Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor
Location - Ruislip
VGC are currently looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Quantity Surveyor to head up our commercial team.
Roles and responsibilities:
The role is to oversee the commercial team for a recruitment business, supporting the delivery teams, and ensuring efficient billing processes and achievement of maximum margin to the organisation.
- Provide strategic commercial advice and support at all stages of the projects from tendering through to final accounting, and offer practical advice to management on contractual matters.
- Develop relationships with key contacts & clients to manage current and future contracts
- Lead commercial activities on projects to ensure company achieves full and maximum value for all work delivered
- Ensure all members of the team observe the commercial processes & standards as outlined in the Business Management System
- Line management of the commercial team including a Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor and 2 Commercial Administrator
Tendering:
- Support the tendering team with the preparation of the commercial submission
Contract set up:
- Following contract sign off by the director ensure commercial team set up projects promptly on VGC Systems inline with agreed terms and conditionas and make sure relevant check/audits are in place.
- Operational teams are briefed on the project terms/requirements/processes
- The payroll and sales ledger team are briefed on the requirements for administering the project
Contract administration:
- Ensure all applications/invoice (forecast & actual) are prepared accurately, on time and in the appropriate format.
- Support the senior credit controller with cash collection
- Review monthly margin reports to identify differences between actual and contract margins.
- Maintain good relationships with client commercial teams
Management reporting:
- Attend weekly operational and monthly management meetings.
- Support the operational teams with reviewing and analysing divisional profit and loss reports
Risk/Process management:
- Review all the standard commercial documentation on an ongoing basis and implement changes when required
- Audit responsibility for commercial procedures
Knowledge and experience required:
- 3rd level qualification in Quantity Surveying or related discipline
- Professional membership to RICS of CIOB
- Experience of overseeing contracts within mainline rail, LU and civil engineering sectors
- Experience of overseeing CIJC WRA, CESA, NAECI projects
- Experience of working within an employment or staffing business within a commercial role
What you can expect in return:
- Salary - Negotiable for the right person
- Car Allowance
- Pension and healthcare schemes
- Other personalised benefits
If this is a role that sounds of interest, please apply now or reach out to Sam Wilson on and we will be in contact to discuss further.
Cheers,