Quantity Surveyor

Are you a skilled Quantity Surveyor looking to make a significant impact? Join Brent Housing Management as a Quantity Surveyor, where you’ll play a crucial role in managing multi-million pound contracts for major works, refurbishment, repairs, voids, and compliance. This is your chance to be part of a dynamic, supportive team and contribute to the improvement of our housing services. About the post As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll play a crucial role in supporting contract management by ensuring accurate budget management and processing for contractor repairs, voids work requests, and applications. Your commercial expertise and advice will be vital in the development and negotiation of contracts with contractors, suppliers, in-house departments, and consultants. Additionally, you’ll develop performance and monitoring systems for budget forecasting, variance reporting, volume performance, and KPIs, providing regular analyses and reports on economic effectiveness. Building and maintaining effective business relationships with providers, partners, and stakeholders is key to this role. You’ll also assist in preparing the Housing Asset Management Strategy, investment options, cost modelling, and work programmes. Furthermore, you’ll use your project management skills to manage assigned projects or programmes, ensuring that agreed outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected standard. The ideal candidate 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, along with a thorough knowledge of procurement legislation, social housing maintenance, and refurbishment contracts. Strong budget management experience is essential, as is proven experience working with contractors and consultants in a service delivery environment. 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 cope effectively at times of crisis. Working for Brent Brent is a vibrant London borough known for its iconic Wembley Stadium and rich cultural diversity. We’re committed to creating a supportive and dynamic work environment where you can make a real impact. We offer opportunities for professional development, a collaborative team culture, and the chance to be part of an innovative and forward-thinking organisation. Additionally, we operate a hybrid working model with office or on-site presence three times a week. For more information about our benefits package, please visit brenthousingcareers.com Additional information We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. Brent has a positive approach to flexible working. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]