Senior MEP Quantity Surveyor/Cost Manager

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Company: HeatherDaniel International
Location: United, PA

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Senior MEP Quantity Surveyor/Cost Manager – Nationwide USA

Description

This role presents an excellent opportunity for a proactive Senior Mechanical and Electrical Quantity Surveyor who can take responsibility for a number of projects, acting as the sole contact with each client as well as provide support to the existing team in the delivery of projects.

There will be a focus on professional work on a wide variety of selected projects.

  • Data centre
  • Commercial new build and refurbishment projects
  • Major residential and mixed use developments
  • Sports and Leisure/Stadium projects – both nationally and globally

Person Specification:

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.

  • Quantity Surveyor (cost manager) with relevant experience in Mechanical and Electrical Services Quantity Surveying
  • MRICS or professionally qualified in either a surveying or engineering discipline
  • Mechanical and Electrical experience essential
  • Technical background with a degree in quantity surveying, engineering, or another construction related subject or equivalent
  • Pre and Post contract experience of large complex schemes
  • Cost planning and managing a design to budget experience on projects with a minimum of supervision
  • Feasibility and cost planning, procurement advice, tender documentation and post contract services
  • Previously employed by a consultancy or end user client
  • Well organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal
  • Excellent customer service, communication and client/external interface skills
  • Stakeholder management with a clear focus on developing client accounts and forging new business relationships
  • A track record of effective working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering to deadlines
  • A team player, outgoing, flexible, enthusiastic and ambitious
  • Ability to identify and develop potential opportunities to secure more business
  • Must be eligible to work in North America

Responsibilities

  • The individual will be an integral part of a team that is accountable for the commercial and contractual performance of a project
  • To support business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances
  • To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
  • Comply with established commercial/procurement/ contractual strategies
  • Take personal responsibility for complying with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards
  • Individually or as part of a team operate processes for the selection, appointment and management of construction and engineering contractors
  • Cost Planning including:
  • Preparation of indicative cost budgets and appraisals
  • Preparation of elemental cost plans in accordance with NRM
  • Provide advice and opinion in respect of our client development plans and expectations
  • Value engineering studies
  • Procurement including:
  • Providing advice on procurement strategy
  • Assembling and seeking agreement to long and short tender lists
  • Preparing and issuing tender documents.
  • Running a competitive tender process including managing queries from tendering contractors
  • Managing and contributing to structured and documented tender evaluations
  • Preparation of Contract Recommendation Reports
  • Preparation of contract documents
  • Complaint tenders
  • Post Contract Quantity Surveying including:
  • Scrutinising and verifying applications for interim payments
  • Preparing certificates
  • Managing change control in accordance with contracts
  • Producing cost reports and cost forecasting
  • Assisting Project Managers in preparing Early Warnings, Instructions and Compensation Events
  • Attending progress meetings
  • Promote commercial awareness throughout project
  • Support formal dispute resolution process and contract close out strategy as required
  • Advising and liaising with internal project and cost control team
  • Developing Commercial Strategies
  • Developing Acquisition Strategies

Qualifications

  • Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management/Engineering or equivalent
  • Minimum 10 years’ international experience working on a range of projects.
  • Excellent technical knowledge and experience across the full range of Cost Management duties including: Cost Estimates, Bills of Quantities, Value Engineering, Tendering and Evaluation, Contract Knowledge, Change Orders and Final Account close-out
  • Candidates with experience in hi-tech technology, commercial, infrastructure, manufacturing, retail fit out experience are preferred.
  • Experience from consultancy background, well versed with mechanical and electrical (M&E) work experience is preferred.
  • Team player with excellent leadership and problem solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to negotiation, influence and persuade others

Benefits:

  • Bonus scheme

Reference ID: LP001

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Contract

Salary: $150,000.00 /year

Experience:

  • Quantity surveying/Cost : 10 years (Preferred)