Chief Surveyor in Wakefield

Chief Surveyor role at Barratt Redrow

What you\’ll be doing

The Commercial team deals with everything to do with cost-effective building, including quantity surveying, estimating, procurement and material buying. With a watching brief on choice of material, cost, customers satisfaction and sales, and other critical issues, our Commercial team – which comprises Estimators, Quantity Surveyors and Material Buyers – has one objective: to deliver best quality homes, at the best possible cost. Their work is fundamental to our continued viability as a business and presents a fast-moving challenge that will exercise your creativity and commercial flair to the full.

Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager/Commercial Director, you will support site development and the attainment of targets by ensuring/managing: preparation of commercial cost appraisals and viability/feasibility analysis; the procurement of sub-contractors, materials and goods; the preparation and monitoring of site costs and budgets; and site start H&S.

Responsibilities

• Manage the work of the Surveying team and take responsibility for achieving targets in relation to: accurate build cost assessments of acquired land acquisitions; budget control throughout development; cost overruns within tolerance levels; and ensuring sites accord with Group procedures
• Accurately cost and prepare budgets for each aspect of site development
• Contribute to the conceptual designs/options for the determination of site values
• Identify and procure sub-contractors, using Group Tender procedures where appropriate, and the procurement of goods and materials
• Implement a payments system for the payment of sub-contractors and the supply of goods and materials in line with Group policy and procedures
• Support the Commercial Director in ensuring that the Commercial team are fully resourced and well-directed, with clear guidelines to their own job responsibilities, and are provided with full support in achieving these, in terms of communication, training and development, and the organisation of the department’s workload
• Report appropriately to the Commercial Director in a standardised format and schedule
• Ensure compliance with Group IT systems
• Promote and act in accordance with Group values, systems, policies and procedures

What you’ll need

• Proven track record in similar role or at the level of Quantity Surveyor
• Highly numerate individual with excellent attention to detail who can gather, interpret and present data to facilitate preparation of budgets and subsequent valuations
• Strong IT skills, working knowledge of computer systems within the commercial environment, i.e. project management/payment and valuation software
• Experience of managing budgets/cost control
• Articulate, clear and credible, and able to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to contribute towards the resolution of disputes, problems and cost issues
• Good interpersonal and team management skills, able to motivate and coach the Surveying team to their full potential

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover – Single Cover
• Company Car or Cash Allowance
• Annual Medical Health Assessment
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
• Choice of Flexible Benefits
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Private Medical Cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

Pension

First‑class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

Financial Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

Lifestyle Benefits

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.