Job Title: Senior MEP Surveyor
Reporting to: Commercial Manager
Department: Commercial
Key Deliverables & Responsibilities:
- Use strong commercial negotiation skills and experience to manage and lead MEP surveying team to achieve objectives
- Ensure that the client / client team is kept informed of financial matters as and when they arise. Ensure that any variations are submitted in a timely manner
- Help to develop commercial management processes and control measures designed to minimise risk and maximise profit
- Prepare cost plans and cash flow forecasts for negotiated & tendered projects
- Commercially review bids and tender settlements
- Ensure the contract is administered correctly and that the project team understands its implications
- Provide support and mentoring to Project Surveyors
- Prepare and provide advice to the team on the preparation of variations
- Help to resolve contractual issues, both client and subcontractor
- Monitor, review and maintain commercial team performance including carrying out staff performance development reviews
- Ensure that Cost Value Reconciliation reports and anticipated final margins are realistic
Key Qualifications and Memberships:
BSc in Quantity Surveying
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Experience and Attributes:
Experience across several sectors with a minimum of 10 years’ experience
Proven ability to maximise profits whilst maintaining excellent long-term relationships with Clients.
Excels at bringing Teams together, noting that collaboration is key and communication paramount.
Effective teamwork, influencing, negotiation and leadership skills.
Experience of managing and developing Operational Surveying Staff with schemes ranging from £10m-£20m.
Experience of providing regular financial advice across the projects, upstream and downstream.
Responsibility for regular reviews of the Supply Chain and Supply Chain strategy and review Key approved Subcontractors performance.
Business development support promoting the interests of the Company and new client leads.
Relationship Colleagues:
Proactive, diligent, able and willing to think ahead
Values: the jobholder must understand the values of the business and respond positively
Ability to communicate positively and effectively
Structured approach: focused, thorough, high level of attention to detail
The duties listed are not exhaustive and may be varied from time to time as dictated by the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to undertake other duties as appropriate and as requested by his/her manager.
As the needs of the business change so the above job profile, duties and location of the role within the Department of the business will be adjusted accordingly.
Acknowledgement
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of the work performance by employees within this post.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications / experience required by employees assigned to the role.
These may be subject to future amendments following appropriate consultation.