Your Responsibilities:
- Take commercial responsibility for a portfolio of works/multiple projects
- Manage train and provide support to a dedicated commercial team, carrying out regular job chats, PDR’s and helping to develop staff through PDP’s
- Provide advice to commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence
- Supply relevant commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence
- Manage and produce formal reports to the Commercial Manager/Director for inclusion in the quarterly commercial board report
- Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements
- Ensure all contract correspondence is recorded and logged
- Develop client relationships, achieving a progressive improvement in customer satisfaction
- Maintain and establish regular contact/meetings with client
- Oversee and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets
- Develop and monitor the use of cost and financial reporting systems
- Carry out monthly/periodic financial reviews (CVR’s) on portfolio/multiple projects and forecast final outturn values for cost, sales and margin
- Oversee and monitor the process for production and submission of variations/change including maintaining variation/change log
- Prepare and submit periodic valuations/application for payments ensuring that Client payment and cash collection is achieved in accordance with the contract
- Identify potential commercial/financial risk and opportunity and evaluate options to mitigate/realise
- Oversee the procedures for certification of contract payments/variations and settling final accounts to sub-contractors in line with agreed terms and conditions
- Assist with tenders, both in terms of formulating and review
- Comply and Promote the company safety policy
- Any other duties as may reasonably be required.
The perfect candidate will have:
- HND/ HNC/ Degree in Quantity Surveying – Essential
- A minimum of 5 years experience as a Quantity Surveyor - Essential
- Similar experience working within a contracting environment - Essential
- Civil Engineering experience - Essential
- Rail background - Desirable
- A membership with RICS/CES – Desirable
- The ability to confidently communicate with colleagues across the business, from Site staff to Directors
- Strong attention to detail and initiative to work independently
- The ability to guide and support team members in their learning and development within the department
The Package:
- Competitive Pay
- Working from our modern offices within a Grade 2 listed building, in trendy Chapel Allerton, North Leeds
- A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
- Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
- Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period
- Company Sick Pay
- Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our dedicated in house Training team
- A mentoring scheme to help you settle well into the company and your new role
- Paid Volunteering days and Charity events
- Annual Flu Jabs
- Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
- Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team
- Company Pension and Death in Service scheme
