Job Description

Managing Quantity Surveyor x 2

Bristol / South West

Kent / Oxfordshire

St. Modwen Homes are looking to recruit 2 experienced Managing Quantity Surveyors to join our Commercial team in the Southern region.

One role will be covering Bristol / South West / South Wales, and the other will be covering 2 sites in Kent and a site in Oxfordshire.

Job purpose

To manage all Commercial aspects of their projects and work with the Design & Delivery Teams to ensure projects are successfully delivered to achieve St. Modwen's strategy and objectives.

Key Accountabilities

Accountable for ensuring all activities within your role follow our hierarchy, with ‘Keeping our people safe’ our first priority. Ensure all activities are properly planned and carried out in line with the company’s health and safety policies and procedures. Any non-compliance, including allowing anyone to take risks that could affect their health and safety, may be investigated in line with our disciplinary policy.
Delivers St. Modwen's Commercial strategy and objectives across multiple projects (up to 6)
Identify training and personal development required for Commercial team
Deliver CVRs. Deliver and report robust Risk and Opportunity / Profit Improvement Plans across their projects
Manage Procurement buying to achieve programme and budget requirements. Mitigate / remove non-recoverable costs across their projects.
Act as the single point of contact for all commercial, legal, financial and administrative issues with suppliers and contractors
Approve supply chain payments on or before cut-off dates ensuring sums due are fair on all their projects
Monitor weekly WIP and manage to prevent slippage
Contribute to financial appraisals utilising industry / historic knowledge and be responsible for achieving or bettering SMH cost allowances across their projects.
Works collaboratively with Senior Sales, Senior Technical, Contracts Managers, and Customer Care managers
Works on wider St. Modwen projects as and when required
Manages Sales Extras procedures
Check and issue monthly cashflows
Produces monthly performance scores on the supply chain across all projects
Mitigates scope creep, manages value engineering through the Profit Improvement Plan and understands the impact on cost and value. Ensures variations are formally instructed and valued correctly
Promote and lives the values of St. Modwen
As part of the effective delivery of our Performance Development framework, provide coaching and regular feedback to maximise performance delivery and development, encouraging collaboration and empowerment
Ensure effective communication that enables engagement and enablement
Maintain knowledge and adhere to relevant Group Policies and Procedures, Legislation and Regulations
Develop and ensure safe working practices

Experience, Skills and Knowledge required

Min. 10 years post-graduate experience in the relevant Commercial area, preferably with a contractor or housebuilder.
Higher education industry discipline relevant qualification
RICS and/or MCIOB accreditation
Previous experience in leading and developing several Project Commercial teams in a contracting or housebuilding organisation
Strong commercial, legal, Technical management and financial skills
Strong professional network
Excellent communication skills
Full valid driving licence
Able to successfully manage the performance of medium sized teams (up to 10)

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