Senior Quantity Surveyor
Healthcare Sector | Construction
Flexible working | Hybrid
London W1T
About this opportunity
Join our London Healthcare team as Senior Quantity Surveyor!
We are searching for a senior cost Manager / quantity surveyor to join our London Healthcare team and support the growth of the service to clients in London and the South East. We are looking for someone with a comprehensive quantity surveying foundation and both pre & post contract experience, and proficiency working with NEC suite of contracts.
As senior cost manager in our London healthcare team, you will be a senior professional, reporting directly into our London healthcare lead. You will be responsible for managing costs and budgets of specific healthcare / hospital construction projects, including new builds, extensions, renovations, fit-outs and more – from early cost advice, cost planning & management, to settlement of the final account.
This role is an excellent opportunity for you to tackle complex, varied and major NHS projects, enhance your technical and people skills and become an expert in an interesting, challenging, varied and rewarding sector
With substantial growth plans for our London healthcare team, and a well established client base in the region, you'll find opportunities to progress within the sector and Gleeds, with opportunities to become an account or client lead, or a team manager within the service.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- 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.
- Cost-in-use studies.
- Advising on and implementing procurement strategies.
- Preparing tender documentation and managing the tender process, including designing tender marking schemes.
- Evaluating and reporting on tenders.
- 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.
- Producing and presenting reports to Customers.
- Mentoring and coaching employees to their full potential.
- Identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Units activities.
- Preparing bids for services.
- 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
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