Lead Quantity Surveyor in Southampton

Bell has an exciting opportunity for a full-time, permanent Lead Surveyor to join our team in Wessex .

Job Role:

• Responsible for large volumes of sales.
• Meeting and exceeding forecasts for profit & WIP targets.
• Managing and training surveyors, trainees, and branch employees.
• Strong leader who has led a team of surveyors.
• Progressing tenders to provide an accurate basis for pricing allowing Branch Managers and Commercial team review.
• Monitor weekly and monthly cost information ensuring accuracy.
• Maintaining strong customer relationships growing and identifying opportunities to lead to new business.
• Exercise commercial judgment to prevent and protect from financial loss.
• Maintain site presence.
• Responsible for continued development of Trainee surveyors.

Specific duties and responsibilities of the role:

• Understand H&S requirements of tenders and contracts.
• Responsible for accurate production of estimates.
• Check contracts and tender documentation and eliminate areas of risk.
• Understanding of local Market.
• Understanding of cost base and production levels to secure work.
• Develop specialist subcontract and supplier contacts.
• Ensure production targets are issued and contract CVR's are set.
• Ensure quality of subcontract orders.
• Monitor and accrue sales rebates.
• Approve subcontractor payments.
• Complete final accounts within contractual timescales.
• Ensure financial reporting accurately reflects status of progress, valuations, billings and collectable cash.
• Ensure contractual targets at detail and summary levels, from operative to contract manager.
• Review cost base of the branch including, labour rates, subcontractors, plant, and materials.
• Support recruitment, induction, performance management and development for commercial and estimating staff, and Administration staff.
• Ensure work is delivered to forecast gross margins.
• Responsible for monthly CVR's in group format.
• Participate and influence branch monthly contract portfolio reports.
• Monitor cost allocations to ensure correct control measures are in place and costs are allocated correctly.
• Manage invoice disciplines to achieve company debtor day targets. Participate in negotiations to agree rebate levels.
• Monitor and assist with agreement and collections of aged debt.
• Check and audit purchases, timesheets.
• Support commercial tender decisions , contribute to pre-tender submissions and deliver supporting documents and presentations.
• Communicate with Regional and Branch Managers regarding cost, value and progress projects. Support commercial tender decisions.
• Provide commercial forecasting, project reviews.
• Provide guidance and advice on contractual disputes.
• Assist with portfolio analysis, focusing on WiP reductions, under-performing contracts, retention release, profitability.
• Identify under performing projects and assist in ways to improve performance.
• Oversee any large-scale applications for price increases, to ensure all facets of BCIS (TPI's) have been calculated.

Qualifications and experience required to undertake the role

• MCIOB
• CMI L5 Certificate Management & Leadership
• HND/HNC in Building Studies
• Pitman Excel – Advanced Users
• CSCS card – Manager / Professionally qualified person
• Knowledge and experience in working for a large sub contractor, preferably with a painting background
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Strong analytical and mathematical abilities
• Exceptional time management skills
• Good negotiating talent
• A drive for career progression.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on skillset and experience
• 31 holidays including public holidays which increases with length of service
• Opportunity to buy and sell holidays
• Opportunity to earn a bonus
• Car allowance with a fuel card
• PPE provided
• Cycle to Work scheme
• One flu jab per year
• Paid maternity and paid paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance cover
• Pension contributions
• Access to cancer care specialists for employees impacted directly or indirectly by cancer
• Refer a Friend Bonus Scheme
• Long Service Awards

Business Overview:

Bell is currently one of the largest Property Services contractors in the UK, both in terms of our geographical coverage and our directly employed workforce.

We have been a family owned and operated company since 1988. Our group has grown since then to offer a full spectrum of property services including: Planned and Project works in Painting, Roofing, Flooring, Passive and Active Fire Protection, Kitchen and Bathroom Replacements, Multi-Disciplinary Fabric Upgrades, Retrofit and Energy Services and Response and Void Maintenance Contracts, delivered by expert, directly employed teams across 40 branches.

Our largest sectors are Social Housing, Defence, Local Authority, Healthcare, Education, Retail and Leisure, Commercial and Industrial. Our complementary private residential offering, Paint My Home and our specialist new build flooring and coatings business CB Contracts, and our Health and Safety advisory company complete our suite of businesses.

Our key strength is our people. We aim to help every team member progress to reach their full potential and are proud to have Directors on our board that began their career with us as Apprentices. We spend time developing training programmes to help our employees achieve their goals and instil a sense of pride. We seek out business opportunities to build employee and community skills and are considered one of the largest employers of apprentices within the construction industry.

For additional information on Bell Group, please visit our website and social media platforms

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Bell Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunities and accredited Living Wage Employer.

Bell Group Key Beliefs:

• Protect our people, protect our places, protect our planet
• Support our communities, customers and local economies
• Driven to improve, driven to succeed
• Here to listen, here to speak
• Proud of you, proud of your work, proud of us

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