Haig Housing – Quantity Surveyor

Confederation of Service Charities; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

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Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience

Role Status: Full Time

Closing Date: 26 Feb 2025

Haig Housing is a Veterans’ housing charity with some 1,500 properties in small estates throughout the UK that it lets to ex-Service people and their families. We put people at the centre of everything we do – our beneficiaries and our staff. All our employees can expect to experience a professional and friendly working environment where we deliver to those who need us. We work hard to develop, manage and maintain a range of affordable, quality housing for veterans.

To deliver this, we hire people who are passionate, committed and proactive in providing quality services. We develop our team to be knowledgeable, self-regulating and highly skilled and reward the value they bring to the organisation. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our Asset Management Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all cost-related aspects of our residential property portfolio, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. This role involves close collaboration with housing managers, contractors, and tenants to maintain the condition of our properties and ensure value for money on all works carried out.

The role has a remote working arrangement, with regular travel required across all our estate. You will have a formal qualification in Quantity Surveying and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role. You will be customer focused, a good communicator with excellent problem-solving skills including dealing with customer complaints. In return, we will provide you with a very competitive package that consists of a generous salary, company pension, optional private medical insurances, good holiday allowance, and life insurance.

Job details

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Department: Property Services

Term: Permanent

Location: Remote working

Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience

About the job

Job summary

1. To prepare detailed budgets and cost plans for property maintenance, refurbishment, and improvement projects across the Trust property assets. Analyze project costs and identify potential cost-saving opportunities. Monitor expenditure and ensure projects adhere to approved budgets. Provide accurate cost reporting to management.
2. To be responsible for the preparation of tender documents and evaluate bids from contractors. Negotiate contracts and ensure favorable terms. Appoint and manage contractors, ensuring compliance with contract terms.
3. Responsible for the assessment and certification of contractor payments. Manage variations and resolve contractual disputes.
4. To maintain accurate records of project documentation in accordance with Trust processes and procedures.
5. Conduct site visits across the Trust portfolio to assess property condition and identify maintenance needs. Prepare detailed reports on required works and associated costs.
6. To address tenant inquiries related to building works and ensure minimal disruption to tenants during projects.
7. To support the effective management and monitoring of health and safety, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations in order to meet our legal obligations. Provide a professional, technical and practical approach in the delivery of all works commissioned on behalf of the Trust to ensure that legal and statutory obligations are met.
8. Undertake any other duties commensurate with the salary of the role. This is a home-based position with extensive travel involved within the estate. Attend regular team meetings (approx 6 times per annum) at any of Haig Housing Trust’s estates as well as occasional training sessions at Head Office in London including induction.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Education – Essential

1. Formal qualification in Quantity Surveying
2. Minimum of three years’ experience in a similar role
3. IT literate in Microsoft Office and Outlook

Knowledge, Skills & Experience – Essential

1. Excellent time management and organization skills
2. Customer focused, good communicator with excellent problem-solving skills including dealing with customer complaints
3. Evidence of delivering value for money, efficiency, and service improvement
4. Proven knowledge and experience in building safety and all aspects of health and safety
5. Capable of diagnosing and providing technical solutions in varied building maintenance matters (damp, structural defects, etc.)
6. Evidence of dealing with disrepair cases
7. Dynamic, flexible and innovative, leads change using best practices from other sectors
8. Team player who works efficiently with other stakeholders
9. Self-motivated, unafraid to challenge and be challenged, lives organizational values
10. Able to build relationships, trust & credibility with diverse audiences
11. A problem solver, with clear evidence of a proactive, collaborative & agile mindset
12. A clean driving license
13. Clear identification with charitable purpose and tireless working for beneficiaries