Quantity Surveyor

Cumming Group (FM & Constructor Services) Ltd; Manchester; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cumming Group is a leading international project and cost management consultancy delivering value across construction, real estate and infrastructure. We support major clients with governance, risk and value management while maintaining a strong focus on quality and timely delivery.

We seek an experienced professional with 4+ years' experience, MRICS progress, and proven ability to lead teams, manage stakeholders, and deliver budgets and cost plans to a high standard.

Qualifications

• Degree in construction/cost management or related field.
• Working towards MRICS or equivalent qualification.
• Proven leadership experience and client relationship skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide support for day-to-day delivery of small to medium projects and assist larger programmes.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports.
• Support risk and value management and contract administration.
• Prepare bills of quantities, schedules of rates, and performance on timely outputs.
• Deliver outputs to a high standard of quality and assist with governance and compliance.

Connaissances

Leadership

Client management

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Adaptability

Communication

Time management

Team motivation

Prioritisation

Risk awareness

Formation

Degree in construction/cost management/engineering/qs

MRICS or equivalent qualification (pursuing)

Leadership training (desirable)

Outils

MS Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Description du poste

Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide support for day-to-day delivery responsibility for small to medium projects, support larger projects/programmes of work and demonstrate the ability to take on tasks with minimal supervision.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans and client reports.
• Support risk and value management.
• Contract administration including preparation of valuations, forecasts, cost reports and attendance at project meetings.
• Preparation of bills of quantities, schedules of rates, or other methods of work evaluation.
• Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner to a high standard of quality.
• Support the delivery of work through proactive involvement where appropriate and through performance management of personnel to ensure work is completed in a timely manner to a high-quality standard.
• Undertake service delivery is in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Practice, particularly Health and Safety and Quality Assurance.
• Provide services in compliance with the client's corporate governance procedures where applicable.
• Achieve all objectives as required by the annual performance review process.
• Work to deadlines set by the Project Team Leader.
• Filing of project correspondence in accordance with requirements.
• Support evaluation of tenders, contractor selection and contract documentation.
• Develop our business; networking and developing client relationships.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development and continuous improvement.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Confidently respond to a client request; as well as understanding when to elevate client issues to senior members of the team.
• Provide innovative solutions to improve project delivery.
• Ability to show resilience and resourcefulness in the face of highly complex challenges.
• Commitment to outperforming client expectations.
• Support stakeholder management.
• Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.
• Dealing with a wide range of stakeholders in a flexible environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility in response to changing requirements and routines.
• Show good leadership skills and demonstrable ability to lead, motivate and manage teams including the supply chain.
• Starting to manage conflicting priorities and organise workloads in conjunction with the appropriate Director.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Ideally degree qualified: construction, cost management, engineering, quantity surveying or other RICS accredited degree.
• Working towards MRICS / other equivalent qualification or experience.
• Developed understanding of leadership techniques and ideally some formal leadership training.
• 4+ years' experience.
• Experience on the Main Contracting side preferrable.
• Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters.
• Experience of industry standard forms of contract, typically JCT and NEC.
• Basic pre and post contract technical cost management skills.
• Good core technical skills.
• Good IT skills for the role including MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Developing interpersonal skills with both client and staff.

Recruitment Agencies

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.

Cumming Group is passionate about helping our clients execute large-scale, complex projects on-time and within budget. Our project and cost-management services are specifically tailored to each client’s needs and add meaningful value at every step of a project’s development. Drawing on deep expertise in the communities and sectors we serve, we anticipate and solve problems, deliver solutions, and drive results. Since opening our doors in 1996, Cumming Group has grown to 50+ offices globally and is now home to more than 3,000+ team members - including many of the brightest minds in the industry.

Learn more about what a great organisation we are here.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities through its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group's policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to age, sex, race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity or national origin), religion or belief, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave or any other protected characteristic under UK and European law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.