Quantity Surveyor - Housing Repairs Team
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £56,442 i £64,946 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Reading Borough Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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We’re looking for an experienced and proactive Quantity Surveyor to join our Housing Repairs Team and play a vital role in improving homes and services for residents across Reading.
In this role, you’ll help ensure our housing repairs programme delivers real value for money while maintaining high-quality homes for our communities. Your expertise in cost management, budgeting and contract oversight will directly support safer, warmer and better-maintained homes for our residents.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.
About The Role:
As Quantity Surveyor within our Housing Repairs Team, you’ll provide trusted financial and commercial oversight across a range of housing repair projects.
You’ll be responsible for producing accurate cost estimates, valuations and financial reports, helping the service to monitor and forecast expenditure effectively. You’ll play a key role in developing and maintaining the Repairs Service schedule of rates, ensuring we achieve both strong cost control and best value for our residents.
You’ll advise on contract types and procurement routes, manage tenders and contract assessments, and oversee the financial performance of outsourced contracts to make sure projects are delivered efficiently and within budget.
A key part of your role will involve attending site meetings, ensuring health and safety compliance and building strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders – including Councillors, Senior Officers, contractors and external consultants. Your ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively will be essential to keeping projects on track and relationships positive.
Overall, this is a role where your commercial skills will have a tangible impact on the quality of homes and services we provide across the borough.
About You:
You’ll be an experienced Quantity Surveyor with a recognised construction qualification (RICS, BSc, HND, HNC or equivalent) and a strong background in cost planning, project management and contract administration.
You’ll bring excellent numeracy and IT skills, with confidence using systems to track budgets, monitor performance and produce clear financial information.
You’ll be a confident communicator who can negotiate effectively, build relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners at all levels.
You’ll also share our commitment to equality, diversity and sustainability, helping us deliver services that are fair, responsible and future-focused.
Above all, you’ll be someone who takes pride in using your expertise to make a positive difference to people’s homes and communities.
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.
Our offer:
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
A wide range of flexible working opportunities
Modern working environment at the 19 Bennet Road, Reading
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
For more information on this position please contact Sean Donaghue, Assistant Housing Repairs and Maintenance Manager – sean.donaghue@reading.gov.uk
Closing Date: Tuesday 17th March 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Interview Setup: In person at 19 Bennet Road, Reading, RG2 0QX
In this role, you’ll help ensure our housing repairs programme delivers real value for money while maintaining high-quality homes for our communities. Your expertise in cost management, budgeting and contract oversight will directly support safer, warmer and better-maintained homes for our residents.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.
About The Role:
As Quantity Surveyor within our Housing Repairs Team, you’ll provide trusted financial and commercial oversight across a range of housing repair projects.
You’ll be responsible for producing accurate cost estimates, valuations and financial reports, helping the service to monitor and forecast expenditure effectively. You’ll play a key role in developing and maintaining the Repairs Service schedule of rates, ensuring we achieve both strong cost control and best value for our residents.
You’ll advise on contract types and procurement routes, manage tenders and contract assessments, and oversee the financial performance of outsourced contracts to make sure projects are delivered efficiently and within budget.
A key part of your role will involve attending site meetings, ensuring health and safety compliance and building strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders – including Councillors, Senior Officers, contractors and external consultants. Your ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively will be essential to keeping projects on track and relationships positive.
Overall, this is a role where your commercial skills will have a tangible impact on the quality of homes and services we provide across the borough.
About You:
You’ll be an experienced Quantity Surveyor with a recognised construction qualification (RICS, BSc, HND, HNC or equivalent) and a strong background in cost planning, project management and contract administration.
You’ll bring excellent numeracy and IT skills, with confidence using systems to track budgets, monitor performance and produce clear financial information.
You’ll be a confident communicator who can negotiate effectively, build relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues and partners at all levels.
You’ll also share our commitment to equality, diversity and sustainability, helping us deliver services that are fair, responsible and future-focused.
Above all, you’ll be someone who takes pride in using your expertise to make a positive difference to people’s homes and communities.
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.
Our offer:
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
A wide range of flexible working opportunities
Modern working environment at the 19 Bennet Road, Reading
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
For more information on this position please contact Sean Donaghue, Assistant Housing Repairs and Maintenance Manager – sean.donaghue@reading.gov.uk
Closing Date: Tuesday 17th March 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Interview Setup: In person at 19 Bennet Road, Reading, RG2 0QX
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