Total 45 Construction / Property job vacancies in Edinburgh, Scotland

Kilchoan Management Limited
Estate Worker - Livestock
Livestock & Estate Worker
The Kilchoan Estate is a cultural and educational enterprise in rewilding, preservation & sustainability. Across 1500 acres we are restoring habitats, creating gardens and caring for landscapes & livestock. Situated 20 miles South of Oban, on the north shores of Loch Melfort, the estate rises from sea-level to 270m encompassing a range of distinct habitats including grasslands, peatlands, semi-natural ancient woodland, newly planted native woodland & exotic forestry plantations. We run several marine projects including a native oyster restoration project and a kelp farm. We collaborate with many organisations, universities and NGOs to help achieve the organisations vision.
We are looking for enthusiastic applicants to join our team and assist with the development of the estate, gardens and grounds with a focus on the integration of livestock into a conservation grazing rotation.
The role will be varied, encompassing a range of tasks. As part of the estate team this is a practical role that will also assist the garden & building teams. The ideal candidate must be capable of following instruction and using their own initiative and expertise, be physically fit and happy to work in all-weather conditions.
Duties will include (but are not limited too) grass cutting, tree planting, fencing, path creation, assisting wildlife monitoring & habitat management. The estate team works on both marine and terrestrial projects.
The main responsibilities for this role are
• Day to day interaction with highland cattle.
• Processing and co-ordinating the use of firewood across all properties.
• Tractor driving and maintenance, use of front loader bucket, forks and grab. Use of PTO driven implements- toppers, pan mixers etc.

Necessary
• Tractor driving & operation experience.
• An interest and experience in handling of and care for livestock.

Desirable
• Chainsaw certificate
• Spraying certification- herbicides
• Trailer use

Training, both formal and informal offered. Ongoing personal, professional development supported.
Competitive salary offered; details available on request

Venture Construction are looking for Mechanical fitter to start on our project in Edinburgh.

This project is looking to start ASAP

General Mechanical fitter duties.

9 Hours paid, CIS Weekly payments & rates are negotiable.

Please apply via email

Venture Construction are looking for Mechanical fitter to start on our project in Glasgow.

This project is looking to start ASAP

General Mechanical fitter duties.

9 Hours paid, CIS Weekly payments & rates are negotiable.

Please apply via email

Your new company
Our clients are leading sector specialists who pride themselves on delivering complex refurbishments for some of the country's leading hospital brands. As their business grows, they are now seeking to appoint an experienced Project Quantity Surveyor to their commercial team.
Your new role
As project Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for the commercial delivery of refurbishment projects up to £10million. Working with your experienced site team, your key role will be to protect the commercial interests of our client at all stages of their projects. From overseeing an efficient procurement process to attracting suitably qualified subcontractors to commercially managing a large self-delivery capability onsite, you will be across all commercial elements of the project. Reporting to the commercial manager and director, you will also ensure that accurate and timely reporting is compiled and delivered to senior management.
What you'll need to succeed
Our client are seeking a qualified quantity surveyor ideally with experience of working on refurbishment projects previously. You will have been commercially involved in the management of large direct labour forces previously and understand how to manage commercial risk on complex refurbishment projects.



What you'll get in return
Our clients work nationally and can offer their team a very flexible work environment with competitive packages available to the successful candidate. Some travel may be necessary depending on project location, but this will be offset by the ability to work extensively from home. Get in touch now for more information.


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must have a driving licence.

This post is full time but has a 6month probationary period to ensure both parties are happy.

the job is varied from powerwashing, bulk/rubbish uplifts, fencing, general building repairs, the list is endless.

someone who has trade or handyman experience would be beneficial

heavy lifting at times is required

ability to work on their own and use their own initiative, also can work as part of a team.

Job will require a valid Cscs card, and ppe. You will involve working within a with small team helping experienced joiners and other Laborer's.

imediate start for works in glasgow for at least 4 joiners/fitters for approx 3 to 4 weeks? We have plasterboard ceiling sections to be removed, letter box detailing around services and then reinstatement of ceilings and any MF.

Job is on a trail period, if work is good this will lead to permanent position.

We also have night shift in Strathclyde University on night shift at time and a half afterwards.

Trainee Sales Consultant - Property

Our client who are an Award winning Scottish Law Firm and Scotland's Largest Estate Agent's & Letting's specialist are looking to recruit a Trainee Sales Consultant on a full time permanent basis due to start ASAP.

I am looking to speak to enthusiastic candidates who come from a customer service or sales background and are passionate about building relationships and would be keen to start or continue their career within the property industry.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business which will give you progression and development opportunities over time.

Salary - £25,000 DOE with fantastic benefits
Working Hours - Monday to Friday - 36.5 hours per week
Start date - ASAP
Location - Edinburgh - City Centre

Responsibilities:

- Booking valuations / viewing
- Obtain viewing feedback and communicate to clients
- Carry out accompanied viewings
- Assist with property window display
- Register applicants and identify their specific property search requirements
- Keep clients informed of all activity on their property (viewings, noted interests, etc)
- Put up / Take down For Sale Boards
- Assist with social media content
- Assist the team with general property admin and portfolio management
- Deal with inbound calls, emails, portal leads or walk-in's to the office

What you'll need to succeed

- Customer Service or Sales Experience
- Very good oral and written communication skills
- Well presented and professional
- A pleasant, confident manner
- Reliable and honest
- Possess good interpersonal skills
- Able to adapt to different professional and social environments
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure within a face paced environment
- Keen to learn
- A Full UK driving licence is essential

If you are interested please apply ASAP with your most up to date CV.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Senior Sales Negotiator - Property

Our client who are an Award winning Scottish Law Firm and Scotland's Largest Estate Agent's & Letting's specialist are looking to recruit a Senior Sales Negotiator on a full time permanent basis due to start ASAP.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business which will give you progression and development and be apart of an innovative, challenging and rewarding work environment.

Salary - £32,000 DOE with fantastic benefits and generous incentive and bonus scheme.
Working Hours - Monday to Friday - 36.5 hours per week
Start date - ASAP
Location - Edinburgh - City Centre

Responsibilities:

- Sell the advantages of our valuation service to potential sellers/Landlords
- Co-ordinate viewings
- Obtain viewing feedback and communicate to clients
- Negotiate offers
- Register applicants and identify their specific property search requirements
- Cross sell properties to applicants, highlighting the properties main features and encourage viewings
- Maximise every opportunity through maintaining a regular dialogue with applicants
- Keep clients informed of all activity on their property (viewings, noted interests, etc)
- Assist with property admin
- Deal with inbound calls and emails

What you'll need to succeed

- Previous estate agency experience
- Local property market conditions
- Local economic factors
- Advertising mediums relevant to the property industry
- An understanding of financial services products
- Sales Experience
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- Well presented and professional
- A pleasant, confident manner
- Reliable and honest
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work under pressure within a face paced environment
- Proven track record of achieving targets
- Experience of cross selling and building business


If you are interested please apply ASAP with your most up to date CV.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age.

Your new company
Your new company is an Edinburgh-based developer who has been transforming the city's landscape for nearly 20 years. Known for their ability to deliver high-quality projects efficiently, they have completed numerous new builds and conversions in some of the most prestigious and challenging locations.

Their expertise in tailoring developments to the local market has earned them multiple awards, including Scottish House Builder of the Year for three consecutive years. Currently, they are managing significant residential and commercial projects across Edinburgh and are looking for a Project Quantity Surveyor on a permanent basis.

Your new role

Your initial role will be assisting a Senior Quantity Surveyor in the delivery of a large student accomodation project in the middle of Edinburgh. As Project Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for managing multiple construction packages on this large project and ensuring they are being delivered in line with commercial expectations. You will be based mostly onsite and this is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your construction expertise and your knowledge of the development cycle.

What you'll get in return

A great opportunity to work on some complex, busy and technical projects which will boost your skill set within the construction industry. This company also offers a competitive salary package for the successful candidate.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Contract Liaison Officer

Based: Whitburn office; role to be site based around Edinburgh and surrounding areas – working Monday to Friday 40 hours per week

Our Contract Liaison Officers sit at the core and heart of everything we do. Ensuring that our teams are working effectively and because of your great communication and relationship building skills our customers are happy.

Your experience in a customer-facing environment, along with ongoing training and development, will give you the ability to solve problems and meet deadlines along with the knowledge that what you are doing matters and positively impacts your customers and communities.

Fast paced and progressive, our people take responsibility and thrive in an environment where they are trusted; with a work/life balance that gives them the opportunity to feel motivated and satisfied at work and at home.

What’s in it for you?

Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays
Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
Car Allowance or Fleet Van
We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more….
An outline of your responsibility – Contract Liaison Officers

Responsible for supporting site or contract with liaison between customers, clients and wider community
Delivering and managing Social Value and an excellent Customers Service are key parts of the overall service Novus provide to our clients, with a passion to go the ‘extra mile’
Lead on delivering all added value contractual commitments including planning and diarising community, skills and employment initiatives, keeping ​these in line with the Social Value Act
Dealing with enquiries/issues relating to varying works delivered by our site teams and sub-contractors. You will act as the ‘voice and face’ at a contract and site level, demonstrating experience of delivering social value and a customer focused service in what can be a demanding public facing environment
Establish an effective communications system to keep all the site team informed whilst maintaining good relationships with the customers and Novus team
Coordinate the distribution of information regarding upcoming works and maintain information on current works and contractual commitments
Carry out site visits with client and customers
Dealing with complaints and resolving concerns in a positive manner
Initiate/generate technical instructions, site notes and other site observations
Identify possible case studies showing excellent Customer Service and Social Value impact to clients and for use in tendering new contracts
Manage any reporting required for the Contracts
Promote all good news stories and all initiatives with Marketing, ensuring we capture the good work we do
About you

Working as a Contract Liaison Officer with previous experience working with Tenants in a Social Housing environment is key along with communication experience and confident presentation skills, the role will be working on Internal planned works such as Kitchen and Bathroom refits. Your ability to be proficient in IT and administration is also essential to fulfil and develop the role. Flexibility is essential with regards to hours and travel. The role requires you to hold a Full UK Driving Licence and for a DBS check to be completed

​A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 127-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients.

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons, that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Support Worker– Longstone

Full time and part time positions available.

Start your career with Real Life Options in a rewarding role where you can really make a difference. We are looking for caring, trustworthy and upbeat individuals whose personality and values match the energetic environment of our service. Every day is different as we promote our service users to make their own choices and live as independently as possible.

Support is uniquely tailored to each individual to live the life they choose. Our service users particularly enjoy visits to the many attractions of Edinburgh, karaoke nights at a public house and our movie and takeaway nights!

The role involves supporting males in shared supported living accommodation which is based in Longstone, City of Edinburgh. During each shift, you will be providing support with: going out in the community, cooking, cleaning, personal care, medication and social activities.

Shifts are arranged on a rota system, so you will be working as part of an enthusiastic and experienced team to deliver the following hours (please note occasional cover for waking night shifts may be required):-


8 am to 3pm
3.00pm to 10.00pm
10.00am to 10.00pm


An enhanced PVG is required for this role.

Benefits and Rewards


A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
An employer contributory pension scheme
Mileage paid at 35p per mile flat rate up to 10,000 per year


In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:


Health Cash Plan (for full/part time contracted hours)
£10,000 Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Recognition Initiatives


We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Joiner required for ongoing temporary contracts, working on extensions and refurbishments of property. Self employed basis. Please send CV.

Own transport and tools required.

RSPB

Contract: 6 months
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
A fantastic opportunity to play a major role in the on-the-ground work needed to provide the best conditions we can for the spectacular wildlife, such as breeding waders, seabirds and hen harriers, that call our Orkney reserves their home. We also want our reserves to be great places where people can have great natural experiences, and you will be helping to look after our hides and trails.
We are looking for someone who understands and enjoys using machinery and using their practical skills to keep reserve structures in good condition. Someone with real commitment and enthusiasm who understands and embraces the practicalities of land management.
The work will involve keeping the habitat in good condition by cutting back vegetation with a range of tools and machinery, and you'll also be helping keep our reserves stock proof, by building and maintaining fences. We recently bought a Soucy Track tractor, and much of your work will involve using this to top our wetter fields and improve them for breeding waders; this will be a great chance to become familiar with some specialist machinery. There will be plenty of variety in the work, with the opportunity to be involved in livestock counts, herbicide work, hide maintenance, installing signs, peatland restoration work (removing scrub and installing dams and geotextile matting), improving our meadows with green hay and wildflower seeds, maintaining trails, and also working with our local volunteer teams.
You will lead on and be responsible for estate and all machinery maintenance. We'd like you to keep our machinery and vehicles safe and in good working order and to carry out safety checks on our reserves. Each season will bring a new set of tasks and challenges, and you will be working in beautiful surroundings across various reserves.
The role will involve working in a wide range of habitats, including some tough terrain and frequently challenging weather conditions. You will need to have a good attitude towards health and safety and the demands of working in an upland/wetland environment.

Your new company
Our clients is one of the largest construction companies in the UK and can offer unrivalled career opportunities to their junior commercial team from graduate quantity surveyors upwards. One of their flagship projects in the Central Belt is now seeking to appoint an Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking to develop their construction knowledge onsite.


Your new role
As Assistant Quantity Surveyor you will be reporting directly to a Senior QS and Commercial Manager on a large multi phase flatted development in the Central Belt. Depending on your experience you will be exposed to fundamental construction processes such as subcontractor procurement and payments and in this role your experience will develop rapidly. As your experience develops you will get more involved in cost reporting and budgeting. Based on-site you will learn how to operate in a busy project environment where your communication skills will develop appropriately.


What you'll need to succeed
Our client are seeking a recent graduate who has a degree in quantity surveying. You will perhaps have some commercial experience from your time in University or are currently in your first role but you are looking to get more hands on-site and do real quantity surveying. You see yourself as working with a good builder and developing your career in this direction rather than client side or PQS. You are ambitious and understand that thriving on a busy project will take your career forward massively and accelerate your professional and personal development.


What you'll get in return
Our client are a fantastic employer with an excellent senior commercial team who enjoy training and developing the next generation of quantity surveyors. A comprehensive benefits package will be paid to the right candidate.


What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Your new company
Our client is a busy Fitout and Refurbishment contractor based in Edinburgh. They are very active in assisting blue chip premium public and private sector clients develop exceptional retail and commercial space across Edinburgh and beyond. With a busy set of projects due to hit site they are now seeking to appoint an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to their commercial team.
Your new role
As Assistant Quantity Surveyor you will be working on a range of fitout projects up to a value of £2million. From working with the in-house joinery and manufacturing business to working with the Project Managers in procuring and managing specialist trades, you will be the commercial lead on a range of projects. As you develop your experience, you will get the opportunity to work on larger and complex projects and take full commercial control. Reporting to an exceptional commercial director, this is your opportunity to develop your existing skill set in a commercially stimulating environment.
What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate is a degree-qualified quantity surveyor who has already worked in a building and construction environment but is now seeking to make a move to a more established and busy business. You will be well-organised, hardworking and ambitious to take your career in quantity surveying forward. You will enjoy working on a quick turn around projects and see working in this space as a way for you to develop your experience quickly. Our client works with a series of exceptional stakeholders within this space, and you will get the opportunity to learn from a range of professionals, such as consultancies, client PMs etc.
What you'll get in return
Our client is a secure and ambitious business with a strong brand in this space. The successful candidate will be paid an attractive benefits package.


What you need to do now


If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk