QS Manager

What the role involves: 

• Procurement & Management
  
• Tasks undertaken in previous roles to be continued
  
• Review procurement strategies with the Project Team and propose recommended procurement strategies at various stages of the Project.
  
• Prepare initial TES (Tender Event Schedule) and distribute to the Technical and Production teams for their comment approval.
  
• Review and comment on the MDP (Master Development Programme) to ensure it ties in with the TES.
  
• Monitor the MDP and detailed sequences discussed with specialist Subcontractors throughout the Tender / Procurement process.
  
• Attend Design Team Meetings, review of initial Tender packs and provide input on optimisation of specification as part of the Value Engineering process.
  
• Meet specialist consultants at early stages in design process to establish any value engineering opportunities that can be incorporated into the early design.
  
• Review Tender Lists and provide input into Subcontractors to be considered.
  
• Maintain an overall input into all procurement activities and presentation of Tender packs to Directors.
  
• Contractor management €“ payments, valuing variations, resolving disputes, Final Accounts. For various value Subcontracts, including more complex packages
  
• Complete overall Project Benchmark comparison exercises and square foot analysis.
  
• Approve all Tender Lists, Tender Recommendations, PSIs (Project Specific Instructions), payments, CCOPs (Client Change Order Proposals), NIPs (Notice of Instruction to Proceed) and the like.
  
• Attend third party meetings where necessary.
  
• Liaise with Statutory Authorities.
  
• Assist with the development of the Commercial Team, involving them in various elements of the next stages in their development.
  
• Provide commercial support to the Technical team, assisting with commercial aspects of various Applications / Insurances / Guarantees / Warranties etc.
  
• Manage commercial and team resources in accordance with budget allowance.
  
• Recruitment of commercial staff where applicable.
  
• Propose workable and realistic solutions to obstacles / complications that become apparent on the project across various disciplines.
  
• Liaise with Technical and Construction Team leaders in relation to key project decisions and be proactive in key decision making and negotiating throughout the project.
  
• Correctly identify & prepare Contractual Notices for all events and administer the COC/PSI conditions accordingly
  
• Identify potential Disputes in a timely manner.
  
• Cost Plans and Reporting
  
• Formulating and submitting WIP (Work In Progress) releases in conjunction with the MDP for CCOP sign off.
  
• Completing restacks against Cost Plans in conjunction with scheme proposals and relay to Finance Team.
  
• Complete Cost Plan split / allocation exercises in relation to Infrastructure, Commercial areas, etc.
  
• Produce a consolidated Cost Plan / BOQ from the initial Budget to allocate trade budgets
  
• Provide the Finance Team with information such as monthly WIP Accruals / Liabilities, monthly Cost Reports, phase build costs and any relevant financial information as requested.
  
• Complete Cash flow forecast exercises.
  
• Produce weekly and monthly progress / key issue reports for Directors.
  
• Produce monthly Cost Reports for cost review meetings with Directors.
  
• Summarise Infrastructure costs associated with specific Project, as well as identify and monitor Infrastructure costs
  
• Review/monitor costs of future upcoming works.
  
• Monitor the CCOP process, highlighting any proposed adjustments to the Budget.
  
• Provide Budgets to the Land Team for proposed amendments to any planning changes.
  
• Provide Budgets for Commercial units to the Development team for any proposed changes to aid with marketing commercial units.
  
• Attend monthly Production meetings with Technical, Construction team leaders, and Directors.
  
• Manage Professional Fees Budgets in conjunction with the Technical team. Technical team to provide monthly update on fees schedule for incorporation into cost report.
  
• Client Facing
  
• External clients associated with outside funding involvement, such as Housing Associations or Local Authorities.
  
• Attend Client facing meetings
  
• Administer the Client Contract e.g. issue Notices of Practical Completion; pull together handover documents in conjunction with the Technical Team.
  
• Produce external Valuations
  
• Agree external Variations
  
• Manage the customer choices schedule; liaise with the Customer Relations Manager for the Project.
  
• Price customer requests. Confirm with Technical / Production that the request is feasible. Manage the sign off process between Sales and Head of Construction.
  
• Instruct approved customer requests.
  
• Commercial Team Leaders
  
• Becoming a dedicated Commercial Team Leader responsible for developing, structuring and maintaining teams, as well as feeding back information and ideas across teams to various Commercial Team Leaders.
  
• Carrying out Staff Appraisal as a Commercial Team Leader.
  
• Recruitment of staff in conjunction with Line Manager
  
• Reviewing team outputs to ensure compliance with procedures and protocols.
  
• Reviewing team outputs to ensure accuracy
  
• Reviewing information for Pre Plan meetings
  
• Forward Planning.
  
  

What we are looking for:

Qualifications:

• Quantity Surveying or Construction degree level educated
  
• Membership of a professional body (CIOB, RICS)
  
• Proven track record from similar sector specific organisations.
  
• Hold valid SMSTS, CSCS, First Aid tickets.
  

Individual:

• Proactive, self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
  
• Keen to deliver exceptional customer service
  
• An effective leader, motivator and mentor
  
• Flexible and reliable
  
• Credible, and comfortable in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders
  
• Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view
  
• Well-presented and business like
  
• Able to work as part of a team
  
• Previous UK Construction experience is essential.
  
• Strong work ethic
  
• An excellent communicator.
  
• Have strong commercial awareness.
  
• Good IT knowledge