Managing Surveyor - Godalming, United Kingdom - Parker Jones Group

Parker Jones Group

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Godalming, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Managing Surveyor - Social Housing/Housing Association/Reburb/Reactive/Voids
**Managing a team of 5 (2 Surveyors, 1 Associate & 2 Trainees)

**Office Based initially to then move to Hybrid

Salary - £66k + £7k Car Allowance & 10% Profit Share

To develop and maintain a high performing Surveying team to ensure delivery of contracts at or above agreed profit performance.
To oversee and manage financial and technical aspects of contracts including procurement, invoicing and payment to minimise costs, maximise value and cash flow and meet profit and debtor day targets.
To regularly support more than one business unit
To mentor and train new surveyors and trainees and support the commercial aspects within the product
To prepare tenders by measuring and calculating rates for estimating
To ensure all work issued has labour targets to return agreed profit
To manage the contract accounting and ensure prompt payment, control cost information and prepare CVRs and valuations to monitor contract performance
To develop and maintain relationships with colleagues, customers, subcontractors and suppliers
To ensure that surveying disciplines are being consistently followed across the product
By delivering through people, and taking a handson approach when required
To induct/develop newly recruited surveyors and trainee surveyors in adopting IWAY processes and disciplines

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Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders:

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Manage pricing of tenders to maximise business wins and profitability, where size of tender dictates delegate actions to other product surveyors ensuring clarity of instruction and responsibility is given
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Engage with key suppliers and / or IW procurement manager to ensure best price is obtained, explore options to use comparative products and influence added value / cost savings
Check contract/tender documents and highlight risks, liaise with the IW commercial team for help and advice.
Prepare CVRs for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning
Procure materials, plant and subcontracts in line with BMS and contract budgets
Ensure productivity targets are agreed and issued before contract start
Liaise with customer to authorise all variations before execution to ensure payment and invoices are unchallenged
Manage billing process to minimise capital usage
Take purchase, credit and debtor responsibility using COINS to achieve excellent cash flow
Analyse and report variance to contract budget weekly
Liaise with Contract Manager on operational requirements and customer, subcontractors and operatives on work and scoping queries
Make sure weekly reporting from site has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance exceptional to budget, value, progress, quality and safety)
Check all costs chargeable to contract are on COINS and make suitable provisions
Produce monthly contract valuations in line with Company Policy
Update COINS and contract documents on time to provide an audit trail and answer queries and produce reports
Support the business with sales and marketing activities; presenting to customers and developing tender specific method statements