Project Manager (Quantity Surveyor) at Workforce Group

Reporting to: Managing Director

Job Summary:

• To maximize project margin and add value to the construction process by proactive involvement in cost management, reporting and facility management.
• To carry out monthly financial reviews on projects and forecast final outturn values for cost, sales and margin.
• Maximize value of monthly applications and measurement and submission of contract variations.

Primary Responsibilities:
Contract Surveying

• To carry out monthly valuations of work in progress, including forecasting of final costs and sales.
• Prepare and monitor project cashflow forecasts.
• Measure, value, submit and negotiate contract variations.
• Provide advice to project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence.
• Prepare submit and negotiate project final accounts.
• Ensure that business commercial processes are adhered to at project level.
• Assist in preparation and adherence to project purchasing targeting and costing budgets.

People Management

• Able to work well within a team based environment.
• Communicate regularly with project staff and specialist subcontractors to ensure commercial controls are in place, understood and followed at all times.

Administration

• Manage and produce accurate formal reports in accordance with business timetable.
• Monitor all commercial information in relation to project including labour, material and sub-contractor cost forecasting thus ensuring budgets adhered to.

Skill Requirements:

• Technically sound in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management with demonstrable commercial experience.
• Minimum 5 years quantity surveying experience within a contracting organization.
• Commercially astute, numerate, risk averse & able to accurately forecast cost & sales.
• Multi-tasking, self-motivated, energetic team player with a flexible and adaptable approach to work.
• Have good practical organization skills, planning of resources and program scheduling.
• Be able to provide both summarized and detailed reports, on current activities.
• IT Literate able to use Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.

Personal Attributes

• Smart and professional appearance.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Customer focused.
• Communicator & motivator with ability to communicate across all levels of seniority from the workforce through to Senior Management level.
• ‘Can do’ attitude to work.