We are actively seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to work for an organisation based in Wolverhampton. The contract will initially be a 3 month period, but with a likely extension or opportunity for Permanent employment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Overview costings on projects to ensure value for money and that all work can be completed within agreed timescales
* Attend Capital Review Meetings with both internally and with external consultants to review capital delivery updates and to comment on capital/ cashflow implications (individual projects and programmes being progressed can range from £10k to £100m
* Provide advice on the appointment of external consultants, when required (including fee levels and stage payments etc)
* Oversee the development and publication of historic programme / project costs, to provide a suitable data base for benchmarking future proposals
* Provide high level advice on the potential financial impacts of changes to standards / guidance
* Manage the performance and workload of the scrutiny function, to ensure that timescales and objectives are met, and all resources are available
* Display financial information in an indexed format broken down to cover works, non-works, fees, contingency and optimism bias.
* Participate in special projects on healthcare building and estate related issues including audits, surveys, expert reports, research and development, either as an individual or working with others as required.
If this role interests you, please apply with your updated CV and we can schedule a call to discuss in more detail