Managing Quantity Surveyor (M&E)

M Group • Permanent / Full-time • St. Ives, Cambridgeshire • 2w ago

About The Role
Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Telecom, we’re enabling and enhancing telecom networks, playing a lead role in the delivery of our tech enabled future.
We deliver full network cycle services for fixed, private and mobile operators.
Private networks- We find the best technology, manage assets and refresh systems. With 24/7 network operations, we keep things running smoothly, while operating comprehensive network repair and maintenance to keep everything in top shape.
Want to come and be a part of it?
The Managing Quantity Surveyor leads the commercial development and assurance of all commercial aspects of assigned projects. The role is responsible for supporting competitive bid submissions, ensuring pricing, cost models and contractual considerations enable profitable and compliant project delivery. It also oversees in-life commercial management, including change tracking, project P&L performance and supplier commercial management. Working closely with the Contract Director, Bid Teams and Delivery Leads, the role drives contract success through effective margin management, cost control and commercial risk mitigation, ensuring projects are commercially robust, deliverable and well positioned to secure future work.
What will you be doing?

Support the creation of contract data, tender costs, resource plans and submitted programmes.
Assist with scope development, mini tenders and contract formation.
Ensure contract compliance and produce required instructions and communications.
Collate and report costs, challenging value against actual performance.
Meet regularly with Operations to monitor progress, assess change and identify early warnings.
Apply risk mitigation measures and deliver cost assurance reports against project baselines.
Maintain accurate value and cost records.

What you’ll bring?

Degree (or equivalent qualification) in:
- Quantity Surveying
- Commercial Management
- Construction Management
- Engineering or related discipline
Significant experience in a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Managing Quantity Surveyor role.
Experience managing commercial activities on complex infrastructure, telecoms, utilities, or engineering projects.
Strong knowledge of contract law and commercial best practices.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and commercial reporting tools.

Desirable

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or working towards chartership.
NEC accreditation and strong NEC contract management experience.
Experience within telecoms, utilities, power, fibre, or critical infrastructure projects.
Experience supporting competitive tendering and bid submissions.
Knowledge of project controls, earned value management, and programme management principles.

What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include.
· Matched or contributory pension scheme
· Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
· Employee assistance programme
· My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
· Life assurance
· Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
· Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
· Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
Private health care and health care cash plan for you
Discretionary bonus scheme
Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
· We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
· We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
· We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
· We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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