Project Surveyor

Wates Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates Group is seeking a Project Surveyor to join their Planned Maintenance division in North London. This role involves implementing contract strategies, managing costs, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations while aiming for maximum project value. The candidate should possess strong commercial skills and a robust understanding of financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Relevant commercial skills and experience.
• Ability to maximize value recovery.
• Effective use of financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Develop and encourage project team performance.
• Complete and submit monthly Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR).
• Agree on external valuations to maximize project value.

Skills

Cost control

Cash management

Financial reports

Final accounts

Contract management

Job description

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Wates has an opportunity for a Project Surveyor to join our Wates team within our Planned Maintenance division. You will be working out of our North London office on one of our 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, ensuring that Wates’ main contractual obligations and 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 on external valuations / cash flow to maximize 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 this role, you will already have relevant commercial skills and experience, including the ability to maximize value recovery, cost control, and cash management, as well as effectively use and understand financial reports and final accounts.

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

Awards

• BEST PROJECT - Inside Housing Development Awards
• WINNER - 2022 Construction News Awards
• GOLD AWARD - Investors in People 2022
• GOLD AWARD - Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
• TOP 50 EMPLOYERS - 2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
• WINNER - 2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards