Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor

Here at Stonewater, we are seeking a Cost Manager to lead on commercial negotiations of all new and existing Homes contracts, in collaboration with Operational and Procurement Teams, ensuring effective and commercial cost control. You will identify improved, innovative, and more economical ways of delivering services whilst preventing waste and manage and foster long term strategic partnerships with the supply chain with key partners and suppliers.

You will lead on the management of cost control, reviewing multiple national contracts and projects (circa £30m p/a) in order to influence and drive commercial change in efficient delivery. You will monitor contract / project costs, making recommendations on removing / preventing waste and better, more economical ways of delivering contract services, and lead on cost benchmarking / development, proactively challenging through value engineering and effective project reviews. The Cost Manager will also act as Homes Lead on new contract negotiations with Procurement, to add value and drive efficiencies, and support Operations colleagues with the valuation of contract variations and claims.

So, if you are interested in contributing to the delivery of our corporate and assets strategy, we would be delighted to hear from you!

The ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to HND level (or equivalent) or have a professional qualification in construction, housing, management, or property.
• Have several years experience working as a QS or Cost Manager for a large organisation.
• Have proven experience of driving costs down whilst improving economic and social value.
• Have a track record of achieving measurable and significant savings and performance improvements.
• Have proven experience of developing long term strategic partnerships and embedding key values with stakeholders.
• Have proven experience of working with national multi-disciplined teams and supply chain across a wide geographical area.
• Have highly developed communication skills, able to speak articulately and confidently.
• Be able to employ software to analyse information and use data effectively to inform decision making.
• Be able to resolve conflict successfully.
• Have a high level of influencing and negotiating skills.
• Be skilled in financial management involving budgeting and costings.
• Have excellent planning and organisational abilities.
• Have excellent networking and collaboration skills.
• Have knowledge of building law, regulation, building contracts, contract law and health & safety legislation and best practice.

Due to the nature of the role, we also ask that you are flexible and able to travel as and when required by the business.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check, satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

Discover Stonewater:

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.