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Location: Cambridge, UK
Salary: 75,000 - 95,000 per annum
Sector: Healthcare & Educational Projects
Project Value: 5-30 million
Contract Type: Permanent
Start Date: Early 2025 (accommodating up to 3 months' notice period)
Working Arrangement: Flexible working (with a balance of office/site and remote working)
Benefits: Competitive benefits package, including pension, healthcare, car allowance, and bonus
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to join a leading main contractor based in Cambridge. The successful candidate will oversee healthcare and educational projects ranging from 5 million to 30 million. With a focus on managing cost, contracts, and ensuring timely project delivery, you will play a pivotal role in project success. The role offers flexible working arrangements and an excellent benefits package.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all commercial activities across multiple projects in the healthcare and educational sectors.
- Manage the quantity surveying team and provide mentoring to junior QSs.
- Oversee and ensure compliance with contractual obligations, including NEC and JCT contracts.
- Prepare accurate cost reports, forecasts, and final accounts for clients.
- Actively contribute to procurement strategies and supplier negotiations.
- Conduct regular site visits, ensuring work is progressing to agreed budgets and timelines.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, handling any variations or changes.
- Work closely with the project delivery teams and ensure collaboration across departments.
- Provide senior management with regular commercial updates.
Qualifications & Experience:
- MRICS or equivalent qualification.
- Strong track record as a Managing Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor in the main contracting environment.
- Experience working on healthcare and/or educational projects.
- Proficiency in managing projects valued between 5-30 million.
- Excellent knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.
- Ability to manage teams and work collaboratively with various project stakeholders.
- Strong financial acumen and commercial awareness.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary (75,000 - 95,000) depending on experience.
- Flexible working arrangements (combination of office, site, and remote work).
- Generous benefits package including car allowance, private healthcare, pension scheme, and performance-based bonus.
- Opportunity to work with a well-established contractor on prestigious projects.
This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned Managing Quantity Surveyor who is ready to start the new year with a strong and dynamic main contractor. We are looking for a commercially astute professional who can hit the ground running and lead the commercial aspects of key projects in the healthcare and education sectors.
