Overview:
Our client has an exciting opportunity for a Group Surveying Manager to join their team. They are open to location for this position, however you will be required to travel across a set business units covering the Midlands. As our Group Surveying Manager, you will provide overall independent Commercial Assurance to the Group through analytical data reviews & attendance at Regional monthly CVR meetings. You will also provide support to Divisions & Regions on Commercial processes, systems, onboarding & risk analysis.
Benefits:
* Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
* Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
* Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
* Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
* 2 Volunteering days per annum
* Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
* Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
* Share save and share incentive schemes
* Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…
What They Need From You:
* HNC or Degree in Surveying, Building or similar
* Extensive experience working within Construction Industry
* Company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
* Previous experience as Managing QS or Commercial Manager within the industry
* A strong understanding or building regulations and legal obligations
* A good knowledge or construction methods and materials
* Experience of project leading
* Strong mathematical and IT ability
* Ability to assess and analyse information
* Good business sense
* Good understanding working within regions
* Negotiating and networking skills
* Excellent communications skills
* Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work to strive for improvement
* Excellent team working skills
* Personable approach
* Accurate with an eye for detail
* A methodical approach
* Capable of strategic vision
* Decision making/problem solving/multi-tasking
* Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it
Desirable…
* Degree in Surveying, Building or similar
* A member of or working towards being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)Coins IT system & Viewpoint document management system knowledge
More About the Role:
* Independent Commercial Assurance reporting into central function to provide detail analysis of CVRs/Costs.
* Share Commercial best practice across Regions, Divisions & wider Group through forums.
* Dual role providing support to Division & regions on Commercial processes and systems.
* A “doing” role – getting into the cost detail in all regions and providing a strong level of assurance.
* Commercial onboarding within regions for new starters to ensure Commercial Life of Site procedure and COINS system is integrated efficiently providing front end support – getting it right from day one.
* Attendance in every monthly CVR project meeting providing challenge to regional team and support to Division.
* Commercial assurance outputs into Division including collated Divisional CVR Report, specific system reports (Risks & Opportunities etc.) & CVR actions including key areas of risk highlighted.
* Ongoing legacy site risk analysis highlighted to Division.
* Ensuring updates from Group are embedded throughout and any costs associated forecasted correctly.
* Embedding of Commercial Life of Site Procedure and ensuring adoption throughout Commercial teams including review of exceptions.
* Ensuring seamless COINS migration into regions providing link between region and COINS project team.
* Provide Group Audit support for review alongside Regional Quarterly Self-Assessment review.
* Ensure Group wide messaging landing and adopted within the regions – Group agreements, initiatives, briefing notes, Commercial dashboard results and KPIs.
* Working alongside Group Estimator to provide benchmarking analysis & review within regions.
* Provide regional COINS support alongside Group Commercial Analyst
* Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in Regions, Divisions & Group.
* Identify various non-compliance, rectify and resolve.
* Travel between regions is essential for the role and will be predominantly based in regions within a division.
About the Company:
Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means they live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all they do; they empower us to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. They're a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach.