Regional M&E Quantity Surveyor

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy is seeking a Regional M&E Quantity Surveyor to join their team. This senior/associate director role involves managing costs and budgets for M&E packages across various sectors, including government, defense, and healthcare. Benefits include excellent career progression opportunities, a hybrid working model, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Comprehensive benefits package

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Broad, in-depth cost management experience post MRICS qualification.
• Detailed knowledge and practiced experience of cost estimating and cost planning techniques.
• Ability to motivate and lead high performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs and budgets for M&E package construction projects.
• Deliver high quality services to meet Customers’ requirements.
• Prepare and present order of cost estimates and option studies.

Skills

Cost management experience post MRICS qualification

Cost estimating and cost planning

Construction procurement strategies knowledge

Post-contract cost management

Leadership and team motivation

Education

MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Regional M&E Quantity Surveyor – Senior / Associate Director. Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working. South East (Home Counties).

About this opportunity: We’re searching for a quantity surveyor specialising in M&E / MEP cost management to join our Southern real estate region to deliver key M&E work and play a key role in the growth of our regional M&E service.

This is a brand new role, created specifically to develop our services in a high growth area of our business. Joining us as our regional M&E quantity surveyor you will partner & collaborate with our Oxford, Cambridge, Southampton & Tunbridge Wells cost management teams. You\'ll provide technical M&E support for strategic bids, guide and advise junior M&E surveyors in local teams, and deliver a range of cost and surveying work across local & central government, defence, commercial, education & healthcare.

Joining us in this role, you\'ll benefit from:

• Excellent career progression opportunities, with scope to lead a regional discipline
• Regional travel opportunities, with flexible / hybrid working patterns
• Management & team growth opportunities
• Structured support towards professional qualifications
• Being part of a successful, growing regional business
• Working for one of the UK\'s certified "Great Places To Work"
• Competitive salary + car allowance
• Comprehensive benefits package including health & wellbeing, enhanced holiday options, family provisions plus partnership discounts across travel, entertainment, food & drink, electronics & tech, and more.

Your role will focus on managing costs and budgets for M&E packages construction projects, from early cost advice to settlement of the final account. Additional responsibilities for Associate Directors includes managing customer relationships to ensure service deliverables.

A breakdown of your responsibilities are as follows:

• Supporting Business Unit Directors in delivering business objectives.
• Positively engaging with Customers and developing, growing and maintaining Customer relationships.
• Delivering high quality services and ensuring that cost management deliverables meet Customers’ requirements.
• Managing projects to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with the business procedures.
• Preparing and presenting order of cost estimates and option studies
• Cost planning and benchmarking
• Cost-in-use studies
• Advising on and implementing procurement strategies
• Valuing completed work and arranging for payments
• Settling final accounts
• Providing technical advice on legal and contractual issues relating to construction projects
• Administrating contracts as Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent
• Managing service delivery for profit
• Advising Directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or that might arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Units activities.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme
• Flexible working arrangements

Who we are looking for

• Broad, in-depth cost management experience post MRICS qualification.
• Detailed knowledge and practiced experience of cost estimating and cost planning techniques.
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies.
• Thorough knowledge and experience of post-contract cost management tasks.
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contract Administrator and Employer’s Agent.
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.
• Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement) and to lead high performance teams
• Clear and effective communication skills - both oral and written.
• Methodical way of thinking and approach to work.
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills.
• Sound ICT skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Ability to prepare first-class bids for services.
• Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels.
• Ability to work as part of a team and manage teams.

Qualifications

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

About us

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.