Total 33 Construction / Property job vacancies in Oxford, OX4 4GA

Your new company
You will be joining an established main contractor working on water schemes for high-profile clients. This organisation has a strong pipeline of work in the water sector and offers excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development. Due to continued success, they are looking to onboard a Quantity Surveyor to join their highly successful team. This is a permanent position based in the Oxford area with flexible working.

Your new role
As Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Producing and providing accurate forecasts of project costs to completion/final value
• Managing subcontractor accounts
• Monitoring cash flow and valuation plans
• Managing subcontractor tender processes
• Providing accurate reports of costs and values on the projects.

What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful, you will have:

• Experience at an Assistant Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor level
• Good working knowledge of NEC form of contract
• Sound interpersonal and organisational skills
• Experience working on water projects (ideal).

What you'll get in return
In return, you will receive:

• A starting salary of up to £55k/annum (negotiable depending on experience)
• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days' annual leave plus statutory holidays
• Flexible working
• Matched company pension contribution
• Opportunity to grow and advance your career with a leading contractor
• Exposure to high-profile projects and more.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, apply now to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
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.

Please note - work sponsorship is not offered by this contractor.

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

Your new company
You will join a local authority and registered social housing provider who stands out as a forward-thinking and dynamic employer of choice, consistently recognised for innovative approaches and excellence in service delivery. With a commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment, they have earned numerous awards for their progressive policies and outstanding contributions to the community.

Your new role
As an Area Property Manager, you will work within a dynamic property services and home improvement team, operating at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing social housing stock. You will liaise directly with tenants, whilst maintaining excellent relationships with a number of other internal and external stakeholders ranging from surveyors, project managers, and contractors.

This role will allow you to take full ownership of property related issues and projects, ensuring that tenants have safe, secure, and well-maintained homes. Your role will include liaison around property repairs, compliance, capital projects, and planned works.

What you'll need to succeed
We are seeking an individual with enthusiasm, energy, and a positive 'can do' attitude when it comes to driving service excellence and innovation within a housing improvement team. You will need prior experience managing works across varied workstreams, alongside sound property legislation knowledge, to include damp & mould, section 20 processes, compliance, disrepair, and decent homes standards.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be able to take advantage of a leading package of benefits within the social housing sector. These include hybrid and flexible working options, including working from home whilst managing your own calendar. A generous holiday allowance of 28 days per year + bank holidays, meaning you'll receive 36 days off each year, an above average contributory pension scheme, and a wide range of other great personal and professional benefits.

What you need to do now
We are shortlisting immediately for this role and scheduling interviews for week commencing 11/11/24 - therefore don't delay if you are interested in applying in order to secure an interview slot.

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

Property Manager – Part Time
Salary: £29,486
Type: Permanent, Part time (30 hours per week) Monday to Friday
Location: Oxford office based daily – working across multiple sites, with occasional travel to different sites in and around Oxford

About us

We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.

We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.

About the role

We’re searching for a Property Manager to join our friendly and hard-working team at A2Dominion. This role will be responsible for delivering excellent property management service within Specialist Housing (Keyworker Sector) including multi-occupancy & self-contained dwellings and carry out landlord obligations within regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities:

To participate in the allocation of rented accommodation to applicants including issuing tenancy paperwork, collection of payments, management of void units to establish an efficient and effective turnaround of properties minimising rental loss
To partake in the end of tenancy process, including processing notices to vacate, management to end rental accounts, arranging rent refunds as appropriate, inspect properties and release of deposits
Be the point of contact for our customers to resolve and investigate complaints and issues raised by residents and provide advice and guidance
To carry out and monitor regular estate and property inspections, ensure accurate records are maintained and actions are taken to deal with issues
Monitor contractor performance at the schemes and feedback to stakeholders regarding any performance deficiencies experienced from contractors
Be empowered to deliver residential property management duties ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction at all times (e.g. manage customer disputes and anti-social behaviour)
Be responsible for resolving customer queries promptly, including liaison with the A2Dominion Operational Teams, customers, partnering Trusts as required
Encourage, support and, where appropriate, proactively encourage and (if required) enforce occupants of buildings towards good housekeeping and fire safety practices

More about you

For this role, we’re looking for someone with the following:

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Math’s and English (Grades A*- C)
Full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle
Previous experience of working in property management is essential
Previous experience of delivering front line customer service in a front facing role
Proven experience of problem solving for residents and understanding their needs
Good level of IT Knowledge including Outlook, Word and Excel, and an ability to compile and write reports
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Has or willing to study towards professional membership/qualification (CIH/IRPM/CMI or equivalent)
Choosing us is easy

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
Up to 8% contributory pension
Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.

Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.

If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Resourcing Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk

A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer

At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.

Meeting the role requirements

We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk

A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer

Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.

Property Manager – FullTime
Salary: £34,400
Type: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week) Monday to Friday
Location: Oxford office based daily – working across multiple sites, with occasional travel to different sites in and around Oxford

About us

We’re a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we’re here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.

We’re also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.

About the role

We’re searching for a Property Manager to join our friendly and hard-working team at A2Dominion. This role will be responsible for delivering excellent property management service within Specialist Housing (Keyworker Sector) including multi-occupancy & self-contained dwellings and carry out landlord obligations within regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities:

To participate in the allocation of rented accommodation to applicants including issuing tenancy paperwork, collection of payments, management of void units to establish an efficient and effective turnaround of properties minimising rental loss
To partake in the end of tenancy process, including processing notices to vacate, management to end rental accounts, arranging rent refunds as appropriate, inspect properties and release of deposits
Be the point of contact for our customers to resolve and investigate complaints and issues raised by residents and provide advice and guidance
To carry out and monitor regular estate and property inspections, ensure accurate records are maintained and actions are taken to deal with issues
Monitor contractor performance at the schemes and feedback to stakeholders regarding any performance deficiencies experienced from contractors
Be empowered to deliver residential property management duties ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction at all times (e.g. manage customer disputes and anti-social behaviour)
Be responsible for resolving customer queries promptly, including liaison with the A2Dominion Operational Teams, customers, partnering Trusts as required
Encourage, support and, where appropriate, proactively encourage and (if required) enforce occupants of buildings towards good housekeeping and fire safety practices

More about you

For this role, we’re looking for someone with the following:

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Math’s and English (Grades A*- C)
Full UK Driving License and access to a vehicle
Previous experience of working in property management is essential
Previous experience of delivering front line customer service in a front facing role
Proven experience of problem solving for residents and understanding their needs
Good level of IT Knowledge including Outlook, Word and Excel, and an ability to compile and write reports
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
Has or willing to study towards professional membership/qualification (CIH/IRPM/CMI or equivalent)
Choosing us is easy

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
Up to 8% contributory pension
Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.

Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.

If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact our Resourcing Team to request: resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk

A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer

At A2Dominion Group, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and inclusivity in our hiring processes. We always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – men and women, people of all ages, sexual orientations, nationalities, religions, and beliefs.

Meeting the role requirements

We recognise that some people will only apply for a role if they meet 100% of role requirements. If this sounds like you, we’d still encourage you to apply and also to arrange a call with one of our recruitment team to discuss your application further at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk

A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer

Join us at A2Dominion, where your expertise will be integral to our recovery journey, creating lasting positive changes in the lives of our customers. If you possess the right motivation and drive to contribute to our recovery and change initiatives, we invite you to apply and be a crucial part of our team.

Exciting Opportunity Alert!

Our award-winning Estate Agency client are looking for a highly successful and experienced Property Manager to join their East Oxford office.

If you thrive on recognition and aspire to excel in everything you do, this is the perfect opportunity! Join a department offering a fantastic opportunity for proactive and outgoing administrators to progress their career in a client focussed role. Rewarding excellent customer service, attention to detail and upselling skills.

As a property Manager your responsibilities will include:
* Provide a designated group of client's with property management services encompassing renewals, repairs, deposits and lettings account.
* Deal with enquiries and ensure they are dealt with efficiently and in line with agreed service standards.
* Follow the procedures/process maps ensuring key time scales are met
* Investigate/ resolve queries and problems. Advise/recommend course of action on property issues
* Liaise with third party supplier to arrange works to be undertaken
* Develop and build strong relationships with key Clients and treat them as individuals
* Liaise/negotiate between Landlords and Tenants
* Ensure that all relevant people are kept informed and up to date with progress particularly in relation to client issues / complaints. Manages expectation and ensure you follow up all queries.
* Takes appropriate action to pre-empt complaints. Takes appropriate action to investigate and resolve complaints.
* Promotes additional services and meet third party referral targets
* Develop and apply an understanding of legal requirements

Ideal Candidate Qualities:

• Previous Estate Agency and customer services experience
• Target driven and tenacious, with demonstrable evidence of achievements
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Display high standards of service and presentation
• Good organisational skills
• Hold a full driving license, have your own car and be insured for Business Use

What our client can offer:

- Comprehensive Training: Learn the ins and outs of the company and market share generation methods.

- Unlimited Earning Potential: Enjoy uncapped commission opportunities and bonus incentives.

- Continuous Growth: Thrive with ongoing career and personal development opportunities.

- ✈️ Rewarding Success: Qualify for annual award trips and exciting prizes.

- Celebrating You: Enjoy a paid day off for your birthday after successfully passing probation.

- Increased Perks: Watch your holiday entitlement grow with each year of service.

- Healthcare Benefits: Access personal private healthcare upon successfully passing probation.

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to recruit a talented and skilled Construction and Building Services Teacher/Instructor. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the ability to inspire and motivate students who have been permanently excluded from school or finding it difficult to manage their behaviour. This is a unique opportunity to make a substantial contribution to further improving outcomes for a significant group of vulnerable and challenging young learners and to help shape provision across the College and in partner schools through an outreach model.

We wish to appoint someone who is/has:

• An inspirational teacher, with strong interpersonal and motivational skills and an excellent track record of delivering excellence in the classroom
• High quality organisation and self-management skills
• Not afraid of a challenge and have strong, restorative behaviour management skills
• Creative and innovative with an ability to translate ideas into practice
• Resilient and has a passion for achieving the best possible outcomes for our vulnerable learners.

What the school offers its staff

Why work at Meadowbrook College?

• Meadowbrook College staff are both professional and resilient. There is a “can do” attitude that makes a real difference to the lives of our students; many of whom have become disengaged with education and lost the confidence to achieve their full potential
• We offer a variety of opportunities for ongoing professional development for all staff
• We are working in an ever-changing and expanding educational climate where the need for alternative provision solutions is increasing. Our provision is always adapting and new opportunities are always evolving.

Commitment to safeguarding

Meadowbrook College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are also expected to promote fundamental British values. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that require applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed. On-line searches are carried out on those shortlisted

We are working with a Tier 1 national contractor on an new major scheme near Oxford and they are in need of a Quantity Surveyor to help the team deliver the scheme.

The project is a £30 million new build school bid, won and procured from the DFE framework.

The scheme is due to start in the late Summer 2024 so there is an opportunity join now and start procurement of the major packages and set the scheme up at really early stages before prestart and then you will be running the scheme from a commercial perspective.

The role will be to work with the design and delivery teams to ensure the scheme is delivered on time and to budget to a client that has potentially 2 or 3 more schemes to follow on in a negotiated format should this be a success. You will be working alonngside a Senior and Assistant level QS on site and have overview and responsibility for the commercial health of the projects including managing sub contract packages, procurement of materials and plant, remeasure, valuations, payments, managing variation accounts, forecasting, CVR's etc.

They have excellent salary and benefits available for the right people and are fully committed to the region from a regional hub in Reading and have secured pipeline of work for 2024 and 2025 on a range of framework and 2 stage negotiated schemes so if you want a real challenge and have the ability to manage large, complex packages and be able to implement your own ideas then apply today.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

We are working with a Tier 1 national contractor on an new major scheme in Harwell, Oxfordshire and they are in need of a Senior Quantity Surveyor to help the team deliver the scheme.

The project is a £25 million new build life sciences scheme, steel frame and hi spec fit out.

The scheme is due to start on site September 2024 so there is an opportunity join now and start procurement of the major packages and set the scheme up at really early stages before prestart and then you will be running the scheme from a commercial perspective.

The role will be to work with the design and delivery teams to ensure the scheme is delivered on time and to budget to a client that has potentially 2 or 3 more schemes to follow on in a negotiated format should this be a success. You will be working alongside and managing a Project and Assistant level QS on site and have overview and responsibility for the commercial health of the projects including managing sub contract packages, procurement of materials and plant, remeasure, valuations, payments, managing variation accounts, forecasting, CVR's etc.

They have excellent salary and benefits available for the right people and are fully committed to the region from a regional hub in Reading and have secured pipeline of work for 2024 and 2025 on a range of framework and 2 stage negotiated schemes so if you want a real challenge and have the ability to manage large, complex packages and be able to implement your own ideas then apply today.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Venture Construction are looking for ICAT Painter to start on our project in Oxford London

This project is looking to start ASAP

General ICAT Painter Duties.

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

Please apply via email

Venture Construction are looking for ICAT Painter to start on our project in Oxford London

This project is looking to start ASAP

General ICAT Painter Duties.

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

Please apply via email

We have an exciting opportunity to join a Bespoke Builder based in Oxford. The business has developed over 20 years, is in the areas of heritage, residential, commercial and sustainable build, with projects ranging from £500k up to £10mil.

About this role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to to work on exciting design-led projects, with positive, challenging, supportive work environments, individualised training programmes and a wealth of opportunities for future career progression. You will work within a small team and will report directly to the commercial manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of sub-contract packages
• Be involved in monthly CVRs
• Have involvement in pre-construction activities

Requirements:

• Experience with JCT forms of contract
• Experience working on similar projects
• Reside within a commutable distance of Oxfordshire

What's on offer:

• Competitive salary / package
• Opportunity to work on a Bespoke projects
• Opportunities for career growth and development in a dynamic and supportive work environment

This is an opportunity for an ambitious, career driven Quantity Surveyor to join a business who can provide job security and exposure to an exciting rang of projects.

If you'd like to be considered for the role, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV through the link below or contact Ella Slack in our Southampton office on 07752 467543

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to recruit a talented and skilled Construction and Building Services Teacher/Instructor. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the ability to inspire and motivate students who have been permanently excluded from school or finding it difficult to manage their behaviour. This is a unique opportunity to make a substantial contribution to further improving outcomes for a significant group of vulnerable and challenging young learners and to help shape provision across the College and in partner schools through an outreach model.

We wish to appoint someone who is/has:

• An inspirational teacher, with strong interpersonal and motivational skills and an excellent track record of delivering excellence in the classroom
• High quality organisation and self-management skills
• Not afraid of a challenge and have strong, restorative behaviour management skills
• Creative and innovative with an ability to translate ideas into practice
• Resilient and has a passion for achieving the best possible outcomes for our vulnerable learners.

What the school offers its staff

Why work at Meadowbrook College?

• Meadowbrook College staff are both professional and resilient. There is a “can do” attitude that makes a real difference to the lives of our students; many of whom have become disengaged with education and lost the confidence to achieve their full potential
• We offer a variety of opportunities for ongoing professional development for all staff
• We are working in an ever-changing and expanding educational climate where the need for alternative provision solutions is increasing. Our provision is always adapting and new opportunities are always evolving.

Commitment to safeguarding

Meadowbrook College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are also expected to promote fundamental British values. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that require applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed. On-line searches are carried out on those shortlisted

Please review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full overview of role responsibilities. These include the following Carry out repairs to the fabric of a building, Understand and maintain electrical distribution, safe repair of electrical installation to legal requirements, for example replacing damaged sockets, plugs, lighting and fuses Carry out general repairs and reactive maintenance Complete PPMs Understand and maintain plumbing and drainage systems, for example repairs to WC systems, leaking taps or water testing and unblocking drains Carry out decorating and painting (internal and external) Maintain grounds and external fabrication of a building, such as drainage and guttering Record and report information accurately either internally or externally

Service Care Solutions are currently working with a forward thinking local authority, based in Oxford, which is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lawyer to join their Commercial Property and Regeneration team. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling a variety of commercial property and regeneration law matters.

ROLE: Commercial Property Lawyer

LOCATION: Oxford - predominantly remote with some travel to Oxford.

CONTRACT LENGTH: 3 month ongoing

RATE: £50-£55ph

Key Responsibilities of the Commercial Property Lawyer role:

• Handle complex commercial property and regeneration work and to give clear and credible advice to senior officers and elected members.
• Reviewing title documents in order to provide advice on a variety of commercial and residential matters
• Working closely with the Council's Corporate Property team, as well as the Housing Strategy and Regeneration teams

Key Requirements for the Commercial Property Lawyer role:

• Qualified lawyer or experienced paralegal with previous experience of handling property work within a local government setting
• Excellent knowledge of property law and related legislation
• Ideally worked for a local authority previously

Benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Flexible hours
• Hybrid working

If this Commercial Property Lawyer vacancy sounds like an opportunity that is right for you or someone you know, then don't hesitate to get in touch with me via email, Hugh.Barnes@servicecare.org.uk, or via phone at 01772208969.

We also welcome referrals for this position, where a successful recommendation would be worth £250.