Lead Quantity Surveyor - Housing Projects & Commercial

Taylor Wimpey plc; Leicester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retail discounts

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Share plans

Car leasing

Job summary

Taylor Wimpey is seeking a seasoned Commercial Manager to lead full commercial management of housing projects from conception to completion. You will calculate prime costs, manage budgets, and provide cost guidance for land purchases and project milestones.

You will oversee health and safety information flow, monitor build costs, and drive value engineering to enhance profit and efficiency while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers and clients.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in the discipline within the house building industry.
• Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, NHBC and Health and Safety requirements.
• Industry related business qualification.
• Strong managerial and negotiation skills with internal and external clients
• Working knowledge of contract law.
• IT literate (Although COINS system preferred).
• Preferably member of CIOB or RICS

Responsibilities

• Full commercial management of housing projects from conception to completion.
• Calculate prime costs including house pricing, labour costs, site work operations and remediation.
• Maintain and reconcile whole site infrastructure budgets and reconcile against phased developments.
• Provide a detailed cost budget and share with the Site Manager at the appropriate time.
• Implement wherever possible value engineering solutions & strategies to optimise profit and efficiency for the business.
• Maintain schedules of quantities (Bill of Quant's site database) and price them individually for prime cost budget.
• Preparation of Site Budgets for authorisation by the Business Unit Management Team at the appropriate time.
• Manage the adoption process of public works.
• Assist in finalising/agreeing Housing Association contracts.
• Manage Housing Association valuations and attend meetings on site.
• Manage Closed Contracts provisions and orders.
• Assist Customer Services in assessing the best commercial outcome for dealing with defects (incl cost recovery within Contract Agreements).
• Ensure the surveying team are run using consistently processes, documents & procedures
• Responsible for the pricing and management of subcontractors for the Customer Options system

Skills

Building Regulations

NHBC knowledge

Health & Safety

Managerial skills

Negotiation skills

IT literate

CIOB or RICS member

Education

Industry related business qualification

Tools

COINS system

Job description

Taylor Wimpey is seeking a seasoned Commercial Manager to lead full commercial management of housing projects from conception to completion. You will calculate prime costs, manage budgets, and provide cost guidance for land purchases and project milestones.

You will oversee health and safety information flow, monitor build costs, and drive value engineering to enhance profit and efficiency while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams, suppliers and clients.