Managing Surveyor

Taking full accountability for the commercial function of the Responsive Repairs and Void (vacant properties) works for our reputable housing clients in and around Leeds, you’ll work closely with colleagues in our Middlesbrough and Bolton offices, managing, developing, and nurturing a high-performing commercial team of Quantity Surveyors and Trainee Surveyors.

As a Managing Surveyor, you will actively work as part of the commercial team whilst taking the lead with commercial decisions and the financial reporting, to ultimately impact the unit’s profitability/commercial success and making improvements for the future.

• Mentoring and training new surveyors and trainees. Supporting all commercial aspects within your unit and the wider response product, where applicable
• Managing the contract accounting and ensuing prompt payment, control cost information. As well as preparing CVRs and valuations to closely monitor contract performance, striving for better solutions and outcomes and steering the commercial contract performance.
• Developing and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with your direct reports, colleagues, customers/clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Developing and maintaining a high performing Surveying team to ensure delivery of responsive repairs contracts are at or above, agreed profit performance.
• Subcontractor management and the oversight of any disputes arising.
• Overseeing and managing financial and technical aspects of each contract, including procurement, invoicing, and payments to minimise costs, maximise value and cash flow, and meet profit and debtor day targets.

We want to talk to commercially-sound candidates who’ve had experience in Repairs and with utilising SOR, who have a track record of managing subcontractors and dealing with dispute resolution, and who share our core values of honesty and integrity.

You’ll need strong commercial instincts and influencing skills, enabling you to see the big picture, to guide and lead your team. But you’ll also have the opportunity to be hands on, managing contracts and drilling into the data to ensure we’re working effectively and profitably, all the while demonstrating value for money for our clients.

• A proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow effectively, from within a maintenance contracting environment or similar/relatable industry focused on high volume invoicing based on low value costs.
• Experience of working with direct labour and subcontract procurement
• Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience of working on Schedule of Rates contracts, with the ability to price minor works from first principles.
• Strong people skills: you will enjoy supporting, directing and collaborating with your team to encourage and facilitate growth and development
• Proven experience in a similar commercial or Senior Quantity Surveying role ideally from within the repairs/maintenance sector, along with some people management responsibilities/ experience

• Training and development opportunities
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.
• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
• Annual pay reviews
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
• Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Specsavers vouchers
• Car allowance of £7,250 private mileage scheme benefit and fuel card.