Managing Quantity Surveyor in Trafford

L&Q’s Commercial team within Property Services is hiring a Managing Quantity Surveyor to join and lead their new team. The role reports directly into the Head of Commercial and will be responsible for a team of 5 staff of differing experience levels.

We are looking for a proven Commercial professional with extensive Senior Management experience to be responsible for the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by L&Q, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms for L&Q.

The Managing Quantity Surveyor will manage principal and subcontractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting. You will have experience in providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract for review by the Head of Commercial.

The position will be accountable for savings for the department; therefore, experience of managing budgetary constraints using forensic cost control techniques will be essential to success in the role. Strong analytical skills are also key, and you must be highly numerate and have data interrogation skills.

In this role, you will take full ownership of the department and lead, motivate, communicate with, develop, appraise, and performance manage employees to ensure they are fully motivated to achieve best performance. You will also support all Operational Colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.

We require the post holder to have commercial awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge. You will be competent in the use of standard methods of measurement. Ideally, candidates will have a related degree or HNC level or be able to demonstrate equivalent substantial experience to be considered for the position. It is desirable that candidates will be a professionally qualified member of CIOB/RICS, although this is not essential.

We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay!

Our commitments:

• At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people.
• In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 28 days holiday rising to 31 days with length of service, annual bonus subject to group performance, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme, and non-contributory life assurance.
• We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part-time working or job sharing.
• We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer, and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
• We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

Our vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of.