Senior Quantity Surveyor in Ipswich

Job Description

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager

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Location: East Anglia / South East – flexible hybrid working with regular site travel

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Remuneration: Attractive salary + car allowance + discretionary bonus + benefits including healthcare

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Our client is a well-established, successful and profitable privately owned main contractor working with major blue-chip customers across commercial construction, distribution / logistics, industrial, refurbishment and retail projects.

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With significant secured work and a strong pipeline of further opportunities, they are looking to add an experienced commercial construction professional to their team, reporting directly to the Commercial Director.

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The precise title can reflect the successful individual's experience. Experienced Quantity Surveyors, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Commercial Managers will all be considered, with capability and breadth of experience more important than current job title.

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The business undertakes a varied portfolio of work, ranging from multiple smaller customer projects and refurbishments through to substantial new-build and redevelopment schemes.

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The Role

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You will take commercial responsibility for projects from initial stages through to completion, including:

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- Cost planning, budgeting and commercial reporting
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- Procurement, tendering and subcontractor management
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- CVRs, valuations and variations
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- Contract administration, including JCT / Design & Build / NEC
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- Value engineering and commercial risk management
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- Client and stakeholder liaison
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- Final accounts
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- Working closely with operational and project delivery teams
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- Supporting less experienced commercial colleagues where appropriate
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Person Profile

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The successful individual is likely to:

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- Have substantial Quantity Surveying / commercial management experience within construction
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- Have a strong main contractor background
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- Be capable of commercially managing projects with considerable autonomy
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- Bring experience from commercial construction, industrial / logistics, distribution, refurbishment, retail or related building sectors
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- Have strong procurement, cost control and contractual capability
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- Be commercially astute and comfortable dealing directly with clients and stakeholders
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- Be comfortable working flexibly between home, project sites and periodic team / office meetings
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- Be willing to travel regularly to sites across East Anglia, London, the South East and elsewhere as projects require
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Retail experience would be useful but is not essential. Broad construction experience, strong commercial capability and the ability to successfully deliver projects are more important.

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The successful individual will work closely with an experienced, pragmatic Commercial Director and should enjoy considerable autonomy alongside strong support.

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The company's growth plans should also create opportunities for the successful individual to broaden their responsibilities and potentially take on greater team leadership over time.

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Remuneration

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An attractive and flexible package is available to secure the right person, including competitive basic salary, car allowance, discretionary annual bonus and benefits.

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Application

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Please provide your CV as soon as possible.

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Ideally, we would also appreciate a brief summary of your relevant project and sector experience, an indication of the remuneration you would consider and your notice period / earliest availability. You can include this information at the top of your CV.

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Note: NJR advises the organisation on the basis of an exclusive consulting assignment.

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Any third-party applications and correspondence will be forwarded by our client to NJR, as their retained advisor, for review and no commercial consideration will be available for unsolicited introductions.