Associate Director – Quantity Surveying / Cost Management

We are working in partnership with an award-winning property and construction consultancy who have an exciting opening for an Associate Director Cost – Management / Quantity Surveying – in Birmingham.

Our client works with both public and private sector customers on a wide variety of projects including commercial, education, residential & industrial schemes.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting Business Directors in delivering business objectives.
• Positively engaging with customers – developing, growing and maintaining 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
• Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Units activities.

The package:

• Generous salary – negotiable depending on experience
• Excellent career development opportunities
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Global Travel Scholarship Programme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Our client is a gold standard investor in people employer

About you:

• 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 and lead high performance teams
• Clear and effective communication skills – both oral and written.
• 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.

Qualifications:

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