Job Description
Are you a skilled Quantity Surveyor, passionate about delivering high-quality homes and meaningful community impact? Join us at The Guinness Partnership, where you will play a key role in ensuring our investment programmes, repairs, and development projects are delivered to the highest standards.
As a key member of our Planned Delivery team, you will play an essential role in ensuring financial efficiency and full contractual compliance across all development projects and major repairs within our housing portfolio.
The successful Quantity Surveyor will work closely with Planned Delivery Managers, Surveyors, the Project Delivery team, and our service providers to ensure that all commercial and financial activities align with contract terms, specifications, and the agreed schedule of rates. You will also support the delivery of consistent cost and quality standards by carrying out commercial checks in line with contract conditions.
What We Are Looking For
We are a resident-focussed organisation, and we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. As well as being an experienced Quantity Surveyor, you will bring strong collaboration skills and a commitment to going the extra mile to achieve the best outcomes. You will also be able to demonstrate:
- Quantity surveying experience within social housing and asset maintenance teams.
- Proven experience of providing excellent customer service.
- Experience of cost management, framework contracts and commercial management of contracts using a schedule of rates.
- Experience of developing, preparing and issuing performance reports.
- Experience and effectiveness in negotiating costs and contract terms with contractors.
- Good knowledge of building construction and repair techniques and related current legislation and regulations.
- Knowledge of the CDM regulations and other Health and Safety Legislation
- Effective planning and organisational skills.
- Experience of overseeing contractors delivering multi discipline projects and ensuring Health & Safety requirements are followed.
- Excellent IT skills and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Word, Powerpoint, housing and property management systems.
To find out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the full essential criteria, please review the role profile.
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
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Quantity Surveyor in Oldham employer: The Guinness Partnership
Guinness is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Oldham with a strong commitment to employee growth and innovation. Our hybrid working model promotes a healthy work-life balance, while our investment in cutting-edge digital tools like Microsoft Dynamics 365 and AI technologies ensures that you will be at the forefront of digital product management. Join us to make a meaningful impact on resident experiences and operational efficiency, all within a supportive culture that values collaboration and continuous improvement.
