Wigan Council
Location
Wigan, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Wigan Town Hall
Library Street
Wigan
WN1 1YN
Salary: Grade 10, £42,403 - £46,464 per annum.
37 hours per week
Your role :
You will assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor with the procurement and financial management of the Council’s construction projects from initial budget setting to final account settlement. You will work both autonomously and/or collaboratively with the cost management team to ensure the Council is achieving value for money across all aspects of its construction activities. You will develop close working relationships with the wider team, initiating close coordination of all elements of the project associated to the discipline including change control procedures and providing a full commercial support service, compiling, and maintaining commercial information, ensuring compliance with procurement and contractual requirements.
About you :
You will have a construction financial management degree and / or working towards chartered membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. You’ll have detailed knowledge of JCT / NEC contract conditions, building & construction technology, processes, and materials, with emphasis on education environments and experienced in producing Bill of Quantities and feasibility estimates at various RIBA stages. You’ll have great interpersonal skills that enable you to work in different operational areas for a range of customers, colleagues, and stakeholders. You’ll be able to work on your own initiative or within a team environment, displaying the Be Wigan behaviours and being ambitious to further develop your skills.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the iESE Public Sector Transformation Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030 , our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The Capital Projects Team are an enthusiastic team of construction professionals that turnover around £10M pa in capital projects and maintenance works to education premises and some corporate and housing stock. Our work ranges from the project management of minor reactive/planned repairs and statutory compliance services to major new build projects up to £25M relying heavily on a team working ethos to deliver projects on time, on budget and to high quality standards.
The council offers an outstanding pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and flexible working policy.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality , inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, applicants demonstrating our Team Wigan behaviours, is really important to us, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
For further information, please contact Steve Osborne at [email protected]
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Interview date: From Monday 8th April 2024
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£42.4k per annum
