Managing Quantity Surveyor

Residential Developer/Contractor

Warrington

£70,000-£80,ooo + Package

I am working on behalf of a leading national Developer/Contractor, who are int he market for a Managing QS to join the Commercial Team.

This is a management role and you wont be managing live sites directly,
managing 6 surveyors of different levels
10-14 live projects at any given time managed by surveying team
using the COINS systems

Duties

• Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development.
• Be active in the recruitment of new starters to the team and then throughout the employee life cycle, including holding development reviews and succession planning exercises.
• Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication.
• Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings.
• Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies and areas where unnecessary cost may arise.
• Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes.
• Distribute design information packages and tender drawings, whilst preparing all tender documentation and letters including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors.
• Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required.
• Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on site budget.
• Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team.
• Prepare stage payment schedules to assist in the financing of the works.
• Carry out pre-order meetings including all necessary Health & Safety requirements, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order.
• Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations.
• Approve sub-contractor orders in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority.
• Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser’s extras.
• Approve variation orders and development changes in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority.
• Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs. This will include providing monthly analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates.
• Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates.
• Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client’s agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs).
• Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties.
• Liaise with the Customer Service department on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary.
• Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required.
• Assist the Commercial Director with monthly collation of Regional Cost & Cashflow monitoring against half year & full year targets.
• Maximise recovery through Clients and Subcontractors accounts.
• Optimise cash flow through external valuations and control of subcontractor accounts.
• Provide assistance to Financial Department in the recovery of outstanding monies.
• Monitor and facilitate the recovery of retention and the like.
• Ensure correct contractual procedures are operated for both Main Contracts and Subcontracts.
• Monitor that subcontract conditions are ‘Back to Back’ with main contract conditions or with maximum risk transfer.
• Provide pre-contract advice to Estimating Department related to amended Terms and Conditions of Main contracts and resource availability for forward workload.
• Provide monthly Cost Value Reports and monthly Margin Analysis in conjunction with Line Management.
• Forecast Out-turn Margin/Commercial Analysis / programme / progress in conjunction with Line Management and review monthly.
• Forecast contract turnover in conjunction with Line Management and adjust as necessary.
• Responsibility for RICS / CIOB training requirements with specific responsibility for certain APC candidates.
• Monitor and record individual performances on an ongoing basis together with annual PDRs.
• Any other reasonable duties as directed by the Commercial Director to support the wider team.