Quantity Surveyor and Contract Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £39,862 i £42,839 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Plus essential car user allowance |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Tamworth, Staffordshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Tamworth Borough Council |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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TAMWORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL
ASSETS
Quantity Surveyor and Contract Manager
£39,862 - £42,839 per annum
plus essential car user allowance
Hybrid working contract
37 hours per week
2-year fixed term contract
The Council is seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual with a background in quantity surveying and contract management to work across the departmental workstreams within housing of responsive repairs, voids, planned works and compliance to drive service quality and performance through our work with third party contractors and suppliers.
You will possess a HND or equivalent in quantity surveying or have equivalent knowledge and skill demonstrated through experience in a construction related background and have experience of evaluating tenders and schedules of rates and managing contracts and contractors.
You will have a good understanding of current regulations relating to all aspects of building safety and compliance, you will also possess a detailed understanding of procurement and construction contract management.
The primary areas of responsibility include:
• Provide management, mentoring, and supervision for the overall approval and payment process across the department and its various workstreams to deliver a high quality, effective, efficient, and value for money service for residents.
• Scrutinise quotations and requests for payments for accuracy.
• Provide support on the Council’s procurement activity across the department and its services, including assessing tender evaluations for quality and price.
• Manage the Council’s corporate compliance, contracts, and building repairs budget.
• Manage a small team of staff responsible for looking after our important corporate assets and our resident experience officer.
• Identifying and proposing areas for service improvements across the assets department.
You will require a full driving licence and will need to have access to a vehicle in order to carry out your duties.
We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, and medical clearance.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Martin Harper, Head of Repairs at martin-harper@tamworth.gov.uk or Lucy Mitchell, Head of Asset Management and Planned Works at lucy-mitchell@tamworth.gov.uk
For further information and to apply please visit Tamworth BC Jobs.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk.
Closing date: 5 October 2025
Interviews week commencing 20 October 2025
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.
Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.
We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual’s needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.
Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services.
ASSETS
Quantity Surveyor and Contract Manager
£39,862 - £42,839 per annum
plus essential car user allowance
Hybrid working contract
37 hours per week
2-year fixed term contract
The Council is seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual with a background in quantity surveying and contract management to work across the departmental workstreams within housing of responsive repairs, voids, planned works and compliance to drive service quality and performance through our work with third party contractors and suppliers.
You will possess a HND or equivalent in quantity surveying or have equivalent knowledge and skill demonstrated through experience in a construction related background and have experience of evaluating tenders and schedules of rates and managing contracts and contractors.
You will have a good understanding of current regulations relating to all aspects of building safety and compliance, you will also possess a detailed understanding of procurement and construction contract management.
The primary areas of responsibility include:
• Provide management, mentoring, and supervision for the overall approval and payment process across the department and its various workstreams to deliver a high quality, effective, efficient, and value for money service for residents.
• Scrutinise quotations and requests for payments for accuracy.
• Provide support on the Council’s procurement activity across the department and its services, including assessing tender evaluations for quality and price.
• Manage the Council’s corporate compliance, contracts, and building repairs budget.
• Manage a small team of staff responsible for looking after our important corporate assets and our resident experience officer.
• Identifying and proposing areas for service improvements across the assets department.
You will require a full driving licence and will need to have access to a vehicle in order to carry out your duties.
We have an extensive benefits package including flexible working, a non-contributory health scheme, Local Government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, discounted gym membership, and payment of professional fees (where applicable), for further details please refer to the application information document on our website.
Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, right to work in the UK check, and medical clearance.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Martin Harper, Head of Repairs at martin-harper@tamworth.gov.uk or Lucy Mitchell, Head of Asset Management and Planned Works at lucy-mitchell@tamworth.gov.uk
For further information and to apply please visit Tamworth BC Jobs.
If you have any queries about the recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tamworth.gov.uk.
Closing date: 5 October 2025
Interviews week commencing 20 October 2025
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. Therefore, you are advised to submit your completed application as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered. Following the closing date, the Recruiting Manager will shortlist, and you will be notified.
Tamworth Borough Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We operate two guaranteed interview schemes which support individuals who meet all the essential criteria to be guaranteed an interview for a vacancy. The Disability Committed Employer scheme supports applicants with a disability and the Veterans Guaranteed interview scheme supports those defined as veterans, military spouses/partners and cadet instructors.
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks are required for relevant posts.
We are committed to ensuring that people are not disadvantaged in accessing our services. We will make reasonable adjustments for those people that need further assistance, depending on the individual’s needs, further guidance can be found in our Reasonable Adjustments guidance Equality and diversity | Tamworth Borough Council.
Public facing roles are covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in section 78 of the Immigration Act 2016, to serve the public it is vital that those working in public facing roles can communicate in English with members of the public receiving local authority services.
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