Company Overview
APG Build Limited is the construction and delivery arm of APG Capital, specialising in the delivery of residential apartment schemes, conversions and new-build developments across Merseyside and the North West.
We are a fast-growing, hands-on development and construction business with a strong pipeline of live and upcoming projects. Our focus is on delivering high-quality residential schemes efficiently, safely and commercially, with clear control over programme, cost, quality and site standards.
Job Summary
Take full commercial ownership of allocated residential projects, proactively managing subcontractor procurement, protecting project margin, controlling cash flow and escalating commercial risks early
Key responsibilities
- Take full commercial ownership of allocated projects from pre-construction through to final account, including budget, procurement, cost plan, cash flow, CVR, margin, risk and opportunity.
- Prepare and actively manage the project procurement schedule, ensuring all subcontract packages are tendered, negotiated and placed sufficiently ahead of the construction programme.
- Lead subcontractor procurement, including preparing tender enquiries, analysing returns, negotiating commercially robust terms and making clear recommendations for appointment.
- Ensure subcontract orders, scopes, specifications and commercial terms are complete and agreed before works commence wherever reasonably practicable.
- Actively manage project cash flow, including client valuations, applications for payment, anticipated receipts, subcontractor payments, retention, variations and forecast cash requirements.
- Maintain accurate cost-to-complete forecasts, ensuring future liabilities are captured and projected final cost and margin remain visible at all times.
- Produce accurate and timely CVRs, clearly explaining movement against budget, forecast margin, cash position, risks, opportunities and actions required.
- Escalate commercial risks early. Immediately identify and raise overspends, procurement delays, subcontractor issues, cash-flow pressure, programme impacts, unapproved variations or anything capable of affecting project margin, together with recommended corrective action
- Challenge design, specification, methodology and procurement decisions where opportunities exist to improve value, programme, cash flow or project margin.
- Prepare and agree monthly valuations, payment applications, subcontractor valuations, payment notices and pay-less notices within contractual deadlines.
- Maintain robust change control, ensuring instructions, variations, additional works, loss and expense and other contractual changes are identified, valued, recorded and recovered.
- Protect the company's contractual entitlement through accurate records, notices, correspondence and supporting commercial evidence.
- Review drawings, specifications and construction information to establish quantities, scopes and potential commercial exposure before procurement.
- Work closely with Site Managers, Contracts Managers and the wider delivery team to ensure commercial decisions support the construction programme.
- Monitor subcontractor performance commercially and identify emerging risks relating to cost, capacity, programme or solvency.
- Drive subcontractor final accounts to agreement promptly and ensure projects are commercially closed out without unnecessary outstanding liabilities.
- Provide regular, concise commercial reporting to senior management, clearly highlighting what has changed, the financial impact, what action is being taken and anything requiring escalation.
- Attend project and commercial meetings and visit sites regularly to maintain first-hand knowledge of progress, change and commercial risk.
Experience and qualities required
- Proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor on large residential/apartment projects, ideally working for a main contractor or developer-contractor.
- Strong demonstrable experience of subcontractor procurement, from preparing tender packages through negotiation, recommendation, order placement and final account.
- Ability to independently manage the commercial performance of multiple projects, with full ownership of project cash flow, including valuations, receipts, subcontractor payments, cost forecasting and working capital.
- Strong understanding of construction contracts, subcontract terms, variations, payment mechanisms and contractual notices.
- Highly numerate, analytical and detail-focused, with the ability to identify discrepancies and challenge inaccurate information.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage procurement, valuations, reporting, variations and final accounts concurrently across multiple schemes.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets and relevant quantity surveying / construction management software.
- JCT Design & Build experience is required
Pay: £60,000.00-£70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- How Many Years Experience In The Construction Industry?
- What is your notice period on your current employment?
- What is the reason you are looking for a new role?
- What is your Salary Expectation For The Role?
- How Many Years Experience Do You Have Specifically As A Qualified QS?
Work Location: In person
