Greyfriars Cost Management Ltd
Project Surveyor / Cost Manager
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Company Description
Greyfriars Cost Management Ltd provides strategic cost management, procurement, monitoring, and contract advice from project inception through to completion. The team, led by Tim Boucher, has experience across a wide range of sectors, from individual residential dwellings to large regeneration masterplans and complex commercial and public sector projects. The company focuses on delivering high-value professional quantity surveying services that align with client requirements while maintaining strict budget control. Greyfriars supports clients at any stage of the project timeline, offering robust budgeting, cost control during design development, and one-off viability estimates. The firm uses modern software, up-to-date cost data, and collaborative methods to challenge traditional procurement approaches and improve project outcomes.
Role Description
The Project Surveyor / Cost Manager will work on-site in Norwich in a full-time capacity, supporting the successful delivery of construction projects across various sectors. Day-to-day responsibilities include:
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- Preparing and reviewing cost plans, budgets, and estimates
- Monitoring project costs and reporting variances
- Providing commercial advice throughout the project lifecycle
- Reviewing designs and specifications
- Undertaking measurements and valuations
- Contributing to value engineering and risk management
- Assisting with procurement strategies, tender documentation, and contractor negotiations
- Handling contract administration, payment assessments, and final accounts
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The role requires close collaboration with clients, design teams, and contractors to ensure that project objectives, budgets, and timelines are met.
Qualifications
- Strong quantity surveying and cost management skills, including cost planning, estimating, and budget control.
- Experience with procurement processes, tendering, contract administration, and commercial negotiation.
- Competence in measurement, valuations, and preparation of bills of quantities or schedules of work.
- Ability to interpret drawings and specifications and contribute to value engineering and risk assessment.
- Proficiency with relevant industry software and tools, and comfort working with up-to-date cost data.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving abilities, with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Relevant professional qualification or degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related discipline; progression toward RICS or equivalent professional membership is advantageous.
- Experience in residential, commercial, or public sector construction projects is beneficial, particularly in a consultancy environment.
- Ability to work independently, manage workloads and deadlines, and maintain professional standards in an on-site setting.
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