Quantity Surveyor

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More about your role

As Quantity Surveyor covering the South region including Devon and East of London, you will support the delivery of value for money, customer focused services across all our asset investment activities. You will be responsible for supporting the Investment Delivery and Contractor Management teams and supporting the implementation of the procurement strategy for the maintenance and investment programmes in accordance with the contract and Group requirements. You will work directly with our partner contractors and Investment Delivery colleagues to ensure that we maximise the impact of the significant investment activity in our customers' homes, delivering high quality improvement works that are customer focussed and represent value for money. 

You will be responsible for managing the financial aspects of a number of major projects operating simultaneously across the country. You will be required to travel occasionally to visit sites/projects and teams. This role will support the Programme Performance Manager ensuring that the Group complies with all regulatory and statutory requirements and Group policies. 

As a key member of the team, you will play a lead role in the transformation of your service, supporting system and data transformation as well as contributing to process and policy improvements that maximise impact on quality service delivery. 

This role is subject to a satisfactory Basic DBS check. 

Essential Criteria

• Degree level qualification in Quantity Surveying, or extensive equivalent experience.

• Extensive experience managing contractors within a construction related environment.

• Driving License with access to your own vehicle.

More About you

To be successful in this role you will be commercially astute with strong project, programme, contract, safety, cost and change management skills. You will have strong technical and contractual knowledge and will have strong negotiation and decision-making skills. 

Extensive experience of managing contractors within a construction related organisation is essential and ideally you will have detailed knowledge of contract/cost management and Project Management IT systems. 

You will need to hold a Quantity Surveyor qualification to degree level (or have extensive relevant experience) for this role. It would be advantageous if you hold membership of a related Chartered Body, but we offer extensive personal and career development opportunities which may include progression through a chartered route. 

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.   

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:   

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly  

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7% 

• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave 

• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year 

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% 

• Training and development 

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team [email protected]

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected] .

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities