Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

Ref
MAX6880
Consultant
Adam Cadwaladr
Region
Midlands and East Anglia
Location
Brimingham
Salary
GBP40,000 - GBP45,000
Job Posted
29/01/2016
Type
Permanent
Status

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to work out of the Birmingham office of a leading international cost consultancy. You will be reporting to the director for cost management, managing projects in the commercial, health, residential, education, and mixed-use sectors up to £80m+.

Project Details

You will be a Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting to the director for cost management, managing projects in the commercial, health, residential, education, and mixed-use sectors up to £80m+.

Responsibilities and Duties

  •  Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
  •  Working in the pre and post contract stages of construction projects
  •  Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving our specialist Value Management team
  •  Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
  •  Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
  •  Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
  • Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client Value engineering and life cycle costing
  •  Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Ideally you will have experience in a consultancy environment
  •  Experience in the education and/or commercial sectors
  •  Excellent communication skills
  •  Experience of client facing roles is required

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

  •  Degree in relevant construction discipline is strongly preferred
  •  Member of RICS is strongly preferred

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The company is a leading international cost consultancy working across all sectors of construction. They work on major projects in all locations on a national and international scale.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

The company offer a 3% pension scheme, a company car, healthcare, and other benefits.

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