Senior Quantity Surveyor

Nelson Permamanent Placements are recruiting for a senior quantity surveyor on behalf of a leading social housing retrofit specialist.

The role consists of working in conjunction with the General Manager and Commercial leads to ensure appropriate commercial controls are in place and adhered to in order to secure the company’s full entitlement through the contract.

The contract is long term covering over 7,500 houses in 4 different areas of the South-West, from Taunton and Yeovil, over to Bristol and Swindon and down to Salisbury and Bournemouth. Delivering Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Capital Works and an Electrical Service program.

Key Duties

• Ensure the company secures its full entitlement within the parameters of the Contract and further commercial negotiations.

• Ensure the commercial team achieve or exceed budgeted targets. • Responsible for the application schedule of rates, acting as a subject matter expert for contractual arrangements.

• Maximise cash flow through monthly invoicing, the implementation of appropriate procedures to resolve client queries and ensuring cash is received when due.

• Monitoring and analysis of management information and job cost against job revenue, supporting the operations and finance and enablement of data driven decision making.

• Point of contact for dispute resolution. • Ensure Accurate Cashflow Forecasts and Revenue profiles are in place and are accurate and updated regularly.

• Prepare and produce financial reports, including Cost Value Reconciliations (CVR), Cost Value Comparison (CVC) and management accounts, providing governance of budgets through robust cost control.

• Ensure the IT integration between the client’s system and Fortem’s is aligned to increase productivity and financial controls in-line with the contract conditions.

• Ensure budgets are set and shared with the commercial leads annually along with carrying out full reviews periodically when required.

• Making sure the supply chain has up to date term orders and contract agreements and are managed in-line with financial controls and governance. This is includes setting up and managing agreed SLA’s.

Requirements

• Excellent data interrogation skills

• Excellent Excel skills (incl. V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formula development)

• QS degree or equivalent training or a minimum of 5 years relevant contract experience

• Line Management experience

• Negotiating, communication and presentation skills

• Valid UK driving licence Desirable

• Experience of Management Accounts

• Accounting skills

• Commercial Contractor exposure

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a market leader that invests in it's employees, benefits include 

• Eligibility for bonus up to 10% of basic salary

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays & your birthday off* (34 days total)

• Pay review every year

• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave

• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave

• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms • Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee

• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System’

• Other benefits including Private pension, Life Insurance, dental care, private healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more

If interested please get in contact with the details provided