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Commercial Managers (Quantity Surveyors)
We are currently recruiting for Commercial Managers (Quantity Surveyors) to work within our private sector business unit with the view on working in major projects in London and the home counties. You will be working on the procurement of large packages as we continue the pre-construction phases of our projects.
Key Responsibilities:
As Commercial Manager, you will lead and manage the commercial activities for the project. You will be running a project or a complex section of a large project.
- Procurement of the project in accordance with approved strategy, ensuring that orders are fully scoped, bought at best value and are correctly contracted in accordance with limits of authority.
- Liaising and communicating with the Client team in accordance with the contract. Managing supply chain relationships to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to procurement.
- Robust implementation and management of commercial, legal, insurance and risk controls of the Project.
- Accurate commercial reporting and contract administration. This includes (but is not limited to) interim payments, management of change accounts, cashflows, final accounting and contract administration.
- Ensure that the project is delivered in a safe, timely, efficient and sustainable manner, whilst achieving project targets, meeting client expectations and enhancing the reputation of the business.
Essential Credentials:
- Maintain CSCS card for the role
- Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role or qualified by appropriate level of experience (as noted below)
Desirable Credentials:
- Degree in Quantity Surveying or other construction related degree
- Have a related Chartership such as MRICS
Skills, Knowledge, Experience, Behaviours
Essential Skills
- Written and verbal communication to influence and build relationships
- Ability to influence and lead teams
- Demonstrates skills in the avoidance and defence of claims
- Tendering subcontract works packages of medium to high value
- Able to prepare subcontract documentation ready for engrossment by external parties
- Advanced word-processing, Excel spreadsheet packages and cost management software
- Ability to read drawings and construction design information
- Valuing interim applications
- Measurement and valuation techniques
- Management of claims including assessment of entitlement for prolongation, loss and Expense including inflation
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Essential Knowledge
- Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards and procedures
- Commercial and financial understanding in the above context – ability to contribute to value engineering as part of the design process
- Understand and apply commercial & financial procedures and reporting systems
- Maintains detailed prelim forecasts and actual costs and intervenes were negative trends identified
- Management of bonds, PCGs, warranty insurances and associated risks
- Management of cost, value and profit
- Reports accurately to the monthly forecast final account
- Manages cash flow to the benefit of the project and business
- Good understanding of building technology / construction methods
- Full knowledge and understanding of JCT, NEC, Construction Management and Management Contracting Contracts
Essential Experience
- Pre-construction experience
- Background with a main contractor on projects above £30m in value
- Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely
- Experience of managing field construction activities on major/complex projects
- Demonstratable experience in construction, including a sound knowledge of Construction methodology, process and sequence
- Procurement of work packages in line with the Project Procurement Strategy
- Conversion of the project from preconstruction to construction
- Communicating and liaising with the Client team in accordance with the contract
- Production of Tender Recommendation Reports and Contract Sum Analysis
- Preparation of Subcontracts for execution in line with limits of authority
- Procures robust packages with an understanding of package interfaces
- Manages the change process in accordance with the contract
- Prepares bid documentation to ensure a fully defined tender
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Desirable Experience
- Proven track record in construction including a sound knowledge of Construction methodology, process and sequence.
Essential Behaviours
- Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player
- Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational, to create an existence absent of incident and injury
- Supports the project manager to manage project risk and opportunities
- Levelling existing knowledge to continuously improve processes to achieve efficiency.
- Attention to detail, ability to flex to meet business plans and drive to meet key dates.
- Ability to join up a wide range of complex issues and understand how they relate to each other.
- Uncompromising discipline and rigorous approach to follow the process and close projects out.
- Collaborates across the organisation and external teams. Communicates the strategy and maximises outcomes for all parties.
- Drives a culture of safety and quality and embeds best practice to set the standard in the organisation and the industry.
We will provide:
- Car allowance
- Flexible and hybrid work options
- Up to 10% employer pension contribution
- Private medical health benefit
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
- 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
- Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
- 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
- Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide
- Industry leading parental leave
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Skills
Quantity Surveying
Procurement
Contract Administration
Commercial Reporting
Risk Management
Subcontract Management
Tendering
Cost Management
Claim Management
JCT
NEC
Value Engineering
Cash Flow Management
Construction Law
Excel
Reading Drawings
Location