Working Hours: 35 Hours per week
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance
Closing Date: 11 October 2024
Interview Method: In Person (Face to Face)
Interview Date: 24 October 2024
This role is subject to -
Qualification - Qualified with a BSc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying.
Registration - Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or working towards membership (e.g MRICS) or holds full membership of a relevant professional body.
Experience - Demonstrable Quantity Surveying experience in Highway/Construction related projects.
Casual Car Documentation - The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.
Driving Licence – The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.
The role holder will fulfil a commercial position within the service area and will be expected to manage and be responsible for the commercial elements of allocated construction projects, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often on large or complex projects.
The role requires commercial experience in a construction project environment, with an ability to support the delivery team by ensuring that all commercial requirements are fully defined and managed. The role focuses on the delivery of Essential maintenance contract's and frameworks managing external contractors who are undertaking maintenance programmes on our behalf, average annual budgets c£6m. A key aim is to ensure effective contract management across the supply chain delivering to budget, within defect response times, to quality standards as we keep the highway network moving to shape the city in line with the Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040 as we look to form effective partnerships for the coming years.
The role holder will be expected to: - Provide support to the Project Managers by ensuring projects are delivered within budget and to the agreed standards.
- Carry out and conduct feasibility studies and the writing procurement reports.
- Apply Value Management techniques at the outset of a project.
- Carry out estimating and cost planning activities and take ownership of and presentation of project cost plans.
- Assist with the procurement process, under the direction of the Project Manager and Level 3 Quantity Surveyor, ensuring that all stages including pre-qualification, enquiry, analysis, selection and contract preparation are performed effectively.
- Prepare contract documentation consisting of activity schedules and or bills of quantities in accordance with industry methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentation, attending interviews, carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report
- Ensure that post-contract cost variances and change control processes are implemented and managed effectively.
- Ensure that cost checking and valuation work is governed and managed effectively in accordance with the Contract conditions, ensure that final accounts are negotiated and agreed
- Ensure the production of detailed and accurate monthly cost reports, grant claims submissions, where applicable.
- Undertake with the design team Value Engineering and Life cycle costing where required.
- Ensure projects are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time.
- Ensure strong relationships are developed with clients and other stakeholders.
- Have personal commitment to continuous self-development and service improvement.
- Through personal example, open commitment and clear action, ensure diversity is positively valued, resulting in equal access and treatment in employment, service delivery and communications.
It is considered that you will have: - Experience in service delivery from a capital programme perspective
- Proven experience of commercially managing projects in a construction related environment;
- An ability to deal with and resolve commercial and contractual issues and risks at project level;
- Experience in a client facing role
- Proven experience of building relationships
- An ability to take the lead with client interfaces and responsibility for team outputs where these are of a commercial nature;
- Communication and proven commercial management skills
- Proven experience of building relationships
- Communication and proven commercial management skills
What you can expect from us… - A competitive salary of £39,186 to £43,421.
- Casual-user car allowance per-mile scheme for all business miles travelled.
- Car leasing scheme that offers a brand-new, competitively priced, electric or hybrid car to pay a monthly fixed cost straight out of your salary, pre-tax: no deposit requirement or credit checks, maintenance included, fully comprehensive insurance included.
- A generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days paid leave (plus bank holidays) after a qualifying period of local government service and the ability to purchase an additional 10 days leave for full time employees.
- A flexible approach to working arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, including a 35-hour working week, and flexitime scheme which permits accrued hours to be taken as additional “flexi-leave” days
- We will help you develop your career by providing development and support whatever your level of experience
- A host of health & wellbeing benefits – e.g., Employee Assistance Programme, gym discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution into a defined benefit pension, with life cover and the option to build additional voluntary contributions via salary sacrifice arrangements
You’ll be able to show that you have significant knowledge and experience of undertaking a similar position within the industry, gained within either a Local Authority, Consultancy, or the Private sector. A relevant technical qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent and/or appropriate experience of commercial management. You will be able to contribute to service delivery and manage your own workload without day-to-day supervision, across all types of projects, from small to complex commercial schemes whilst working with the Teams and the supply chain partners.
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. If you want to find out more about the role, our culture, flexible arrangements or any adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview we will ask you if you require any adjustments in order for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
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When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
Other relevant information
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
Our Manchester Strategy/Behaviours.pdf
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