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Quantity Surveyor
| Posting date: | 27 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £44,711.00 to £47,754.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 December 2024 |
| Location: | S40 1LP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Chesterfield Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CBC243125 |
Summary
Reference: CBC243125
Salary details: £44,711 to £47,754 per year
Job term: Permanent
Appointment type: Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Town Hall / Hybrid
Department: Housing Assets
We are looking for a dedicated and highly motivated, experienced Quantity Surveyor, preferably with previous experience in housing.
Playing a key role within the Housing Investment and Delivery team, you will be working alongside other multi-disciplinary design and technical teams, providing a full quantity surveying service to effectively achieve delivery of the Housing Capital Programme, which includes decent homes, capital works, and new build housing within the borough.
Your role in relation to the council’s capital program will also include providing cost estimates, scheme advice, and cost planning to ensure that the council achieves good value for money.
Based within the council’s Housing Service, you will have responsibility for the undertaking of a full range of pre- and post-contract quantity surveying services and budget management, including assisting with procurement and the development of construction contracts and framework agreements.
We are specifically looking for candidates with either a degree in Quantity Surveying or a minimum of five years relevant experience alongside a construction-related degree.
With excellent communication skills, you will have experience managing a mixed workload, the ability to manage competing priorities, a good understanding of health and safety legislation, and a sound knowledge of current construction and housing issues.
For an informal discussion on this particular vacancy, please contact Cathy Jones, Housing Investment and Design Manager, at cathy.jones@chesterfield.gov.uk. Or for further information, please view the job description and person specification attached.
Working in local government is a highly satisfying and rewarding experience in so many ways, and the council is an excellent employer with rewarding conditions of service that include generous leave entitlement, a local government pension scheme, as well as many other benefits, plus learning and development opportunities that will offer the chance to progress your career further.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Closing date: 5 January 2025
Provisional interview date: 20 January 2025
Salary details: £44,711 to £47,754 per year
Job term: Permanent
Appointment type: Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Town Hall / Hybrid
Department: Housing Assets
We are looking for a dedicated and highly motivated, experienced Quantity Surveyor, preferably with previous experience in housing.
Playing a key role within the Housing Investment and Delivery team, you will be working alongside other multi-disciplinary design and technical teams, providing a full quantity surveying service to effectively achieve delivery of the Housing Capital Programme, which includes decent homes, capital works, and new build housing within the borough.
Your role in relation to the council’s capital program will also include providing cost estimates, scheme advice, and cost planning to ensure that the council achieves good value for money.
Based within the council’s Housing Service, you will have responsibility for the undertaking of a full range of pre- and post-contract quantity surveying services and budget management, including assisting with procurement and the development of construction contracts and framework agreements.
We are specifically looking for candidates with either a degree in Quantity Surveying or a minimum of five years relevant experience alongside a construction-related degree.
With excellent communication skills, you will have experience managing a mixed workload, the ability to manage competing priorities, a good understanding of health and safety legislation, and a sound knowledge of current construction and housing issues.
For an informal discussion on this particular vacancy, please contact Cathy Jones, Housing Investment and Design Manager, at cathy.jones@chesterfield.gov.uk. Or for further information, please view the job description and person specification attached.
Working in local government is a highly satisfying and rewarding experience in so many ways, and the council is an excellent employer with rewarding conditions of service that include generous leave entitlement, a local government pension scheme, as well as many other benefits, plus learning and development opportunities that will offer the chance to progress your career further.
How to apply
Interested candidates should initially apply with their CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role. Please send it to hrjobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date shown below.
If you don't already have a CV you can use our template below. We also have advice about how to write your cover letter.
Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.
Closing date: 5 January 2025
Provisional interview date: 20 January 2025
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