Senior Project Manager (Quantity Surveyor)

MJH Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing consultancy firm in Greater London is seeking a Project Quantity Surveyor to oversee projects and support the PM team. The ideal candidate will have a BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, at least five years of relevant UK consultancy experience, and exceptional skills in construction project management. This role offers the potential for career advancement as well as business ownership opportunities, along with a competitive starting salary up to six figures plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ UK consultancy experience.
• Experience with bespoke private residential development.
• Familiarity with traditional JCT contracts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee PM team and manage client ownership.
• Champion day-to-day pre & post PQS work.
• Guide three intermediate level PMs on projects.

Skills

Construction Project Management

Quantity Surveying

Numeracy skills

MS Office skills

Education

BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Wanting out of the corporate life or simply wanting a more freedom /or a more integral role in a small but expanding PM / QS consultancy business?

Our clients’ business was born 8 years ago, it’s privately owned, based in West London, and more latterly has carved a niche reputation within the private London residential market. Now employing 5 technical staff, they perform traditional duties of Project Management / Quantity Surveying/ Employers Agent including Development Management.

By way of careful stewardship, they’ve now established a sound reputation for delivering exclusive high end residential projects as far away as Jersey. They also manage complex refurbs in listed properties in Belgravia (major basement redevelopments etc) as well as various other heavy refurbishments at exclusive postcodes across London. Projects typically ranging from £1-m.

This is a strategic hire to the business. One where you’ll be working closely with the MD, shouldering some legacy duties, adopting an oversight role within the existing PM team but importantly championing their day-to-day pre & post PQS work.

Fundamentally, they’re seeking someone who has a maturing character and experience to take on client ownership, but also someone capable of coaching, steering and guiding three intermediate level PM’s on various high-end projects. Each PM manages c3/4 projects concurrently.

Candidates wishing to apply must have a foundation construction degree (BSc or MSc), preferably in Quantity Surveying with either having developed and / or migrated their day to day over towards Project Management (or vice versa) but equally content to deliver responsibilities in either discipline.

Our client is seeking someone with a minimum of five years’ UK consultancy experience with experience of bespoke private residential development, being advantageous.

Other key criteria / skills required include:

• Full UK working eligibility in UK (our client cannot support those requiring VISA’s or related support)
• Sound knowledge of construction Project Management / Quantity Surveying
• Experience of delivering construction projects, or robust experiences / understanding of
• Full technical exposure & understanding of cost management (MRICS preferable)
• Proven experience with traditional JCT contracts
• Excellent numeracy skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage others but also offer strategic direction & independent working
• Good MS Office skills including Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook

This is superb opportunity for a budding Senior PM or a hybrid PM/QS, seeking that next step into business management (ie. Associate Director within the next months) and in addition, with time, equity / business ownership.

Starting salary up to c£k basic salary + benefits.

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