Project Quantity Surveyor

Title:

Project Quantity Surveyor

Contract Type:

Permanent, Full time

Office Location:

Sale, Greater Manchester

Persona:

Agile working (a mix of office, site and home working)

Salary:

£46,524 to £53,000 pa depending on experience plus essential car user allowance**

 Closing date for completed applications 22^nd November 2024 at 11pm*

Interviews to be held 4^th December 2024 via Microsoft Teams

*Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q are looking for a proven Commercial Professional with extensive Quantity Surveying experience to join the Property Services Commercial team. This position will be based in Greater Manchester and candidates will be required to be on site and visit stock on a regular basis within the North West.

Our Project Quantity Surveyors have up to 3 direct reports and the role reports to the Managing Quantity Surveyor.

The Project Quantity Surveyor are responsible for the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by L&Q, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms L&Q. Plus will be accountable for savings on projects.

The post holder will take full ownership of the project and work stream to ensure all costs and required contracts are in place.

Being confident in supporting operational colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.

You'll be able to take control of the management of subcontractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.

Experience and knowledge required

• Providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract for review by Managing Quantity Surveyor or Head of Commercial.
• Managing budgetary constraints using forensic cost control techniques
• Strong analytical skills and will be highly numerate with data interrogation skills
• Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements
• Be confident in managing poor performance.
• You will have a good understanding of Cost value reconciliation for a workstream
• Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge
• Competent in use of standard methods of measurement
• Degree or HNC level in a related discipline or equivalent substantial experience

It is desirable to for candidates to be professionally qualified member of CIOB/RICS but not essential.

We offer a competitive annual salary and staff benefits package:

• Strong family-friendly policies 
• Hybrid working Model
• Committed Learning & Development
• Annual leave starting from 28 days rising to 31 PLUS bank holidays
• Excellent Pension Scheme – double contribution up to 6%
• Generous non-contributory life assurance
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Great places to work certified 2023
• Best Workplaces for Women 

 

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.

More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.