Total 58 Construction / Property job vacancies in Durham, County Durham

Semi-skilled Construction Operative

Working in our properties across the Northeast

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw Monday to Friday, with on call on a rota basis)

Salary £28,257 per annum plus van, generous on call allowance with great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Do you have a good knowledge of building trades, housing repairs or construction site operations and are looking for a new role with a great employer? Come join us at Home Group and be part of our award-winning repairs and maintenance team. You’ll carry out high-quality, right first-time maintenance across our responsive and void properties. If you fancy working alongside a brilliant team, then read on…

Typical day as a Semi-skilled Construction Operative

• As a Semi-skilled Construction Operative, all allocated jobs are completed right first time, with a whole job repair approach, providing a brilliant service for our customers.


• Supporting our trades team (Joiners, Roofer, Decorators, Bricklayers and Plumbers etc,. across a range of repairs, maintenance and property refurbishment.


• Site activities including clearing, disposals, driving and storage of materials. You’ll support us to improve first time fixes and prevent multiple visits to customers’ homes.


• Delivering high-quality and compliant work.


• Working in our properties across the Northeast (this needs to be a commutable distance for you). All jobs are scheduled so you know exactly where you need to be.

Imagine ending each day knowing you've made a positive impact on our customers' lives. You can do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Places to Work in the UK!

You have

• Experience in a range of semi-skilled work in a maintenance environment.


• Knowledge of building construction and building trade activities.


• A flexible approach, able to use your own initiative and judgement.


• A full current driving licence, as you will be provided with a company van for business use and commuting.

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role.  This remains under regular review.

Our team

Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills, and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!

Job details

• Working Monday to Friday, you’ll also be asked to take part in our out of hours service on a rota basis with colleagues with an additional generous on call payment.


• You’ll work in our properties in the Northeast. Our office base is Durham, Mercury House.


• You must be able to use technology for logging jobs, complete online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.


• You’ll need a Basic DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers, and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank holidays and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!


• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies, and lots more.


• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike, or car? Save money with us.


• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary


• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!


• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Semi-skilled Construction Operative Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.  Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

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CCDO needed in Aberthaw

Starting ASAP

1 years' work

Cutting cables, soft strip demo work

Must have green ccdo, asbestos awareness and face fit

Monday - Thursday (7am - 7pm)

Friday (7am - 12pm)

If interested call 02037 403 304

CCDO needed in Aberthaw

Starting ASAP

1 years' work

Cutting cables, soft strip demo work

Must have green ccdo, asbestos awareness and face fit

Monday - Thursday (7am - 7pm)

Friday (7am - 12pm)

If interested call 02037 403 304

CCDO needed in Aberthaw

Starting ASAP

1 years' work

Cutting cables, soft strip demo work

Must have green ccdo, asbestos awareness and face fit

Monday - Thursday (7am - 7pm)

Friday (7am - 12pm)

If interested call 02037 403 304

Are you passionate about delivering an excellent repair and maintenance service to tenants? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced and challenging environment?

We are looking for someone to join our Repairs team to oversee reactive, planned, and cyclical maintenance across our homes. The role requires dedication, resilience and a passion to deliver for tenants.

We welcome any questions in advance of an application, or if there is something that matters to you and we haven’t covered that in the job pack, then please get in touch with our Head of Property, David Pettitt, at David.pettitt@taffhousing.co.uk

Apply by sending your CV to careers@taffhousing.co.uk clearly stating the job reference for the post you are applying for. Please also complete the Equal Opportunities Form.

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector’s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. We are one of the largest employers of surveyors in the country. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.

We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.

Our surveyors have the freedom to manage their own diaries and are empowered to deliver under their own autonomy. We trust our people and look forward to welcoming your skills into the VOA community.

Chartered Surveyor – Role Overview

District Valuer Services (DVS) provides professional property services across the public sector, including to private and third sector clients in delivering public services and functions of a public nature. Our clients include the Central, Local and Devolved Government, Health and Transport.

This role sits within the Transport Sector, where we work with major infrastructure providers including National Highways, Transport Scotland, Welsh Assembly Government and HS2. We deal with all aspects of compulsory purchase and compensation, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver infrastructure projects from early stage design to the final settlement of compensation.

You will work within a fast-paced team to meet increasing client requirements across a range of complex compulsory purchase casework including litigation cases. You will deliver complex casework, provide technical guidance to clients and colleagues and support other caseworkers within DVS. You will also assist with building capability within the team.

This exciting opportunity will also include project management and leading high profile casework for high profile clients.

Chartered Surveyor – Key responsibilities

• Dealing with a large complex portfolio of work requiring extensive experience of complex Compulsory Purchase casework
• Maintaining and applying an advanced level of valuation surveying knowledge to casework activity, review of high profile or complex valuations and project management. 
• Identifying risks and issues and making recommendations on action to be taken
• Collaboration with all internal stakeholders across DVS.
• Ensuring an awareness of the wider political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legislative agendas that impact the Transport Sector.
• Acting as an expert witness, appearance before arbitrators or submission of evidence to independent experts and Lands Tribunals, where required.
• Providing technical support to, and oversight of, less experienced colleagues
• Supporting the DVS management team and working closely with Team Leaders in the transferring of skills across the sector to build capability.
• On occasions, the role may require the successful candidate to undertake work outside the usual area. We are reasonable with our expectations and provide flexible working arrangements to support this need.

Jennifer Griffiths Recruitment are looking for an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor for a Client in the Bridgend area.

This position is Temporary to Permanent for the right candidate.

Job Role

The role requires managing all commercial and financial aspects of assigned projects and contracts to ensure completion is on time, within budget and to legal and quality assurance requirements and regulations.

The role will include:

A good understanding of all aspects of civil groundworks infrastructure.
Strong communication skills with statutory bodies on environmental, drainage and highways.
Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the Group’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy.
Contribute to the management of a range of legal and contractual issues to ensure the project remains profitable while complying with Group guidelines.
Appoint and retain subcontractors, including sourcing and negotiation of contracts, to ensure resources are available to achieve targets.
Work cohesively with other departments across the Operating Company to ensure achievement of targets.
Produce accurate and timely valuation reports for bespoke developments and management information to enable the Commercial management team to make informed business decisions.
Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy while ensuring compliance throughout the team to ensure health and safety standards are met.


Specific Requirements:

HND or HNC degree in construction related subject.
Relevant experience gained with a proven track record in a volume-driven housing development environment.
Knowledge of cost control, work in progress, procurement and commercial aspects.
Knowledge of the COINS system would be desirable but not essential as training will be provided.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Fully conversant with Microsoft Package, including Excel and Word.
Familiar with balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and business plans.
You must be an enthusiastic and hardworking individual who is willing to undertake all necessary training.
CSCS card required and current driving licence required for site visits.
The hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, with an hour for lunch break.

The salary is £15 - £20 an hour, depending on experience and this will be reviewed after a 6 month period.

Job Title - Property Repairs Support

Location - Seaham, County Durham SR7

Contract - Temp - Initial 8 weeks

Hours - 37

Role summary - The Property Repairs Support role is a vital position within the company. As Property Repairs Support, you will be responsible for providing high-quality administrative support to the Property Repairs Teams, including repairs, voids, gas, and electrical teams. You will ensure that the Property Repairs administrative systems are used to their full potential and that information is accurate, up to date and passed to other departments as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide high-quality administration and support to the Property Repairs Teams
• Ensure that Property Repairs policies, procedures and timescales relating to administration support are followed.
• Responsible for productivity and performance and yourself and your team ensuring the day to day support tasks are carried out
• Ensure that the Property Repairs administrative systems are used to their full potential and that information is accurate, up to date and passed to other departments as required.
• Demonstrate high levels of customer experience, including dealing with customer enquiries immediately following first contact with the customer within corporate timescales and ensuring that the customer is at the heart of decision making.
• Update the Housing Management and Property Repairs systems including data entry, raising works orders, investigating queries, dealing with variations and completing works orders with accurate information within designated deadlines.
• Responsible for contacting customers in relation to seeking and providing information and arranging of appointments including providing support to adhere to compliance of legislation in relation to the gas servicing and electrical inspection programmes.
• Raise purchase orders and requisitions on the company finance system abiding by company and financial procedures, monitor progress on those orders and assist in the approval and completion process.
• Provision of administrative support in the procurement and daily management of vehicle fleet to help ensure an effective and efficient fleet service is maintained.
• Update the void tracking system, collating void packs and certification and ensuring all completed repairs and SORs are entered into the system.
• Work with the Property Repairs Supply Chain assisting in ordering materials, replenishing van stock, tracking orders and liaising with Planners and Team Leads to ensure contractual KPIs are met.

Requirements:

• Demonstratable experience in customer service skills and delivering front line services to customers in a challenging operational environment.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding and track record of managing the pressures of conflicting priorities within a Property Repairs team.
• Effective use of repairs ICT as well as other IT and media as appropriate
• Able to prioritise to achieve realistic targets, costs, and time deadlines.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills including face to face, telephone, and written.
• Understand the work of Property Repairs and the remits of different departments.
• Demonstrates continuous development in a customer driven service.

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please send your CV now for consideration.

If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call George at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to George.Westhead@servicecare.org.uk

Cadwyn is a community housing association based in Cardiff. We are a diverse business with experience in social housing management and development, social lettings, market lets and sales, commercial regeneration and an amazing recycling project.

​Due to recent changes and expansion of the team, we are looking to recruit two Property Surveyors to join our Property and Maintenance team.

​This role is responsible for overseeing and responding to the maintenance needs of Cadwyn's properties, ensuring we are providing the comprehensive, energy efficient and cost effective management of our Assets.

At Cadwyn our staff work in an agile way, working mostly at home (if appropriate to the role) with the ability to hot desk at our main office in Cardiff or to work from any other suitable/convenient location. This role will mostly be field based.

What we offer:
The chance to work for an organisation with strong values: Kindness, Honesty, Fairness and Respect
A great pernament full time opportunity, with a working week of 35 hours
25 days holiday per year (increasing to 30 with length of service), plus bank holidays pro rata
Agile and flexible working opportunities
Ongoing training and development at a pace to suit you
Access to a great Pension Scheme
Medicare health cash plan
Health and wellbeing support
An annual flexible cash benefit
A cycle to work scheme

What we need someone who:
Is qualified to HNC/HND/Degree level or equivalent in a construction related subject
Is competent with Microsoft Office packages
Has strong technical knowledge and experience of Health & Safety and compliance in social housing
Has a strong repairs & maintenance background
Has experience of engaging and managing contractors and working with tenants
Is well organized, able to prioritise workload
Has good people/communication skills

For full details and to apply, please visit the 'work with us' section of Cadwyn's website www.cadwyn.co.uk

Cadwyn is a community housing association based in Cardiff. We are a diverse business with experience in social housing management and development, social lettings, market lets and sales, commercial regeneration and an amazing recycling project.

​Due to recent changes and expansion in the team, we are looking to recruit a Compliance & Estates Surveyor to join our Property and Maintenance team.

​​This role is responsible for supporting the delivery of all landlord health and safety functions to ensure statutory compliance and best practice across the organisation’s homes. The role will assist the Compliance & Estates Lead to deliver all estates services and facilities management.

​At Cadwyn our staff work in an agile way, working mostly at home (if appropriate to the role) with the ability to hot desk at our main office in Cardiff or to work from any other suitable/convenient location. This role will mostly be field based.

What we offer:
The chance to work for an organisation with strong values: Kindness, Honesty, Fairness and Respect
A great pernament full time opportunity, with a working week of 35 hours
25 days holiday per year (increasing to 30 with length of service), plus bank holidays pro rata
Agile and flexible working opportunities
Ongoing training and development at a pace to suit you
Access to a great Pension Scheme
Medicare health cash plan
Health and wellbeing support
An annual flexible cash benefit
A cycle to work scheme

What we need someone who:
Is qualified to HNC/HND/Degree level or equivalent in a construction related subject
Is competent with Microsoft Office packages
Has experience of Health & Safety and compliance in social housing
Has strong technical knowledge of compliance in social housing, in particular fire safety, asbestos, legionella and HHSRS
Has experience of engaging and managing contractors and working with tenants
Is well organized, able to prioritise workload
Has good people/communication skills​

For further information and to apply, please visit the 'work with us' section of Cadwyn's website www.cadwyn.co.uk

Support Worker- Hartlepool TS25

Must be over 18 years old and have a UK full driving license.

£11.44 per hour

Are you passionate and have a genuine desire to help others and are looking for a rewarding career. If so, come join our dedicated team and help support individuals live an independent and fulfilling life.

As a Domiciliary Support Worker you will assist people with daily living tasks which may include, domestic services, social support, personal care, support with medication and meal preparation, this role is supporting individuals with varying levels of learning disabilities and Autism, you would also be required to cover Sleep-in’s.

Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.

A DBS is required for this role.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends. Sleepovers will include an allowance.

Car driver desirable

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


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

Quantity Surveyor

Stockton on Tees

Are you an experienced House Building Quantity Surveyor that is looking to join a new company within the region?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large House Building company who are based in West Yorkshire. Building 2-4 bed houses throughout the Yorkshire regions.

A great chance to join a well-established company, where you will be constantly busy and getting involved in all aspects of the developments. This company is a place that has always recognised and rewarded hard work.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Budget Forecasting
• Pre & post tender
• Monthly valuations
• Undertake Material & Plant reconciliations weekly.
• Administration of Drawing Revisions & Site Records.

Salary & Benefits

A competitive salary ranging between £45,000 - £55,000 (depending on experience) + company car/car allowance, private healthcare and other additional benefits.

If this position sounds of interest and you would like more information, or would like to apply, please don't hesitate to get in contact with Adam at Fawkes & Reece on 01142130903.

If you are not interested but you know someone that might be, we pay a fee for successful referrals (terms apply)

Please note - in order to progress any applications further, Fawkes & Reece will need to add your details to our computerised database. You can view our privacy policy here. Before we can send your CV forward to the role, you will need to confirm in writing that you consent. Your Recruitment Consultant will discuss this with you during your initial phone debrief.

Female Support Worker- Hartlepool TS25

Must be over 18 years old and have a UK full driving license.

£11.44 per hour

Are you passionate and have a genuine desire to help others and are looking for a rewarding career. If so, come join our dedicated team and help support individuals live an independent and fulfilling life.

As a Domiciliary Support Worker you will assist people with daily living tasks which may include, domestic services, social support, personal care, support with medication and meal preparation, this role is supporting individuals with varying levels of learning disabilities and Autism, you would also be required to cover Sleep-in’s.

Previous experience is desirable for this position although full training will be provided.

A DBS is required for this role.

Real Life Options offers flexible employment opportunities. This role will include shift working, including evenings, sleepovers, nights and weekends. Sleepovers will include an allowance.

Car driver desirable

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


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.

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Brook Street (UK) Ltd are recruiting Senior Clerical Officers for our leading Public Sector client Education Authority Northern Ireland.

(NORTHERN IRELAND APPLICANTS ONLY)

As a temporary Senior Clerical Officer in the Transport Administration Dept. you will provide advice and assistance to Education Authority officers, customers, the public and other professionals as directed by the Programme Manager.
You will provide administrative support for the daily functional and operational staff.

You will be proficient in MS Packages such as Excel, Outlook and Word. You will be confident in the daily use of spreadsheets and databases and will conduct typing and word-processing duties.

Essential Criteria:

• Have the equivalent of five GCSEs at grade C or above and at least one-year administrative experience in an office environment.
• Have good customer service skills, along with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Be a good Team player with the ability to work on one`s own initiative.
• Excellent typing skills
• Diary Management
• Minute Taking skills
• Microsoft Office 365 including Access and Power BI

Job Role:

• Provide administrative support in relation to all aspects of the work of the programme using the full range of IT equipment including word processing/typing, databases, spreadsheets, email, fax, intranet and internet facilities.
• The assistance in the collation of factual data and statistical information from various sources to support the work of identified officers within the service.
• Prepare letters, minutes, notes and other clerical support to officers as appropriate and as directed by the programme manager.
• Use initiative, tact and diplomacy in responding to queries, issues and problems which arise within the section in the absence of the programme manager.
• Order and monitor supplies of stationery and office requisitions for all staff within the section along with diary management of stakeholders.
• Be responsible for maintaining efficient recording and filing systems within the service as directed by the programme manager.
• Delegate tasks to the office team in the absence of senior management.
• Attend monthly meetings with key stakeholders, prepare meeting minutes and distribute meeting minutes.
• Preparing dashboards and presentations via Power BI

You will benefit from:

• Full training and induction
• Accrue holiday hours as you work
• Brook Street (UK) Ltd back office support and mentoring

The rate of pay is £12.52 per hour, the hours of work are 36hrs Monday to Friday.
If you would like to apply for this role, please email your CV via the `Apply` link.

Are you an experienced Legal Secretary who thrives in a busy and varied role? If so, we could have the perfect role to enhance your career!

We have a new opportunity for a permanent Legal Secretary (Bespoke Residential Property) to join our client’s Team, based in Stockton with an attractive salary and benefits package on offer, working part-time or full-time.

Responsibilities:
• Provide administrative support to solicitors and fee earners, including opening files on Proclaim
• Conduct Solicitors Regulation Authority checks and client ID/money laundering checks
• Correspond with clients and law firms via email, letter, telephone, and face-to-face
• Order property searches and produce/amend legal documents
• Apply to the Land Registry for registration post-completion
• Schedule and forward completed documents to clients
• Close and archive files, update systems, and handle outstanding balances
• Address requisitions from HM Land Registry
• Pursue initial client documentation and update cases using LMS and Lender Exchange systems
• Prepare bills, completion statements, and liaise with Accounts for completions
• Manage abatement and re-issuance of bills

Key Requirements:
• Strong administrative skills
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and database systems
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and hard-working
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills
• Quick learner with a proactive, "can-do" attitude

If this Legal Secretary role is of interest, please submit your CV.