Managing Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Lead QS team, manage contracts, procurement and cost control for mixed-use residential projects.

Key Responsibilities

• variation orders
• cost reporting
• cash flow
• subcontractor management
• tender docs
• margin analysis

Tasks

-Approve variation orders and development changes in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority. -Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client’s agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs). -Provide monthly Cost Value Reports and monthly Margin Analysis in conjunction with Line Management. -Optimise cash flow through external valuations and control of subcontractor accounts. -Distribute design information packages and tender drawings, whilst preparing all tender documentation and letters including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors. -Assist the Commercial Director with monthly collation of Regional Cost & Cashflow monitoring against half year & full year targets. -Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates. -Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication. -Prepare stage payment schedules to assist in the financing of the works. -Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser’s extras. -Liaise with the Customer Service department on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary. -Monitor that subcontract conditions are ‘Back to Back’ with main contract conditions or with maximum risk transfer. -Be active in the recruitment of new starters to the team and then throughout the employee life cycle, including holding development reviews and succession planning exercises. -Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on site budget. -Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations. -Responsibility for RICS / CIOB training requirements with specific responsibility for certain APC candidates. -Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs. This will include providing monthly analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates. -Forecast Out-turn Margin/Commercial Analysis / programme / progress in conjunction with Line Management and review monthly. -Maximise recovery through Clients and Subcontractors accounts. -Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required. -Approve sub-contractor orders in line with the Groups Delegated level of authority. -Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development. -Carry out pre-order meetings including all necessary Health & Safety requirements, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order. -Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties. -Ensure correct contractual procedures are operated for both Main Contracts and Subcontracts. -Provide assistance to Financial Department in the recovery of outstanding monies. -Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings. -Monitor and facilitate the recovery of retention and the like. -Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes. -Provide pre-contract advice to Estimating Department related to amended Terms and Conditions of Main contracts and resource availability for forward workload. -Monitor and record individual performances on an ongoing basis together with annual PDRs. -Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies and areas where unnecessary cost may arise. -Forecast contract turnover in conjunction with Line Management and adjust as necessary. -Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required. -Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team.

Requirements

• rics
• degree
• 4p
• coins
• senior qs
• commercial manager

What You Bring

-Degree qualified and member of the RICS or IOB (or moving towards professional membership) -Strong team player, with the entrepreneurial ability to operate and excel in a changing on-site environment -Training of and understanding of 4p (Viewpoint) -The successful candidate will have experience of working within the Construction industry, specifically on mixed use residential developments including Extra Care -Interim Valuation submission and Final Account recommendation -Training of and understanding of COINs -Willingness to work extra when required to accommodate business needs -Previous experience at Senior or Managing QS or Commercial Manager level is essential for the role

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Benefits

-Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave -Share save and share incentive schemes -Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees -Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary -Employee rewards portal with many more benefits... -Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover -Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice -Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service -Competitive basic salary and annual bonus -Company car, car allowance or travel allowance -2 Volunteering days per annum

About Vistry Group

-Launched following the merger of Bovis Homes and Galliford Try’s housing arm in January 2020. -Operates three retail brands—Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Countryside Homes—and a B2B Partnerships arm. -Known for timber-frame manufacturing via Vistry Works, boosting quality, speed, and carbon performance. -Typical projects include mixed-tenure neighbourhoods with schools, parks, orchards, and community facilities. -Completed major schemes like Meridian Water regeneration and Countryside Partnerships integration in 2022.

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