Managing Quantity Surveyor

Fortem; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave + birthday off

Pay review every year

Private pension

Discounted gym memberships

Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee

Maternity/Paternity leave benefits

Job summary

Fortem is recruiting a Managing Quantity Surveyor for the Stonewater Housing contract, based in Chippenham, Wiltshire. You will lead commercial strategies, manage budgets and deliver robust cost control across repairs, maintenance, and capital works.

Essentially, you will optimise cashflow, produce governance reports, and mentor the team. A QS degree and 5+ years’ contract experience are expected, with strong Excel and negotiation skills throughout.

Qualifications

• QS degree or equivalent training or a minimum of 5 years relevant contract experience.
• Excellent data interrogation and Excel skills (V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formulas).
• Negotiating, communication and presentation skills. Driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full entitlement under the contract and drive commercial negotiations.
• Oversee the application schedule of rates and act as SME for contractual matters.
• Maximise cash flow via monthly invoicing and resolve client queries promptly.
• Monitor and analyse management information and job costs vs revenue.
• Provide accurate cashflow forecasts and revenue profiles and update regularly.
• Prepare financial reports: CVR, CVC and management accounts with cost control.
• Coordinate IT integration between client systems and Fortem’s for efficiency.

Skills

Excellent data interrogation

Negotiating skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Line management experience

Education

QS degree or equivalent training

Minimum 5 years relevant contract experience

Tools

Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot tables)

SORs

Accounting software

Job description

Here at Fortem Solutions we're looking to recruit a Managing Quantity Surveyor to join our Stonewater Housing contract, based in the office in Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The Client

Our contract with Stonewater is long term with the option to extend the partnership again. On our contract we cover over 7,500 houses in 4 different areas of the South-West, from Taunton and Yeovil, over to Bristol and Swindon and down to Salisbury and Bournemouth. We currently deliver Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Capital Works and an Electrical Service program. We pride ourselves on our great customer service and our senior leadership team has years of experience within this sector which can help you develop your learning and knowledge base.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure the company secures its full entitlement within the parameters of the Contract and further commercial negotiations.
• Responsible for the application schedule of rates, acting as a subject matter expert for contractual arrangements.
• Maximise cash flow through monthly invoicing, the implementation of appropriate procedures to resolve client queries and ensuring cash is received when due.
• Monitoring and analysis of management information and job cost against job revenue, supporting the operations and finance and enablement of data driven decision making.
• Ensure Accurate Cashflow Forecasts and Revenue profiles are in place and are accurate and updated regularly.
• Prepare and produce financial reports, including Cost Value Reconciliations (CVR), Cost Value Comparison (CVC) and management accounts, providing governance of budgets through robust cost control.
• Ensure the IT integration between the client’s system and Fortem’s is aligned to increase productivity and financial controls in-line with the contract conditions.
• Ensure budgets are set and shared with the commercial leads annually along with carrying out full reviews periodically when required.

What You Will Need

• Essential
• Excellent data interrogation skills
• Excellent Excel skills (incl. V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formula development)
• QS degree or equivalent training or a minimum of 5 years relevant contract experience
• Line Management experience
• Negotiating, communication and presentation skills
• Valid UK driving licenceDesirable

• Experience of Management Accounts
• Accounting skills
• Commercial Contractor exposure
• Experience with SORs
• Experience working within social housing

• Eligibility for bonus up to 10% of basic salary
• 29 days annual leave + birthday off*
• Pay review every year
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System
• Other benefits including Private pension, Life Insurance, dental care, private healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more

Who We Are

We are part of the Willmott Dixon group, established in 2002 Fortem provides specialist property solutions tailored to keep homes and buildings running smoothly. Our highly trained teams deliver a range of internal and external repairs as well as high quality voids, planned installations and gas services. Alongside our core functions, we have extensive experience in decarbonisation, specialising in making homes more energy-efficient and helping clients on their journey to become zero carbon.We are Investors in People - Gold, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.