Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor

Location - Ruislip 

VGC are currently looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Quantity Surveyor to head up our commercial team. 

Roles and responsibilities:

The role is to oversee the commercial team for a recruitment business, supporting the delivery teams, and ensuring efficient billing processes and achievement of maximum margin to the organisation.

• Provide strategic commercial advice and support at all stages of the projects from tendering through to final accounting, and offer practical advice to management on contractual matters.
• Develop relationships with key contacts & clients to manage current and future contracts
• Lead commercial activities on projects to ensure company achieves full and maximum value for all work delivered
• Ensure all members of the team observe the commercial processes & standards as outlined in the Business Management System 
• Line management of the commercial team including a Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor and 2 Commercial Administrator

Tendering:

• Support the tendering team with the preparation of the commercial submission

Contract set up:

• Following contract sign off by the director ensure commercial team set up projects promptly on VGC Systems inline with agreed terms and conditionas and make sure relevant check/audits are in place. 

• Operational teams are briefed on the project terms/requirements/processes
• The payroll and sales ledger team are briefed on the requirements for administering the project

Contract administration:

• Ensure all applications/invoice (forecast & actual) are prepared accurately, on time and in the appropriate format.
• Support the senior credit controller with cash collection
• Review monthly margin reports to identify differences between actual and contract margins. 
• Maintain good relationships with client commercial teams

Management reporting:

• Attend weekly operational and monthly management meetings. 
• Support the operational teams with reviewing and analysing divisional profit and loss reports

Risk/Process management:

• Review all the standard commercial documentation on an ongoing basis and implement changes when required
• Audit responsibility for commercial procedures

Knowledge and experience required:

• 3rd level qualification in Quantity Surveying or related discipline
• Professional membership to RICS of CIOB
• Experience of overseeing contracts within mainline rail, LU and civil engineering sectors
• Experience of overseeing CIJC WRA, CESA, NAECI projects
• Experience of working within an employment or staffing business within a commercial role

What you can expect in return:

• Salary - Negotiable for the right person
• Car Allowance
• Pension and healthcare schemes
• Other personalised benefits 

If this is a role that sounds of interest, please apply now or reach out to Sam Wilson on  and we will be in contact to discuss further. 

Cheers,