Managing Quantity Surveyor Emea Job In Glasgow

Managing Quantity Surveyor EMEA

Department: EMEA Consultancy - Data Centre

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Glasgow

Description

• Ensure the submission of first-class documents to our customers on time and to the correct scope and desired quality
• Manage and deliver projects to the required profitability margins
• Build good client relationships and deliver repeat business with existing clients

Main Responsibilities

• Be the client-facing Project Manager for each commission
• Manage multiple client relationships and have the ability to carefully manage competing priorities
• Deliver projects within agreed budget and maximise profitability margins
• Proactively manage BQ production team on daily basis, providing necessary support and taking appropriate intervention measures where required to ensure successful delivery to client requirements
• Manage the Technical Query process on assigned projects
• Agree variations in timely manner throughout commission
• Administer each project in line with the terms and conditions of contract agreed including applications for payment, notices etc.
• Hold pre-start meetings with the clients to understand their requirements and desired outputs
• Hold internal pre-start meetings with assigned BQ production teams, set achievable targets and prepare our internal pre-start briefing document
• Hold daily meetings with the BQ production teams to check on progress and assist with technical issues
• Prepare and answer TQ’s to be sent onto the client, discuss and implement the responses with the BQ production teams
• In the absence of TQ responses use your experience to propose reasonable assumptions to allow the commission to remain on programme
• Keep in regular contact with the client’s team to keep then up to date with progress
• Hold formal mid-term review meetings with clients
• Conduct a detailed QA of the BQ’s to ensure all aspects of the scope have been delivered and the bills/pricing documents are to the agreed Soben standard
• Conduct a detailed gap analysis of each commission
• Ensure all financial governance is adhered to on assigned projects
• Ensure all aspects of the Soben system and detailed QA process are executed on each project
• Have a detailed working knowledge of the prepared documents
• Take accountability for sign-off and submission
• Provide post-submission client care and be the point of contact for all post submission queries
• Be at the forefront of continuous improvement in the delivery of our service
• Support the UK Directors in all business matters as required
• Build good working relationships with our client’s estimators to ensure repeat business
• Be willing to travel on occasion to our clients offices in the UK and on occasion Europe
• Provide effective coaching and mentoring to the junior members of our team
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications/ Relevant Experience

• Preferably educated to degree level (or equivalent) standard
• MRICS is desirable
• Minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Driven, enthusiastic and committed to ongoing professional development
• BOQ
• Pre-contract experience
• Previous management experience would be useful, as would working within a building services environment
• Must possess excellent communication and negotiation skills, together with a common sense and flexible approach
• Always ensure adherence to the Soben Value