Are you a chartered Quantity Surveyor?

If so, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Building Cost Manager to join our property team. Reporting in to the Head of Building Cost Management you will be accountable for the cost control and management of project expenditure.

 

This role will involve a mixture of office and home-based working.

The Opportunity – Building Cost Manager 

In this role you will manage project cost for your area of responsibility including management of external quantity surveying resource, covering approximately half of the development programme. You’ll lead regular procurement activities for the development team, identify trends and advise on activities to reduce and remove cost and waste. The Building Cost Manager will maintain relationships with Heads of Development, Building Development Manager, and the development supply chain.

Regulatory

• Ensuring the companies liquor and associated licenses are not endangered at any time.
• Ensuring health, safety considerations are paramount in all decisions and activities.  Provide period reporting in respect of H&S management.

Legal

• Ensuring that a suitable contract exists with all development contractors and suppliers. 
• Ensuring that the financial terms of the contracts are being adhered to.
• Ensuring systems are in place to prevent use of unapproved suppliers, contractors and consultants.
• Understanding the Mitchells and Butler’s standard contract and be able to advise Building Development Managers on its clauses and use.

Cost Management

• Leading procurement and tendering exercises.
• Managing third party Quantity Surveying Companies, holding monthly reviews, and ensuring that work is executed and managed in line with contract and expectations.
• Management of all project cost and budget control processes and reporting within group covering c. £90m of project expenditure.
• Assisting in formulating annual Budgets for development / maintenance as required.
• Monitoring expenditure against these budgets and provide projections.
• Management of budget control, invoice and payment processes within the designated development area.
• Management of the development project process.
• Ensuring that Building Development Managers receive accurate and timely cost information to enable them to effectively manage projects.
• Line management of the Building Services Accounts Control function.
• Maintaining database of tender activity and advise on Contractors and Suppliers for further tenders based on previous cost exercises.

Planning and Design

• Advising on procurement strategies and recommend forms of contract to achieve best value solutions.
• Analysis of cost data, to identify trends relating to areas such as over/underspends, risk strategies and ensure this learning is used to benefit future works.
• Ensuring tendered and negotiated costs are adhered to by third party suppliers.

Delivery

• Ensuring that all cost management processes are adhered to by all parties.
• Liaising with Accounts / Finance / Taxation to continually improve and simplify and develop best practice.

Key relationships and development

• Building and maintaining relations with associated areas and especially with Finance and the external virtual team.
• Instructing, training, motivating and managing the team.

Audit

• Formulating audit strategies to identify and resolve issues.
• Auditing projects both before start and after completion, produce reports identifying issues and trends.

You’ll be well rewarded…

• A company car or the option to receive an annual car supplement
• Annual bonus scheme worth up to 30% of your salary. We’re all about rewarding hard work
• Flexible working available to fit work around your personal commitments
• A pension that pays, where we’ll more than match your contributions (x1.5 of your contributions, up to a maximum of 5% of your salary)
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus option to buy up to 2 weeks extra holiday – life is for living after all!
• Opportunity to opt in to Sharesave Plan, enabling you to save to buy shares or have money returned
• 33% off at all our brands, including our hotels. Whether it’s date night at Miller & Carter or a family roast at Toby Carvery, we’ve got you covered!
• Private healthcare, dental plan, cycle to work, and keep fit schemes

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger. We continue to build a culture that values our differences and embraces them as strengths, and we recognise that there is always work to be done.

What you’ll need to bring to this Building Cost Manager role…

• At least 3 years Quantity Surveying experience preferably with experience and knowledge of fit out or retail works.
• Chartered Quantity Surveyor
• Degree in a Construction related discipline, preferably Quantity Surveying.
• High degree of maturity, excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills, high degree of self motivation.

Closing Date – Monday 1st April