Senior Quantity Surveyor - Leeds

Would you like to work for a company with over 30 years of experience within Civil Engineering? Do you have a strong Quantity Surveying background, with the ability to effectively lead a successful team? We'd love to hear from you.

Here at CML, as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within the Commercial team, you can expect to be working on projects ranging from £300k to £2.5m, with an average of £600k.

Your Responsibilities:

1. Take commercial responsibility for a portfolio of works/multiple projects

2. Manage train and provide support to a dedicated commercial team, carrying out regular job chats, PDR’s and helping to develop staff through PDP’s

3. Provide advice to commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence

4. Supply relevant commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence

5. Manage and produce formal reports to the Commercial Manager/Director for inclusion in the quarterly commercial board report

6. Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements

7. Ensure all contract correspondence is recorded and logged

8. Develop client relationships, achieving a progressive improvement in customer satisfaction

9. Maintain and establish regular contact/meetings with client

10. Oversee and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets

11. Develop and monitor the use of cost and financial reporting systems

12. Carry out monthly/periodic financial reviews (CVR’s) on portfolio/multiple projects and forecast final outturn values for cost, sales and margin

13. Oversee and monitor the process for production and submission of variations/change including maintaining variation/change log

14. Prepare and submit periodic valuations/application for payments ensuring that Client payment and cash collection is achieved in accordance with the contract

15. Identify potential commercial/financial risk and opportunity and evaluate options to mitigate/realise

16. Oversee the procedures for certification of contract payments/variations and settling final accounts to sub-contractors in line with agreed terms and conditions

17. Assist with tenders, both in terms of formulating and review

18. Comply and Promote the company safety policy

19. Any other duties as may reasonably be required.

Person Specification:

The perfect candidate will have:

• HND/ HNC/ Degree in Quantity Surveying – Essential

• A minimum of 5 years experience as a Quantity Surveyor - Essential

• Similar experience working within a contracting environment - Essential

• Civil Engineering experience - Essential

• Rail background - Desirable

• A membership with RICS/CES – Desirable

• The ability to confidently communicate with colleagues across the business, from Site staff to Directors

• Strong attention to detail and initiative to work independently

• The ability to guide and support team members in their learning and development within the department

The Package:

• Competitive Pay

• Working from our modern offices within a Grade 2 listed building, in trendy Chapel Allerton, North Leeds

• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people

• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays

• Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period

• Company Sick Pay

• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our dedicated in house Training team

• A mentoring scheme to help you settle well into the company and your new role

• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events

• Annual Flu Jabs

• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling

• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team

• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary

• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire

At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices , their beliefs or what disability they may have.

We’re also striving to be a Disability Confident employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities apply and interview for roles.