Grade J £44,711 - £48,710 per annum.
Contract: Permanent, Full-time.
Role specifics Degree-level education or equivalent relevant experience with chartered status and full membership of RICS, RIBA, CIOB, or CIBSE being highly desirable.
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The Role
Bolton Council’s Corporate Property Services are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and capable Quantity Surveyor to deliver a high-quality programme of refurbishment and cyclical maintenance projects, and professional building surveying work.
You will play a crucial role in supporting contract management by ensuring accurate budget management and carrying out the examination of subcontractor tender submissions, ensuring completeness, legal, contractual, and mathematical correctness, and resolving any queries and providing proposals for tender acceptance. Your commercial expertise and advice will be vital in the development and negotiation of contracts with contractors, suppliers, in-house departments, and consultants. You will play a key role in the creation and management of procurement frameworks for contractors, ensuring compliance with procurement regulations and value-for-money principles.
You will develop performance and monitoring systems for budget forecasting, variance reporting, volume performance, and KPIs, providing regular analyses and reports on economic effectiveness. You will play a key role in establishing streamlined processes for contractor engagement, facilitating long-term partnerships through effective framework agreements. Building and maintaining effective business relationships with providers, partners, and stakeholders is key to this role.
About You
You will have a degree-level education or equivalent relevant experience, with chartered status and full membership of RICS, RIBA, CIOB, or CIBSE being highly desirable.
You’ll possess extensive experience in developing effective contract specifications and procurement documents, including a strong working knowledge of NEC3/4 and JCT contracts, their application, and their implications for project delivery and compliance. You will need a thorough knowledge of procurement legislation, estate maintenance, and refurbishment contracts.
Strong budget management experience is essential, as is proven experience working with contractors and consultants in a service delivery environment. Experience in managing and overseeing contractor frameworks to ensure compliance, value for money, and streamlined delivery would be highly advantageous. You’ll have an excellent understanding of the financial and technical aspects of contracts, contract procurement, and accounting. Strong interpersonal communication skills are necessary to build and maintain effective business relationships.
You will also be a team player, as well as a dynamic, committed individual with the resilience and drive to cope with the demands and pressures of the post, including the ability to oversee complex procurement processes and manage competing priorities effectively, particularly at times of crisis.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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