Surveyor

Gloucestershire

Permanent

Working from office and home as required

Salary £43,248 per annum plus £26 working from home allowance monthly

37 hours per week

One to One Recruitment aims to work closely with job seekers to find suitable roles that match what’s most important to you, ensuring we deliver exceptional customer service.

Our client is looking for someone to oversee the successful delivery of large scale, multi-year projects and contracts, leading on budgetary control, contract coordination, management and administration to ensure services are delivered to customer satisfaction, agreed standards, required level of performance and achieve Value for Money.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage individual contracts and programmes for component replacement and improvements; ensuring that all properties are maintained to Government Decent Homes standard; contract costs remain within budgets; works are of high quality; high levels of customer satisfaction are achieved; and contracts are delivered within statutory and company requirements.
• Manage all day-to-day contract and/or commercial issues and disputes, ensuring they progress according to due process and are resolved with minimum impact and without detriment.
• Undertake the role of Contract Manager/Client Representative on partnering/delivery contracts ensuring a positive working relationship which supports a partnering approach
• Inspect the quality of work completed by partnering contractors, and review costs and performance, proactively identifying and taking appropriate steps to achieve improved performance
• Responsible for the financial accounting functions for capital and service budgets including cash flow and financial forecasting on monthly basis including written variation reports
• Support the effective procurement of partners or contractors in accordance with the most economically viable outcomes in terms of cost and service delivery in accordance with the Procurement Strategy.
• Contribute to the development of the Annual Investment Programme, ensuring it fits within allocated budget and publishing to stakeholders and customers
• Ensure complete compliance with contract and project documentation.
• Maintain an adequate, up-to-date and accurate property database which is kept up to date and provides information on investment programmes, profiles, expenditure and future affordability matters; accountable for all information added to Asset Database, ensuring it is uploaded correctly.
• Provide regular performance reports and make recommendations relating to procurement, service delivery and performance to support the strategic aims and business plan.
• Develop and maintain effective information systems, procedures and processes in accordance with ISO9000 standards.

Other duties are available in the full specification on application

Key Skills

• Ability to successfully manage complex projects, working within tight deadlines and budget, whilst promoting stakeholder involvement at all levels
• Ability to understand and present technical information clearly and communicate matters related to asset management to a varied audience
• Ability to draw logical and accurate conclusions from complex information whilst also identifying sound and effective solutions to a variety of different problems.
• Be able to work as part of a team, taking responsibility for clear communication and taking a positive approach to resolving problems and providing support across all teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong customer focus and an ability to understand the needs and perceptions of different client groups and individuals’ clients, handling difficult situations sensitively and negotiating appropriate outcomes, ensuring equitable and appropriate treatment for all.
• Be flexible with the ability to work on own initiative and to tight timescales
• Attend meetings and represent the client at events outside normal office hours as and when required

Qualifications

• Substantial experience, at a surveyor level, of Asset Management, Property Investment and Public Procurement, together with a relevant technical qualification, e.g. Member of CIOB or intermediate grade RICS or Member of Chartered Institute of Housing.
• Proven track record of managing £1million+ planned improvement projects resources, budgets and contracts with an ability to identify and eliminate risks, ensuring value for money and the delivery of high-quality services whilst making sound financial judgements based on solid experience
• Substantial experience of delivering successful outcomes through robust performance management, together with proven project management experience

Due to the high volume of applications we receive for our job adverts we are unable to respond to all candidates. If you have not received a response within 5 working days of forwarding your CV to us, then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Thank you for your interest and please do not hesitate to forward your CV to us again for other roles matching your skills and experience.

One To One Recruitment are a privately owned independent Recruitment solutions provider, we act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for temporary recruitment. Our service is a free and confidential service to work seekers.