Managing Quantity Surveyor in Stockton-on-Tees

Our client in Middlesbrough (Thornaby-on-Tees) are seeking a Managing Quantity Surveyor to join their Response Team - (Housing Response and Maintenance). They have been an established and leading property services company for over 75 years, based across England and Wales, in over 18 locations and 32 Business Units. Their main customer base is Social Housing and Council/Local Authority, Housing Associations.

Following an internal promotion, they are recruiting a Managing Surveyor for their Middlesbrough-based Commercial team overseeing the Responsive repairs division. They have had another prosperous year and are looking ahead to a sustainable future of potential and opportunity.

You’ll need strong commercial instincts and influencing skills, enabling you to see the big picture and guide and lead your team. 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.

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

We want to talk to commercially-minded 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 their core values of honesty and integrity.

• The main criteria is someone with reactive maintenance experience – having managed the commercial aspects. SOR (schedule of rate contract) experience and knowledge is a big tick. High volume jobs, analytical and spreadsheet familiarity.

Benefits:

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year).
• Car allowance of £7,250 private mileage scheme benefit and fuel card.
• Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance.
• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.

The Managing Surveyor role:

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.

Specific tasks will include:

• Developing and maintaining a high performing Surveying team to ensure delivery of responsive repairs contracts are at or above agreed profit performance.
• 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.
• Subcontractor management and the oversight of any disputes arising.
• Mentoring and training new surveyors and trainees.
• Managing the contract accounting and ensuring prompt payment, controlling cost information, preparing CVRs and valuations to closely monitor contract performance.
• Developing and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with your direct reports, colleagues, customers/clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.

What will you bring as a Managing Surveyor?

• 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.
• 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.
• Strong people skills: you will enjoy supporting, directing and collaborating with your team to encourage and facilitate growth and development.
• Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience of working with direct labour and subcontract procurement.
• Experience of working on Schedule of Rates contracts, with the ability to price minor works from first principles.

Additional Benefits include:

• Annual pay reviews.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family.
• Specsavers vouchers.