Senior Quantity Surveyor - West Midlands - GBP55k p/a

Senior Quantity Surveyor

West Midlands

GBP55k p/a

Overview:

- We are currently recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support our clients commercial aspects of project delivery.
- The role will be reporting directly to the Head of Projects the Senior Quantity Surveyor will support account embedded project teams ensuring the provision of the cost effective resource models through the management of the account teams and external consultants.
- The plan is to develop a ''Centre of Excellence'' style of service that provides a first class service to the central projects team and the account / contract leads, using best practise and industry leading supply chain relationships.

Responsibilities:

- Review account project expenditure and maximise income to achieve or exceed budgeted financial performance.
- Lead / support the production of budgets, forecasts and monthly CVR's, through identification of risks and opportunities, contract variations, and additional works revenues.
- Support accounts monitor income recovery and instigate action to ensure prompt payment of invoices, minimising WIP and debt.
- Understanding the Contract, ensuring that the contract teams (both operational and commercial team) properly identify and price contract project proposals and variations.
- Proposals - Lead on the valuation, tendering and submission of contract variations, maximising both revenue and profit margin.
- Carry out commercial/financial duties as required, which includes estimating, procurement of contracts, cost reporting and working with the operational team in ensuring that the contracts are administered properly and that financial targets are met through cost effective management.
- Liaise with the client to establish Value for Money on projects and budgets. Assist with the management of financial forecasts, supply chain contract management and appropriate procurement approaches.
- Risk Management and compliance
- Assess, record and advise managers on risks and opportunities that may influence the financial and operational outcome of a project.
- Create and maintain commercial risk polices and through robust governance ensure compliance with Central Government and Defence commercial policies and processes, ensuring that delegated authorities are communicated, understood, and complied with across the contracts.
- Review of contract terms and conditions for any new business opportunities and contract retenders identifying any key commercial risks and preparing a legal summary as part of tender sign-off process.
- Supply Chain
- Ensuring that supply chain partners provide best value, and contract on robust terms and conditions and SLAs.
- Ensuring that suitable controls for supply chain expenditure are in place.
- Ensuring that the client is notified of any key changes to material or strategic subcontractors.
- Performance management and resolution of issues and disputes with supply chain.
- Contractual Performance and Commercial Services reporting.
- Client Liaison
- Establish and maintain good responsive communication with the customer and other stakeholders.
- Act as the senior key focal point for all project commercial issues with the client; achieving successful outcomes to commercial matters whilst engaging in a constructive and collaborative manner with the client to:
- Support Client initiatives and projects.
- Resolve contractual issues and disputes.
- Ensure a clear, mutual understanding of the contractual requirements is established.
- Ensure the timely provision of client commercial reports, including contract variations.
- Operational Support
- Demonstrate a clear and effective ment with the operational objectives and the commercial interests of IFM
- Provide training to the projects community, to establish and maintain a strong understanding of the contract obligations, risks and opportunities, and commercial processes.
- Support the Project Managers to carry out Tender analysis and prepare client proposals and recommendations.
- Support the development of feasibility proposals by providing robust cost estimates and procurement recommendations.
- Provide ad hoc support and expertise on commercial matters as required.

Knowledge and Skills:

- Significant experience in a similar role
- Self-motivated with a flexible approach to work, and capable of working to deadlines
- Excellent knowledge of contract law and demonstrable knowledge of NEC3 & JCT forms of contract
- Mobile and available to travel between sites
- Evaluating variations to contract
- Subcontract and Project Work tendering
- Vendor Appraisal
- Financial acumen
- Analytical ability
- Excellent numerical and communication skills
- Good IT skills, including the ability to analyse, interpret & manipulate data
- Excellent negotiating skills
- A high level of commercial awareness including knowledge of current contract legislation
- Experience of undertaking commercial & contractual reviews and the preparation of commercial and contractual summaries
- Expert in the application of payment mechanisms and financial/contract reporting
- Experience of negotiating contracts terms to successful close out

Desirable Skills:

- Qualified to HND or Degree Level & an RICS or CIOB membership (or similar approved).
- Relevant experience of working within a large, construction / total facilities management contract, preferably within public sector contracts.
- Experience of the PSA schedule of rates.

Person Skills:

- Well organised, with a methodical approach to managing tasks to satisfactory completion with exceptional attention to detail.
- Flexibility - A high level of flexibility, successfully adapts to changing demands, requirements and conditions.
- Leadership - Motivates and empowers others in order to reach organisational goals. Ability to thrive in a highly pressurised and driven environment.
- Strategic - Demonstrates a broad-based view of issues, events and activities and a perception of their longer term impact or wider implications. Has ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work related issues.
- Problem solving and analysis - Analyses issues and breaks them down into their component parts. Makes systematic and rational judgements based on relevant information.
- Creativity and innovation - Creates new and imaginative approaches to work-related issues. Identifies fresh approaches and shows a willingness to question traditional assumptions.
- Ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work related issues.
- Oral communication - Speaks clearly, fluently and in a compelling manner to both individuals and groups.
- Persuasiveness - Influences, convinces or impresses others in a way that results in acceptance, agreement or behaviour change. Collaborative working style, suited to negotiating mutually beneficial outcomes in view of a establishing a strong, and long term client relationship.

If you are interested in applying for this role or would like more information please contact Lee Elwell on ************* (Direct Line) or *********************** your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.