Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor MEP / M&E – Major Projects

Location: Stockton-on-Tees

The Opportunity

To join the commercial team of a global, multi-disciplinary construction business, on a £500m hyperscale project. You will be responsible for the commercial management of the MEP package, which is worth in excess of £50m.

Role Purpose

To deliver a quality service and product to clients in line with the project goals by working with the project team and applying company culture systems and procedures.

Take lead financial role on key projects delivering to agreed targeted profit margins.

To take responsibility for the regular review of financial performance of projects within the division in order to improve financial certainty and maximise commercial success.

To ensure best practice and continuous improvement in divisional financial processes on.

To provide high quality management information to divisional financial director and divisional commercial manager.

Key Accountabilities

Accurate and timely project financial management:

Conduct start-up meetings with the financial team within first week of contract award for allocated projects.

Ensure project team approach is clearly aligned with company expectations for the specific project.

Monitor financial resources on allocated projects to DCM, ensuring key risks are clearly identified and brought to the attention of Project Director/ Commercial Lead.

Completion of all identified actions to deadlines Proactive project and technical support:

Hold regular financial review for allocated projects, held on project site, with project financial team to address financial performance, identify potential issues or problems and collaborate to deliver solutions.

Provide accurate and timely feedback and guidance to the project financial teams on allocated projects.

Ownership for implementing solutions and closing issues where appropriate in support of the project financial team.

Timely transfer of skills and experience to the project financial teams on allocated projects to ensure they deliver to the required targeted margins.

Attend monthly financial meetings and contribute as required by PD/ CL

Effective people management:

Provide clear, appropriate and timely feedback on performance, attitude and behaviour to project financial individual team members on allocated projects.

Develop and implement a mechanism for allocated project financials to share, with project construction team's continuity of approach and lessons.

Ensure that the outcomes of sharing approach and lessons learnt are shared with relevant colleagues, when appropriate

Act promptly and positively to address performance or behaviour issues when they arise, utilizing the support of HR.

Skills & Experience

Experience in establishing, managing and leading a large project team and/or multiple smaller project.

Experience of most forms of relationships with clients/consultants and suppliers which will raise profile of the division and lead to new.

Experience in claims resolution both with the Employer and Trade.

Experience of delivering MEP Projects and sound technical knowledge of the same.

Evidence of strong interpersonal and people management skills are essential.

Demonstrably commercially focused with a proven track record of delivering high quality results whilst maintaining positive relationships in difficult financial environments.

Allocation of risk and maximisation of profit in single stage fixed price procurement routes.

Ability to multitask.

Ability to understand the wider picture whilst devoting attention to detail.

Qualifications

Demonstrate experience of undertaking senior commercial roles on major projects, understanding of an ability to administer different contract forms which need to include one of the management forms, 2 stage, single stage and Design & Build.

Likely to be either MCIOB or RICS.

Track record in leading and developing teams.

If you meet the requirements above and would like to explore the opportunity further then please apply and I will contact you.