Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

A leading national consultancy in Milton Keynes has an opening for a Quantity Surveyor or Cost Manager to join their team (assistant or experienced)

Working on a range of industry-leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector

Lots of benefits:

* £Neg

* 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.

* 6% pension

* All expenses covered for work purposes

* Hybrid working – 2-3 days office & home

* 8.30 to 5 – again flexible – you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer

* Private health insurance and can add your family

* Open plan office

* Informal working environment

* Trust people – manage your own workload

* Casual dress

* Regular social events

* Plenty of room to progress

* RICS support

The role Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

You will be joining a team of 19 and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open-plan office.

You will focus on works for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit-out works on schemes up to £15m

Office-based, but out seeing clients roughly once a week.

Job Objectives:

* Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and being an extension of their team

* Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.

* Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with the budget.

* Proactively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and promptly.

* Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.

* Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.

The right person Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

You will either be an assistant or an experienced Estimator, Cost Manager, or Quantity Surveyor.

Main contractor or consultancy experience

Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors)

You will be used to working at a pace on fast turnaround projects

Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor / Estimator