Company Overview
DJ Civils is a prominent civil engineering and infrastructure contractor established in 2017, delivering enabling works, groundworks, and civil solutions across the nation. With a strong emphasis on safety, quality, and a people-first culture, we are dedicated to completing projects efficiently and sustainably while maintaining high standards of excellence.
Role Summary
To take ownership of the commercial management of assigned civil engineering projects or work packages – ensuring robust cost control, valuations, change management, subcontract administration, forecasting and contract compliance – to maximise profitability and cashflow while maintaining strong client and supply-chain relationships.
Contract Management & Commercial Governance
- Administer the main contract and subcontracts (often NEC3 / NEC4, and may include JCT or bespoke forms).
- Ensure compliance with contractual processes, including notices, time bars, payment provisions and change control.
- Maintain key commercial registers: early warnings, compensation events / variations, payments, instructions and correspondence.
- Support project governance: cost approvals, procurement compliance and audit readiness.
Cost Management, Forecasting & CVR
- Establish and maintain project cost control: cost coding, accruals, commitments and actuals.
- Produce accurate monthly CVR reports, forecasting final margin and identifying risks and opportunities early.
- Provide cost advice to the project team and challenge inefficiencies, scope creep and unmanaged change.
Valuations, Payment & Cashflow
- Prepare and submit interim applications for payment with robust substantiation.
- Manage the valuation process: measure progress, agree interim valuations and resolve assessment differences.
- Develop and maintain a cashflow forecast in line with programme and procurement strategy.
- Ensure payment notices and pay-less notices are issued and received in accordance with the contract.
Change, Variations & Claims
- Lead identification, pricing, submission and negotiation of compensation events / variations and other entitlement.
- Maintain a live change register and issue required notices and supporting documentation on time.
- Produce detailed pricing build-ups from labour, plant and material rates, quotations and measured quantities.
- Support claims preparation (delay / disruption data, records and programme interface) under guidance.
Subcontract Procurement & Administration
- Lead procurement of subcontract packages: scope definition, enquiries, tender analysis, negotiation and placement.
- Draft and agree subcontract orders with clear scope, deliverables, programme and commercial terms.
- Manage subcontractor accounts: valuations, variations, payment notices, contra charges and final accounts.
- Monitor subcontract performance and act on commercial risk such as non-performance, delay or quality issues.
Measurement, Records & Assurance
- Ensure accurate measurement and documentation: site records, dayworks, allocation sheets, delivery tickets and as-builts.
- Implement effective dayworks control and verification in line with contract requirements.
- Maintain clean, auditable records to support valuation and claims and to protect the company’s position.
Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the client commercial team, supply chain and internal stakeholders.
- Attend commercial and progress meetings, providing clear updates on cost, value, change status and risk.
- Communicate commercial requirements to site teams and drive good record-keeping and an early-notification culture.
Mentoring & Team Development
- Support the development of Trainee / Assistant QS staff through guidance, task delegation and review.
- Promote consistent commercial standards, templates and best practice across projects.
HSEQ & Professional Standards
- Operate in line with company HSEQ policies, promoting safe working and compliance.
- Maintain confidentiality, integrity and professional conduct.
Support client and internal audits and ensure corrective actions are closed out.
Qualifications/ Experience
Essential
- Degree, HNC or HND in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management (or equivalent experience).
- CSCS card (relevant level).
- NEC contract training (NEC4 ECC recommended) including working knowledge of NEC3 / NEC4 mechanisms, including compensation events and payment processes.
- Company commercial systems / document control training.
- Proven QS experience in civil engineering (e.g. highways, drainage, earthworks, utilities, structures, surfacing).
- Strong understanding of cost management, forecasting, valuation and change control.
- Strong negotiation and communication skills, able to manage client and subcontractor relationships.
- High level of competence with Excel and commercial reporting.
Desirable
- Professional membership or progression (e.g. MRICS / AssocRICS, CIOB, ICES).
- Forecasting (advanced cost control) and negotiation skills training.
- Payment and notice compliance (Construction Act + NEC) and change / claims awareness
- Experience on frameworks and / or term maintenance contracts.
- Familiarity with estimating and bid-to-build handover processes.
Location
Head Office and Project sites (travel as required)
Salary dependent on Experience
Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, precision, and sustainable growth!
Pay: From £1.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
