Total 8 Senior Executive level Construction / Property job vacancies in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3TD

My client, a PLC developer based in Peterborough are looking for an experienced QS/SQS to look after one of thier new and exciting schemes starting in Littleport, a scheme of 337 units.

You will be responsible for tendering the development all the way through from site start budget to final account. Responsible for accurate CVR reviews on COINS, placing of orders and general cost control and payments.

This is a Hybrid role, where you will be WFH, onsite or at the HQ in Peterborough

Project info

• Working for an NHBC award winning PLC developer
• Exciting new scheme involving new infrastructure, landscaping, open spaces, community and leisure centre
• Working alongside a great team - very hard working but sociable outside of hours
• Fantastic mentors to learn from
• Mixed residential development - traditional build, houses and flats
• 10 years of solid work forecasted - progression to promotions will be encouraged

What you will be doing

• You will be working on a new scheme comprised of roughly 300+ units
• Responsible for procurement of some high risk packages and many low risk packages
• Preparing CVR's
• Will be helping to manage an Assistant QS

Requirements

• At least 6+ years experience working within a QS position in the UK
• An excellent approach to work and professional outlook on the construction industry
• Main contractor/developer experience desired but not essential
• RC Frame experience needed
• Strong references
• Computer literate
• Excellent communication skills
• Solid commercial acumen
• Educated to a degree level or equivalent (BSc Quantity Surveying preferred)

Benefits:

• Paying up £60-£75,000 basic salary
• Highly competitive remuneration package
• Dynamic, forward thinking company
• Strong pipeline of work
• Long term stability and progression

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Your new company
One of the UK's leading building and civils contractors operating throughout the country within a number of key sectors including: Commercial, Highways, Renewable, Water and Marine

Your new role
Senior Quantity Surveyor required to work on one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK based out of the Peterborough area. As part of the role you will manage a team of multi-discipline contractors, multi-disciplined supply chain and encourage collaboration and innovation to be industry leading in commercial management.
Main responsibilities include:

• Achieve the appropriate commercial result for projects through the provision of accurate financial reporting.
• Build and maintain working relationships with the supply chain and clients.
• Manage subcontractor supplier accounts, financially and contractually. Monitor subcontractors against the programme. Negotiate final accounts.
• Develop, manage, and coordinate the procurement schedule.
• Complete measurements and valuations of work executed, ensuring that they meet the conditions of the contract (re-measure as required).
• Monitor project expenditure against budget. Provide analysis of cost over-run and cost projections. Exploring opportunities to maximise value and minimise cost.
• Liaise with clients on commercial issues, including agreement of variations, claims and additional payments.
• Identify legitimate contractual claim situations and prepare suitable documentation to clients.
• Create project specific commercial risk and opportunity profiles with measurable controls and allocate responsibility.
• Lead and support a team of Surveyors. This will include people management interventions such as performance management, individual focus reviews, workforce planning and the continuous professional development of the team.
• Mentor and coach your commercial team members in line with Company standards and values, to maximise the potential of both the teams and the individuals in line with the Company values and behavioural competencies.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience in pre- and post-contract experience in a construction commercial management role working on major projects.
• Experience administering NEC form of contract.
• Degree or demonstrable suitable commercial management experience
• Strong understanding of modern Civil Engineering techniques, plant and equipment and an appreciation of logistical needs/issues.
• Appreciations of the impact of cost on the completion of a programme and development of a construction solutions.
• Strong IT Skills
• Full Manual UK driving licence essential
  
  
  What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
Regional Civils and Build contractor with a growing order book. They prioritise client needs, employing a team dedicated to building honest relationships through clear communication. They ensure complete satisfaction from start to finish, with every detail meeting the highest standards. With strong client relationships, both new and returning, showcasing their expertise and driving continuous improvement. Their passion for quality and innovation remains unwavering, ensuring first-class service in every project.
Your new role
Due to expansion, they are now looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team, reporting in to the Director. Dealing with projects ranging from £400k - £2.5m.
You will be responsible for and not limited to:

• Prepare and manage project budgets, cost plans, and financial reports.
• Conduct cost analysis and risk management.
• Oversee procurement processes and manage subcontractor accounts.
• Ensure compliance with contract terms and conditions.
• Provide accurate and timely financial advice to project teams.
• Liaise with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Variations

What you'll need to succeed
Previous experience working on similar projects


What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Senior Estimator - Cambridge - £70k-£80k

This Main Contractor are seeking to recruit an Experienced Estimator to join their established team of professionals, based in their Cambridge office. The successful candidate will be joining one of the largest family run construction business dealing with a diverse range of interesting and challenging projects across multiple sectors.

About the role-

- For this role you will need to be ambitious, self motivated and able to work both independently and within our team of like minded individuals. You will have excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, and you will need to hold a clean driving license. You need to be a conscientious, organised and a pro-active team player, highly motivated and committed to achieving company targets and always focused on the task in hand.

Responsibilities-

- Producing cost plans from RIBA stage 0 (elementally on historic data) to stage 3 (fully measured and rated). Ideally the ability to price from first principals

- Taking-off from drawings using Autodesk Design Review to produce detailed cost plans and quantity checks on the produced BQs

- Leading the tender enquiry process

- Allocation of elemental BQ items into works packages

- Subcontractor comparisons & identifying scope gaps

Requirements -

- Good organisation skills

- Computer skills - need to be proficient on Microsoft Office packages. Experience with Causeway and Excel estimating software is desired.

- Excellent spoken and written English

- A good, clear telephone manner is essential as there will be client interface during the course of the daily works, including Teams meetings.

Whats on offer ?

- £70k-£80k

- 25 days holiday

- company car

- Free parking

- Pension scheme

- Career progression

If you want to hear more about this Senior Estimator role please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or contact Jess in our London on 07749578587.

Job Specification: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Cambridge, UK

Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum

About the Company:
Our company is a well-established construction firm operating in the Cambridge area. With a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from Education and Public sector developments to Private and Commercial ventures, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality construction solutions. We specialize in Fit Out, New Build, Refurbishment, and Facilities Management projects, predominantly focusing on traditional building methods.

Role Description:
We are seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing projects around the £15 million mark, demonstrating proficiency in handling a variety of project types and sectors. The role will be office-based, with projects located within a 20-mile radius of Cambridge.

Key Responsibilities:
Manage cost estimation, budgeting, and financial control for construction projects.
Handle a diverse range of projects across various sectors including Education, Public, Private, Heritage, and Commercial.
Oversee Fit Out, New Build, Refurbishment, and Facilities Management projects.
Negotiate contracts and agreements with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
Ensure compliance with regulations and quality standards.
Serving as a primary point of contact for clients, addressing their needs, concerns, and queries throughout the project lifecycle.
Providing regular reports on project costs, financial performance, and forecasting to project stakeholders.
Prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQ) or Schedules of Rates.

Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, preferably with exposure to projects around the £15 million mark.
Strong understanding of construction methods, materials, and techniques.
Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
Effective communication and negotiation abilities.
Proficiency in relevant software tools and technologies.

Additional Requirements:
Flexible approach to work and willingness to handle a variety of projects.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
Full UK driving license.

Benefits:
Competitive salary up to £70,000 per annum.
Opportunity to work on a variety of projects across different sectors.
Supportive work environment with opportunities for career growth and development.
Office-based role with projects located within a 20-mile radius of Cambridge.
Company car or Company Van with Mileage or a Fuel Card, company profit share, death in service, regular company events, pension, holidays etc.

Time Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Your new company
One of the UK's leading construction companies operating across multiple sectors including; Build, Civils, Defence, Energy and Aviation, working on a wide range of projects from schools and universities to flood defence and highways
Your new role
As one of the stakeholders within the Anglian Water framework, they provide both design and construction services across the whole of Anglian Water's region, which is the largest by geographic area in the UK, stretching across Lincolnshire and East Anglia. Work is mainly focussed on clean water infrastructure (water mains), but also includes wastewater infrastructure and both water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects, such as treatment works and pumping stations.

They are now looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team, reporting into the Commercial Manager for the commercial and cost management of a project or programme of projects from inception through to close out. You will be commercially conscious to the delivery team, providing commercial support to both the delivery management and on-site delivery teams.
Responsibility to ensure that operations are carried out to control costs, maximising value, minimising future liabilities and maintaining the required standard of quality and safety.
Working as part of a delivery team providing commercial challenge and recommending actions to achieve and create an environment of out performance.
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, some of the key duties include:

• Assist the programme area estimating team to ensure robust estimates are provided that align to scope and make allowance for risks and opportunities including any necessary analysis, transfer of data to procurement system and cost base.
• Subcontracts are properly prepared & reflect agreed scope. Subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, early warnings, compensation events, programme submissions etc., that all contract files are maintained & kept up to date.
• Work closely with the procurement team, Construction Manager and Project Delivery Manager to develop & monitor procurement strategy.
• Work closely with the site team attending site regularly to ensure they are aware of and can manage the allowances and outputs, provide robust challenge to achieve outperformance, communicate change control and escalate when necessary.
• Accurate live forecasting taking into account the programme and reporting in accordance with the respective work breakdown structure / cost breakdown structure.
• Actual costs are monitored and assessed against baseline, value of work done, solution cost progress, affordability challenges and final outturn calculations, reporting either weekly or otherwise as agreed with the Commercial Manager.
• Provide reports on actual costs vs. estimate & identifying underlying reasons for any variance & resolutions, in particular highlight, challenge & resolve variance to latest plans.
• Work with the delivery team to assist with project and programme risk mitigation plans are considered, put in place and administered.
• Ensure that the Framework Contract is properly administered, including timely issue of early warnings.
• Any inadmissible costs are not included within the project/programme of project costs.
• Final accounts are prepared timely and accurately.

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree level (or equivalent) in an engineering/management/cost discipline.
• Extensive experience in managing costs
  
  
  What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

We are working with a Tier 1 national contractor who are in need of a Quantity Surveyor to join their in house M&E team.

They are the largest privately owned contractor in the UK and work on Framework and targeted 2 stage, negotiated bids only. The regional office is in Cambridge and you role will be to work with the teams delivering projects in the local area and Northern Home Counties parch. Projects are £25 to £150 million in value and range from education, office schemes, refurbs, data centres and commercial/industrial schemes.

The initial scheme is a major £90 million redevelopment of an existing prison complex and is a joint venture between their construction team and in house M&E services team so teamwork, collaboration and information flow are paramount.

The role is to work on bid and preconstruction with the estimating and design teams to analyse and investigate the best ways to deliver the scheme in terms of budget, quality and performance. Identify and partner with specialist subcontractors a swell as in house delivery teams as well. Once through the bid and 2nd stage negotiations you will be taking the schemes out onto site.You will be looking after a project Qs and an Assistant Qs on site and have overview and responsibility for the commercial health of the M&E elements of the projects including managing sub contract packages, procurement of materials and plant, remeasure, valuations, payments, managing variation accounts, forecasting, CVR's etc.

They have excellent salary, annual bonus and benefits available for the right people and have secured pipeline of work for 2023 and 2024 on a range of framework and 2 stage negotiated schemes and are recognised as one of the best employers to work for in term's of salaries, benefits, training and development opportunities.

If you want a real challenge and have the ability to manage large, complex packages and be able to implement your own ideas then contact me today

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Your new company
Working for one of the largest organisations within the construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. They are growing massively in the market, winning projects worth up to 300 million. The sectors cover new facilities, prisons, refurbishments, and new houses. You will be part of an exciting team who are friendly and welcoming with a big impact on inclusion in the team.
Your new role
You will be a MEP Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Southern team focussing on high-profile, technically complex mechanical and electrical projects across multiple sectors. You will be working as part of a growing inclusive and exciting team.
As the Senior Quantity Surveyors, you are a valuable part of the business, where you will lead the team on a project or cluster of packages having full accountability for the development and implementation of all pre- and post-contract strategies, commercial functions, and contract reporting. As the Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will take the lead; working collaboratively with our customers and industry specialists with a firm focus on added value, compliance, commercial viability, and best practice.
As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will:

• Develop and encourage project team performance, ensuring that SES main contractual obligations and/or strategies are executed and regularly reviewed.
• Actively engage with all internal and external stakeholders and ensure delivery of the commercial function within your assigned projects.
• Producing internal and external commercial reports

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the commercial aspects of construction and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry.
Benefits:

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 6% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits-include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk