Associate Director - Quantity Surveyor

Associate Director
- Quantity Surveying
- Infrastructure UK Infrastructure Clients / Projects Birmingham & Surrounding areas Mixture of local office, home and client sites

Permanent / Full time - with flexible working and core hours

About this opportunity

Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1875, we are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world. We are an accredited Great Place to Work, with our people at the heart of everything we do.

Gleeds Infrastructure specialise in delivering projects worldwide with extensive experience in the Rail, Water & Utilities, Aviation, and Transportation & Highway sectors. Our goal is to deliver Infrastructure that leaves a positive, lasting legacy when well-integrated into the physical, human, and economic environment. Whether it’s a rail link, wind farm, or flood defence barrier, the goal is to create tangible benefits for individuals, communities, and economies.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Supporting Business Unit Directors in delivering business objectives.

Positively engaging with Customers and developing, growing and maintaining Customer relationships.

Delivering high quality services and ensuring that cost management deliverables meet Customers’ requirements.

Managing projects to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with the business procedures.

Preparing and presenting order of cost estimates and option studies

Cost planning and benchmarking

Cost-in-use studies

Advising on and implementing procurement strategies

Valuing completed work and arranging for payments

Settling final accounts

Providing technical advice on legal and contractual issues relating to construction projects

Administrating contracts as Contract Administrator Managing service delivery for profit

Advising Directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or that might arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance

Actively identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Units activities.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

Opportunities to develop and grow your careerA contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme Flexible working arrangements

Who we are looking for:

Proven background working or supporting on UK infrastructure projects or clients across, water, utilities, rail, highways or aviation.

Proven background or understanding of NEC3/4 contracts.

Broad, in-depth cost management experience post MRICS qualification.

Detailed knowledge and practiced experience of cost estimating and cost planning techniques.

Comprehensive knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies.

Thorough knowledge and experience of post-contract cost management tasks.

Ability to administer construction contracts as Contract Administrator Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts.

Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement) and to lead high performance teams

Clear and effective communication skills - both oral and written.

Methodical way of thinking and approach to work.

Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily.

Excellent problem solving, negotiating, financial and numeracy skills.

Sound ICT skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;

Ability to prepare first-class bids for services.

Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels.

Ability to work as part of a team and manage teams.

QualificationsMRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

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