Project Surveyor

Manchester, Lancashire
Thrive Group

Thrive Oldham are recruiting for a Project Surveyor in the Manchester area

What you will be doing

For this role we are looking for an individual who is driven to deliver, commercially focused and possesses excellent project management skills together with the ability to liaise effectively with all stakeholders including contractors, residents, tenant and resident associations and members of the Procure Plus procurement framework.

The successful candidate will need to have a clear understanding of fundamental project management including financial management skills to monitor and control set budgets and an understanding of risk management.

You will be working in a multidisciplinary team and will need to have the ability to work collaboratively with all team members and be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of building contracts and best practice within the construction industry.

Demonstrate a personal commitment to continuous self-development and service improvement.

This role is based within a service in Manchester City Council which provides a specialist technical service to both the organisation and customers.

The role holder will indertake a lead consultant role on smaller projects and assist on larger commissions with complex technical, prcedural, and legislative matters in a professional, customer focused, specialist technical service which enables the delivery of organisational objectives and provides a high-quality service to customers in line with both internal guidelines, policies and procedures and statutory requirements.

Role Portfolio

Capital Programmes Division:

The division is responsible for the delivery of all Capital Programmes capital projects. It will design and deliver major and minor construction projects in the specified areas.

Team

The role holder will work within the Minor Works / Design & Delivery Capital teams providing support and professional building surveyor services. The role holders will have a knowledge of their professional specialism and the ability to apply this to knowledge in both business areas. They will also have a wider understanding of how the service delivery of the discrete business areas impact on the wider Capital Programmes delivery. They will understand and identify issues and dependencies to support the wider Capital Programmes and Procurement service delivery.

Project surveyors will apply an excellent understanding of construction technology, design and specification principles and will also:

Apply an understanding of the principles of design economics and cost planning along with the principles for procurement and tendering for small building projects and /or programmes to assess the condition of property assets, undertake feasibility studies and use that data to construct maintenance programmes.

• Assist the Design & Delivery Managers and other building surveying practitioners in the provision of a full range of professional building diagnostic, design and procurement services relating to the improvement, maintenance and repair of traditional and non-traditional property or housing stock.
• Undertake surveys to establish boundaries, design types and structural conditions of properties, preparing drawings of existing properties through the applicable use of IT systems such as Auto CAD.
• Prepare designs from feasibility through to final design proposals to maintain or develop such properties or land with full regard to statutory regulations and local development plans.
• Develop and deploy technical services provided by the group and look for areas of continuous improvement taking into account innovation and developments within the construction industry.
• Be part of an effective operational team focused on achievement of service plans and corporate priorities including day to day organisation of other team members in support of specific projects.
• To work with a variety of professional contacts and officers throughout the organisation and the City Council, having direct involvement in the regeneration of the economy through contributing and assisting in the identification of investment needs, potential for developing training options and bringing employment opportunities to local communities.
• To undertake the role of lead officer on various improvement and maintenance projects including the coordination of other disciplines and sub-consultants included in the design, administration and inspection of projects.
• Identify and prepare risk assessments to address relevant Health and Safety issues relating to the community, property and work operations of Contractors.

To take full responsibility for the financial control of projects from design through to delivery by contributing to budget setting reporting and financial management, ensuring they are delivered on time and within agreed financial limits.

• To effectively manage risk within the context of the project, including developing and administering the risk register jointly with partnering contractors and ensuring continual Improvement is attained throughout

Financial Skills:

• Ability to plans forecast and monitor expenditure against budget, investigates variances and takes timely action to address significant deviations. Understanding and experience of working with budget plans, spreadsheets and milestone payments.

Communication Skills:

• Can effectively transfer key and complex information to all levels of staff, adapting the style of communication as necessary and ensuring that this information is understood. Ability to advise and put case across in relatively straightforward, non-contentious situations with ability to negotiate agreements.

Planning and Organising Skills

• Excellent time management skills, creating own work schedules, prioritising, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales for own self and others. Has the ability to visualise a sequence of actions needed to achieve a specific goal and how to estimate the resources required. Demonstrate excellent judgement under competing priorities and time pressure.

Project Management Skills

• Understands the project cycle, the variation (or compensation event process), project risk management and updating a project risk log under.Understand the relationship between cost, time, quality and other project benefits.

Commercial Skills

• Skills to monitor contractor performance against pre-determined milestones and to identify when corrective action is needed to ensure Value for Money. Skills to work within a disciplined performance management framework, managing and monitoring key performance indicators and contractual obligations.

Analytical Skills

• Ability to translate analyses into business cases which define potential benefits, options for achieving the benefits development of new or changed processes, and associated business risks.

Problem solving & decision making

• Ability to independently formulate a range of options for unfamiliar situations and to select the appropriate course of action to produce a logical, practical, and acceptable solution.

Technical Requirements

• Commercial experience in a construction project related environment.
• A qualification (e.g., HNC/HND, BSc, MSc) in a relevant commercial or construction related discipline or has equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Willing to gain full membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g., MRICS).
• Experience in the provision of advice on energy use, sustainability and carbon reduction.

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