Overview As a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Project Manager in Nottingham, you will own the commercial and delivery aspects of a varied project portfolio. You will manage costs from feasibility through to completion, lead project teams, and advise on procurement and contract strategy. The role spans healthcare projects and other sectors, offering ownership, collaboration, and opportunities to progress within a forward-thinking consultancy. You will build strong client relationships, drive value, and shape project outcomes in a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities - Manage project costs and budgets from feasibility to completion
- Prepare cost plans, estimates, tender docs and contract information
- Advise on procurement routes, contract strategy and commercial risks
- Monitor expenditure, forecast costs and provide financial reporting
- Manage variations, valuations, payments and contractual matters
- Carry out site inspections and monitor progress vs programme
- Lead projects from planning through to handover
- Coordinate consultants, contractors and project teams
- Chair meetings and update clients and stakeholders
- Identify and resolve project risks, issues and commercial challenges
- Manage project documentation, reporting and governance
- Support commissioning, handover and close-out
- Build long-term client relationships and identify further work
- Mentor junior team members
Key requirements - 5+ years' post-qualification experience
- Relevant degree or professional qualification, ideally MRICS or equivalent
- Experience with JCT contracts
- Background delivering both QS and project management
- Experience managing projects from feasibility to completion
- Strong contractor and consultant management experience
- Ability to advise on commercial, procurement, programme and risk to senior stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills
- Negotiation, analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Experience with private-sector clients; hotel/leisure experience beneficial
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and cost/project management systems
- Full UK driver's licence
- client relationship management
- communication
- negotiation
- MRICS or equivalent
- JCT contracts
- cost management
