Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: The location of this role is negotiable and we will consider home working or hybrid working where you will be based in both the office and home.

Contract Type: Temporary

Salary: circa £45,000 dependant on location + Benefits Fixed term contract until September 2022

Reference No: 10074

Final applications 3 October 2021

Description

Summary

Are you passionate about built heritage? Do you want to put your skills and expertise to use in helping find solutions for historic buildings? This is an opportunity to impact directly on the conservation of our national heritage, as well as to exchange skills and knowledge with our team of heritage professionals with expertise in historic building conservation.

Historic England are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Technical Conservation Team, who specialise in the care, repair and conservation of buildings, structures and landscapes. If you are looking to work in a small friendly team where you can make a real difference, then this is the ideal opportunity for you to join us.

You will be joining at a critical time for the sector. Covid-19 has meant that many historic sites have been closed threatening their economic stability and creating a repair and maintenance backlog. Our grant funding will be essential at this time to support the sector and you will be working proactively with grant recipients to provide technical advice and support as part of a small project team. You will be delivering high quality expert quantity surveying advice and guidance on construction related costs and procurement to staff within Historic England in respect of all aspects of the historic environment.

This is a fixed term contract until September 2022, but there may be an opportunity to extend it.

The location of this role is negotiable and we are open to hybrid working where you will be based in both the office and home.


What you will be doing:

As a member of the Technical Conservation Team, you will use both your expert technical knowledge and your excellent interpersonal skills to provide specific cost, procurement and QS advice/services to support the repair and adaptative re-use of traditional buildings.

You will be working proactively with colleagues within Historic England and grant recipients to provide quantity surveying advice and guidance on construction related costs and procurement issues, liaising with professional advisers as required.

This an opportunity to impact directly on the conservation of our national heritage, as well as support the development of the team`s role as a centre of specialist knowledge in quantity surveying, cost information and construction procurement as applied to the historic environment. This will include liaison with professional bodies impacting on Historic England`s work regarding standards of practice, research, publication and CPD training needs.

Who we are looking for:

-Chartered Quantity Surveyor with substantial relevant practical experience
-Experience of the diverse procurement methods & use of various standard Forms of Contract
-Knowledge of `the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
-Familiarity with traditional construction methods and systems
-Excellent organisational skills
-Good written communications skills

We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the county and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognize the importance of a healthy work -life balance

Provisional interview date: w/c 11th October 2021