Quantity Surveyor - 12 months contract
Quantity Surveyor - 12 months contract
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Job Description
At Paradigm Housing we are more than just housing providers - we create communities improve lives and deliver high-quality affordable homes. We are looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to help us maximize our investment in housing and ensure the best value for money across our operation.
The Role: You will play a key role in shaping sustainable housing solutions ensuring that costs are effectively managed while maintaining high-quality standards. From repairs compliance investment works and refurbishments your work will directly impact our customers in their homes. You will collaborate with stakeholders playing a crucial role in shaping the quality and sustainability of our homes.
You will be at the heart of project delivery ensuring financial efficiency and cost control maximising the effectiveness of the commercial function across the Investment repairs and planned works. Your remit will be to challenge the in house DLO (Direct Labour Organisation) to deliver a value for money repairs service and challenge/oversee sub-contractor management across the directorate.
With a focus on reviewing the work carried out by the DLO and subcontractors ensuring that internal and external clients are being charged appropriately for the work. Providing professional quantity surveying principles and methodologies to facilitate valuation cost planning and cost control of planned preventative maintenance responsive repairs voids and refurbishment programmes.
Pricing works for both internal and external clients via bespoke rates and the latest NATFED Schedule. Collaborate with the team to lower costs by identifying cost drivers. Foster a lesson-learned culture and cooperate to enhance services. Improve commercial control delivery and oversight of all legislative compliance work. Identify risks and work with the team to mitigate and provide advice and support on all aspects of contracting and sub-contracting.
To be successful in this role you should have:
- Ideally youll have a degree in Quantity Surveying or Professional Associate qualification RICS/CIOB or equivalent is desirable
- Preferably with experience within social housing affordable housing or residential projects
- Strong analytical skills
- Knowledge of procurement frameworks and contract management
- Passion for making a difference in communities
- Strong commercial awareness
- Proven ability to challenge ways of working
- Provide business acumen and ability to understand cost drivers
- Skilled negotiator
- Competent IT / systems user
- Ability to drive with a clean driving licence and access to a roadworthy car.
Where could this role take you
Whilst this is not currently a permanent role in a business our size and with the transformation we are going through there is a possibility that this could either be extended made permanent or other opportunities may arise. Many of our talented colleagues started at Paradigm as temporary/interim and have gone on to forge successful careers with us. However if something longer term doesnt materialise you will still gain valuable experience which will add to your employability in this and similar fields.
Whats in it for you:
- Meaningful Work: Your work will benefit real people and communities
- Supportive Culture: Work with a passionate purpose-driven team
- Sustainability Focus: Help create energy-efficient future-proof homes
- 25 days holiday to start plus 3 at Christmas/New year
- Pension scheme
- 1 x paid professional subscription p/a
- Health cash plan worth more than 1800 p/a
- 3 x paid volunteering days each year for our employees to give something back to the community.
Work pattern: Mon-Fri 37 hrs p/w: 9-5.30pm Mon-Thurs 9-5pm Fri with some flexibility.
Shortlisting will be conducted in line with the essential and desirable criteria set out in the person specification. Please outline how you meet these criteria in a personal statement along with your CV.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy should interest be high.
About us
We are Paradigm Housing Group.
We manage more than 17000 homes across the South East.
We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.
As a charity the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.
We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sectors largest digital transformation programmes improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.
Our benefits
- Holidays 25 days rising to 30 with length of service (30 days starting for senior roles) plus an extra three paid days off between Christmas and New Year and the opportunity to buy up to another five days.
- Pension scheme: a defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employees contribution rate.
- Car leasing scheme.
- Annual bonus potential.
- 1 paid professional subscription per year.
- Family friendly policies including generous paternity maternity shared parental and adoption leave sabbaticals and more.
- Health cash plan worth over 1800 per year. Includes dental optical prescriptions and flu jabs physiotherapy chiropractic therapy reflexology Sports massage and more.
- Hybrid working for many roles.
- Up to three paid Giving Back (volunteer) Days a year.
- Modern collaborative offices with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Social events such as quiz nights Christmas Party Summer BBQ.
Our Vision
We provide excellent services to customers.
And build new homes to help more people.
We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.
And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.
Working For Us
Our Values
Safer Together
Driving Improvement
Working As One
Acting Thoughtfully
Being Clear
Please note that customer facing roles may be subject to a DBS check.
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