Project Surveyor

WATES; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates offers an opportunity for a Project Surveyor in the Cambridgeshire area, focusing on social housing contracts. The role entails overseeing contract strategies, managing financial reporting, and ensuring project value maximization. Successful candidates will have a strong background in commercial contract management and social housing experience.

Qualifications

• Relevant commercial skills and experience in managing contracts.
• Social housing retrofit experience is essential.
• Ability to effectively use and understand financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for development and implementation of contract strategies.
• Complete and submit monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) reports.
• Ensure subcontract management obligations are complete.

Skills

Cost Control

Cash Management

Communication

Job description

The Vacancy

Wates have an opportunity for a Project Surveyor to join our Wates team within our Planned Maintenance division. You will be working in the Cambridgeshire area on our social housing contracts. You will be expected to take accountability for the development and implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Develop and encourage project team performance encouraging and ensuring that Wates’ main contractual obligations and or strategies are executed and regularly reviewed
• Complete and submit monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) and progress reports
• Demonstrate understanding of internal and external tender strategies / build up
• Agree external valuations / cash flow to maximise project value
• Work with the Commercial Manager to agree and produce main and subcontract final accounts
• Ensure all Wates subcontract management / process obligations are complete with particular reference to Procurement, Measurement and valuation, Contractual instructions / notices / orders as well as Health and Safety

To be successful in the role you will already have relevant commercial skills and experience including the ability to maximise value recovery, cost control and cash management as well as effectively use / understand financial reports and final accounts. Social housing retrofit experience is essential and SHDF is preferable but not a deal breaker.

Alongside this you will be a confident communicator, able to demonstrate the ability to form and develop relationships with the client, Project Surveyors, design team and supply chain. You will also be committed to leading and developing commercial site teams.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.