Assistant Cost Consultant, Exeter
Responsibilities:
General Core Responsibilities
- Support the regional cost management team to achieve and exceed their income and performance targets.
- Actively participate in the delivery of CPD.
- Promote the Coreus Projects Group Values.
- Strive to exceed your targets and be an exemplar to others.
- Be an enthusiastic contributor to the development of the cost management team.
- Be open minded to learning and actively pursue your professional development.
Business Development
- Promote the cross selling of services across the whole business group.
- Network with the others in your relevant professional body.
- Build positive relationships with clients and consultants on your assigned projects.
- Support the preparation of bids and undertake assigned bid writing tasks.
Project Delivery
- Ensure all tasks undertaken on your assigned projects are delivered in line with quality procedures and processes.
- Undertake all Assistant Cost Consultant duties as necessary.
- Work within established procedures to undertake tasks relating to the cost control of projects. Review financial information in order to identify any anomalies or discrepancies to ensure management has access to up-to-date and accurate information.
- Individually contribute to a range of professional cost management assignments and monitor and review work undertaken by more junior colleagues, in order to ensure programmes of work are undertaken and project milestones are met.
- Interpret data and prepare supporting documentation such as schedules, feasibility studies and cost reports, making straightforward recommendations to support senior colleagues in their decision-making process.
- Communicate and highlight project process compliance issues to cost managers.
- Complete complex, professional level tasks as requested by colleagues, prioritising case load and interpreting established policies in order to effectively support the quantity surveying function.
- Liaise with stakeholders from across the business to provide specialist advisory support to internal clients, acting as a focal point for operational project queries and ensure that there is alignment between policy and operational practice.
- Assist in providing all necessary reports to the Regional Director of Operations to monitor the performance of assigned projects.
Senior Building Surveyor, Bristol
Responsibilities:
Leadership and Continual Professional Development
- Actively encourage and support the regional Building Surveying team to achieve and exceed their income and performance targets.
- Support the Regional Director to monitor and report performance against agreed targets for the Building Surveying Team.
- Advise the Regional Directors on developments within the Construction Industry.
- Play an active role in the delivery of CPD events so that the Coreus Team to have the up to date knowledge and support to provide best practice building surveying services to their clients.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to other members of the building surveying team to achieve their required CPD and obtain/maintain their professional body status.
- Support the Regional Directors in their reporting to the Operations Board and to maintain a “one team” approach across all regions.
Business development
- Work closely with the Regional Directors in driving the business growth of the Regional Team(s) to achieve and exceed the targets within the 1yr and 5yr Business Plans.
- Support the Regional Director of Operations to produce a clear Sector Based Business Development Strategy’s for the Regional Team(s).
- Promote the cross-selling of services across the whole business group
- Network with the leading players in the Building Surveying Sphere at a Local Level.
- Identify and report to the Regional Director potential new work leads
- Play an active role in bid preparation and writing.
- Provide building surveying fee proposals to the Regional Director for approval.
- Support the Enabling Services Director in Marketing Opportunities.
- Manage client relationships of designated clients.
Commission Delivery
- Play an active role in developing and maintaining quality building surveying procedures, processes and templates for the delivery of commissions across all regions.
- Ensure all assigned commissions are delivered in line with quality procedures and processes.
- Deliver the following building surveying services:
- Building Surveys – including Dilapidations, Condition and Measured
- Building defects analysis and advice
- Party Wall Consents
- Compiling and Management of Planned Maintenance Programmes
- Property Maintenance Management
- Valuation of works for insurance purposes
- Prepare preliminary estimates, cost plans, feasibility studies including cost in use and whole life costing
- Design and Specification of Minor Works Projects
- Project and Cost Management of Minor Works
- Contract Administration
- Advisory Services on items including; Fire Compartmentation, Planning Applications, Accessibility issues, building regs, UAT, etc.
- Assess competitive tenders received, making recommendations and reporting accordingly
- Instructing on the preservation/conservation of historic buildings
- Advising on energy efficiency, environmental impact and sustainable construction
Principal Designer
Clerk of Works