Total 5 Construction / Property job vacancies in Essex, CO1 1AA

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking, and enthusiastic individual to join the Tendring District Council Development & Building Team as the Senior Building & Maintenance Surveyor. The team are responsible for the maintenance and improvement of our Council owned housing stock, including garages, sheltered schemes and communal areas.

This is a great opportunity to work across a range of projects including the preparation, supervision, and administration of annual and other maintenance contracts. It involves monitoring performance of contractors, liaising with stakeholders and offering a mentoring role to the wider team. This role will suit someone who is driven, self-motivated and has a sound knowledge in building and construction.

We need someone with a positive outlook and a desire to deliver who can continue our work to improve the service that we offer to our tenants. As a landlord, we take our commitments to our residents seriously and we are focussed on continuing to strengthen and improve what we do, and how we do it.

This role reports directly to the Principal Surveyor and will be part of our dynamic Development and Building team.

For an informal discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Chris Ball, Principal Surveyor on 01255 68 6323

For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification.


Employee Benefits
Working for us, you will find a great sense of community in which we work together towards achieving the council’s shared objectives and which ensures our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

The Council offer a great range of employee benefits including: -

- Flexible working arrangements
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Free Parking
- Discounted Corporate Gym Membership
- A number of optional Salary Sacrifice initiatives

Job title: Quantity Surveyor (Planned/SHDF Works)

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 (DOE) + Car package

Location: Kent

Repairs & Maintenance

Daniel Owen are proud to be representing a leading Social Housing Contractor in the Kent area that are looking for a brand new Quantity Surveyor to join their team.

You will be carrying out tasks such as being responsible for individual contractor accounts and regular reports and analysis. You will also provide commercial insight and support to ensure financial efficiency is achieved.

You will play a key role in budget management. You will be reviewing applications for payments, as well as creation of weekly and monthly reports for the Commercial Manager and Commercial Director as required.

Responsibilities:

As Quantity Surveyor on this project, you will be a vital member of the team, and will work with your colleagues and the client to:

• Support project delivery whilst achieving target margins


• Ensure all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept and documents stored


• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with customers, consultants, subcontractors and your colleagues across the Property Services pillar


• Prepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement


• Make sure any agreement of variations with the supply chain is documented and recorded

To be successful in the role you will possess the following skills and attributes:

• Experience in working in a repairs quantity surveying / commercial environment


• Experience of working in a social housing / housing maintenance environment (either client or contractor side)


• Understanding of NHF and other bespoke schedule of rate based contracts.


• Good planning, budgeting, organising and prioritisation skills. Experience of keeping sound business records


• Strong report writing skills and able to interpret financial and other systems data. A good standard of written business English and a good working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.


• Able to build and sustain working relationships with different departments to achieve goals


• Ability to work in a fast paced work environment and manage multiple activities and priorities to a deadline.


• Willingness to take on new responsibilities and a desire to develop new skills to progress within the organisation.

If this sounds like a role that suits your profile, then feel free to get in touch.

Legal Services Manager, Property Team

Permanent, Full Time

£70,543 to £82,992 per annum

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 4th December 2024

This role has a hybrid working arrangement. We will expect you to attend our Chelmsford offices approximately 2 - 3 days per week. There will also be a requirement to visit other sites throughout the operational area, as required.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a new leader for our Property Team. The team has a large volume of interesting and rewarding work including supporting the Council's £1.7 billion estate which covers approximately 350 buildings and around 1,500 sites ranging from residential care, waste, country parks, schools and corporate offices in addition to providing high quality legal advice to external clients.

This is a brilliant opportunity for the right person to continue to develop the team, to contribute to the growth of Essex and to work on complex and interesting projects such as major transport schemes.

Essex County Council (ECC) is a diverse and large organisation that strives for excellence and delivers an outstanding service for residents across Essex. The in-house legal service, ELS, prides itself on providing a comprehensive legal service to the Council - most of our work is done in-house. We pride ourselves on valuing the people who work for us and providing a supportive working environment, where people work hard to do their best for Essex. The work can be demanding, and we expect resilience but our senior leaders are committed to ensuring that ELS is a place where people want to stay.

This post is a strategic leader in the legal service focused on managing a team of legal professionals.

In addition, as part of the ELS leadership team, the role has a strong voice in the running of the service and plays a key role in maintaining our Lexcel accreditation.

We're looking for someone with excellent technical legal skills and relevant experience who can quickly pick things up and manage a team of specialists within the property area.

They will need to be able to operate effectively in a complex politically-led organisation. Their influencing skills will be critical in order to articulate options and risks when advising Senior Leaders and Councilors.

To read more about us please visit: Corporate Services

Accountabilities

· Lead, manage and motivate a team of lawyers, paralegals and caseworkers to provide exemplary legal advice to internal stakeholders within ECC and external customers.

· Accountable for the provision of high quality advice and interpretation to clients to underpin and inform decision making.

· Accountable for providing legal services to support different functions within the Council, in order to, protect and mitigate potential legal risks for ECC.

· Responsible for contributing to business development targets across the team.

· Develop and maximise opportunities to attract external legal work across the breadth of different sectors with whom ECC collaborates in support of ECC strategic aims and objectives to build new revenue streams.

· Accountable for ensuring professional conduct and governance across the Council to meet Corporate and Statutory responsibilities and requirements.

· Accountable for driving compliance with the Lexcel standard and preparing the service for renewal of its Lexcel accreditation.

· Work collaboratively with stakeholders and partners to ensure solutions are robust, providing direction and guidance to achieve positive outcomes.

· Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

· Qualified solicitor or barrister or legal executive with full practising certificate and at least 5 years' post qualification experience.

· Expert knowledge and experience in property law, with a local government focus e.g. commercial property, residential conveyancing, academy conversions, major projects and complex property transactions, leases, licences, sales and disposals, option agreements and overage.

· Experience of working with senior personnel and Directors and other key stakeholders

· Knowledge and understanding of providing legal advice in a public sector setting

· Experience of leading a team of qualified professionals

· Persuasion and influencing skills

· Evidence of creativity in exploring business opportunities

Pay and Reward

You'll also have access to the MyReward, a unique platform for Essex County Council employees to take advantage of including:

- Healthcare and Dental Plans at corporate rates

- Discounts and benefits at many local and national outlets including supermarkets, shopping, restaurants, technology purchases and holidays

- Discounts across Essex County Council's businesses, including Country Park Membership, ACL and more

- Generous holiday and special leave allowances (including the option to purchase extra holiday)

- Local Government Pension Scheme.

- Life Assurance of three times annual salary

- Employee wellbeing and counselling

- Travel discounts & season ticket loans

- Learning and Development opportunities/coaching & mentoring

- Payment of professional fees for approved professions

- Eye care vouchers

- Lease car scheme (dependent on business needs).

You can read more here: https://workingforessex.com/working-here/pay-reward

Interviews expected be held in person at Seax House, Chelmsford, December 2024

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton on the Naze. England's oldest city, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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Are you an experienced Pre-Construction Manager looking for a new opportunity with a leading Tier 1 Contractor?

As a Pre-Construction Manager you'll be working within the Building Solutions Team, supporting them in the delivery of Pre-Construction Services .

Your day to day will include:

• Manage and coordinate the Pre-Construction activities of either traditional or design and build projects once awarded, with responsibility for managing the Pre-Construction process from tender issue through to handover to the operational team

• Work collaboratively with the members of the Pre-Construction team, inclusive of governance, commercial, estimating, planning, and design management to ensure milestones are identified, monitored, and achieved to successfully complete the Pre-Construction process.

• Attend site visits to view the project during the Pre-Construction stage and engage with designers and supply chain partners as necessary to inform the detailed design and pricing process.

What are we looking for?

This role of Pre-Construction Manager is great for you if:

• HNC/HND/Degree in a construction or engineering subject and / or Membership of a relevant body (CIOB, APM, CIAT, RICS)

• Previous Pre-Construction experience on projects up to £10m with strong experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams

• A proven record of successful multi-project delivery through management of a skilled team of people
• CSCS Card
• Full UK Drivers Licence

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary Up TO £70k DOE
• Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• Competitive annual leave & bank holidays

How to apply?:

Please contact Alex in our Sheffield Office on 0114 213 0900 or acocker@fr-group.co.uk

Multi Skills Lecturer

Morgan Hunt are delighted to be working with a College based in the South Yorkshire area who are currently seeking a Multi Skills Lecturer to join their team on a temporary contract.

This contract is to start ASAP and continue an ongoing basis.

Requirements

• Have industry experience working within the field.
• A teaching qualification is desirable and not essential.
• Lecturing experience (ideally with teaching qual)
• A strong understanding of the Brickwork industry, including current trends, legislation, and best practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and motivate students from a range of backgrounds.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality teaching and learning, and to supporting students to achieve their full potential.
• Hold right to work in the UK.

If you feel you would be great for this Multi Skills Lecturing role in the South Yorkshire area then please apply.

If you know someone who would be perfect for this role you can win £150 in vouchers if your referral is successful.

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