Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to work out of the Birmingham office of a leading international cost consultancy. You will be reporting to the director for cost management, managing projects in the commercial, health, residential, education, and mixed-use sectors up to £80m+.

Project Details

You will be a Senior Quantity Surveyor reporting to the director for cost management, managing projects in the commercial, health, residential, education, and mixed-use sectors up to £80m+.

Responsibilities and Duties

•  Conducting feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
•  Working in the pre and post contract stages of construction projects
•  Applying Value Management techniques at the outset of a project and where appropriate involving our specialist Value Management team
•  Managing estimating and cost planning activities to include taking ownership of and presenting the final cost plan
•  Ensuring that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are managed effectively
•  Ensuring that cost checking and valuation work is managed effectively
• Ensuring the production of monthly post-contract cost reports and presenting them to the client Value engineering and life cycle costing
•  Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed

Desired Skills and Experience

• Ideally you will have experience in a consultancy environment
•  Experience in the education and/or commercial sectors
•  Excellent communication skills
•  Experience of client facing roles is required

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

•  Degree in relevant construction discipline is strongly preferred
•  Member of RICS is strongly preferred

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The company is a leading international cost consultancy working across all sectors of construction. They work on major projects in all locations on a national and international scale.

Additional Benefits Package and Incentives

The company offer a 3% pension scheme, a company car, healthcare, and other benefits.