split to Private Sewer Transfer
and Public sewers.
Develop a culture of best practice through internal benchmarking.
Experience, Qualifications and Skills
A degree qualification in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering would be
an advantage but is not essential as development would be provided to
the right candidate.
Experience of working with NEC contracts
Ideally you will have experience in Wastewater Network contracts
Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage but not essential as training can
be provided.
Good communication skills and comfortable reporting to Waste Water
Network Management Team as required.
Ability to analyse, interpret and present financial information to ensure
appropriate business decisions are taken.
Ability to interpret and apply statutory and regulatory standards to achieve
best business outcome.
Excellent IT skills are required in Excel, Word and Powerpoint
Full driving license and ability to travel frequently as per business
requirements
Assessment Method
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A – Assessed via application form
I – Assessed at interview
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Key Relationships
Internal
 Area operational teams including operational managers.
 Area Finance teams, commercial and procurement.
 All levels of management within DCWW.
External
 External contractors
Competencies
Achievement Motivation - The drive and energy to produce excellent
results and to continually find ways of improving relationships, outputs
and processes.
Attention To Detail
The tolerance for and ability to handle detail. The
ability to be able to analyse, understand and produce detailed information
accurately.
Communication skills – The drive and ability to exchange appropriate
information with relevant people at the right time. The desire and skills to
seek first to understand as well as to be understood. To be as open as
confidentiality allows.
Assessment Method
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Negotiation Skills – The ability to liaise at all levels of the company and
external stakeholders to ensure a favourable outcome is achieved
Critical Thinking - The ability to gather, understand, analyse and interpret
information & concepts, verbal or numerical, about people or situations,
quickly.
Initiative - The ability to actively influence events rather than passively
accept them. The ability to see opportunities and to act on them, to
originate action.
Ownership and reliability – The readiness to take responsibility for
projects or issues and to be accountable for their timely delivery and
quality. The capacity and motivation to fulfil consistently any undertakings
made. The habit of never letting people down or promising what can't be
done.
Teamwork - The belief in the value of synergy; the drive and ability to work
with others to achieve a common goal in an optimally effective way.
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Application Method:
 If you wish to apply please submit a tailored CV and a Declaration Form for CV applications
(which can be obtained on the Vacancies page of the Dwr Cymru Website or the Infozone) to
[email protected]
 In order to assess a candidate’s suitability, CVs should be tailored to demonstrate evidence in
relation to the Experience, Qualifications and Skills and Competencies listed above.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Welsh language skills are desirable for this post