European Commercial Manager - Data Centres

Fawkes & Reece London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel across Europe

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece London is seeking a Project Quantity Surveyor to oversee groundworks and data centre packages across Europe. You will manage cost reporting, CVRs, and cashflow forecasting while leading subcontractors and maintaining strong client liaison.

A high level of reporting and ownership of financial plans is required. Initial travel across Europe is expected within the first two months, with a cycle of UK and European work thereafter.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in quantity surveying on large schemes.
• Experience with cost reporting, cashflow forecasting and CVRs.
• Strong subcontractor management and client liaison skills.
• Attention to detail and ownership of reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects up to £15–£20 million in value.
• Lead cost reporting, CVRs, Lump sum, and cashflow forecasting.
• Subcontractor management and package delivery.
• Coordinate upstream communication with clients and stakeholders.
• Travel across Europe as required.

Skills

Project management

Subcontractor management

Client liaison

Reporting and CVR

Cost reporting

Travel across Europe

Job description

Project Quantity Surveyor

We have an exciting opportunity to work with an established international General Contractor working on exciting Data centre and infrastructure projects with high profile clients, working and travelling across Europe in countries such as, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Austria, Finland.

This role with offer great client exposure, fast track progression opportunities, the ability to run and manage your own projects with the potential to have multiple projects under your control.

About the role of Project Quantity Surveyor

You will be managing various other contractors beneath you, ensuring project operations run smoothly while managing upstream communication to the clients. There is a high level of detailed reporting required and you must be able to create cost + plans for clients, substantiate any financial plans, adhere to health and safety standards managing your own cost reports, and any and all applications while working on FSA contracts.

A PQS or QS will manage projects with values of 15 - 20 million, managing subcontractors and packages independently, on a variety of projects vary but a majority will be groundworks and footpath based for datacentres.

A QS / PQS will be expected to travel across Europe to multiple sites within their first two months of employment, then after you have settled into the role you can operate 1 week in the UK, and 1 week in Europe as a cycle. You must be ready and prepared to spend sustained periods overseas when required, up to one month or more at a time.

Responsibilities for Project Quantity Surveyor

• Ability to independently manage and run projects up to 20million in value
• Creating 'Cost plus' reporting, applications and financial reporting organisation and submitting skills, CVR's, Lump sum, cashflow forecasting and other managing reporting duties
• Ability to travel when required across European sites
• Subcontractor management and package delivery
• Upstream communication effectiveness and client facing duties
• Be able to plan for and implement change on projects when required

Requirements for Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Ability to travel within Europe
• Ability to stay abroad for sustained periods of time
• Project management experience
• Subcontractor management experience
• Client liaison and meeting experience
• Ownership and accountability of all work under your leadership
• Extreme attention to detail and skilled at producing any and all reporting
• Previous Data centre or Groundworks experience (Not a firm Requirement)

What we offer for Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Travel across Europe
• Fast track progression and direct higher management communication with the ability to progress to Divisional Director as projects and work grows
• Multiple projects to manage
• Long term secured work and job stability
• Above market salary and benefits with with a yearly fixed bonus and uncapped bonuses on won projects
• Access to work in the booming Data centre and infrastructure industry
• Access to high profile clients valued in the billions