Quantity Surveyor - Location: Surrey - £40-50,000 salary
This is the ideal role for a Quantity Surveyor with proven experience of working in the Refurbishment or Capital works sectors and is looking to join a leading company that provides a safe, secure and friendly working environment for all its employees.
As a Surveyor, you will be responsible for the financial and technical aspects of contracts including procurement, invoicing and payment to ensure effective cash-flow management and meet profit and ROCE budgets. You will also prepare tenders by measuring and calculating rates for estimating and ensure all work issued have labour targets to return agreed performance. Additionally, you will manage the contract accounting and ensure prompt payment and control cost information. You will also develop and maintain relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors and suppliers.
As a Surveyor, you will be responsible for the financial and technical aspects of contracts including procurement, invoicing and payment to ensure effective cash-flow management and meet profit and ROCE budgets. You will also prepare tenders by measuring and calculating rates for estimating and ensure all work issued have labour targets to return agreed performance. Additionally, you will manage the contract accounting and ensure prompt payment and control cost information. You will also develop and maintain relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors and suppliers.
Your other duties will include:
- Procuring & Managing subcontractors in line with contract budgets
- Ensuring productivity targets are agreed and issued before contract start
- Managing the billing process to minimise capital usage
- Producing monthly contract valuations
To be considered for this role, you must have:
- Experience in the commercial management of response contracts, minor works and or planned projects
- Experience of working with social housing and local authority clients desirable
- Experience of working on schedule of rates type contracts and the ability to price minor works from first principles
- A successful track record of converting tenders
- A working knowledge of standard forms of contract
- The ability to plan and supervise the delivery of contracts
- The ability to build successful working relationships with customers and colleagues
- Computer literacy
As a Surveyor, you must be a customer focused team player with strong judgement and decision making abilities. You must also be commercially savvy and be adept at thinking logically and analytically. Exceptional interpersonal and communication attributes are also key.
We like to challenge our employees, but we make sure you are rewarded- and we don't just assume that has to be monetary- we care about your development and we are committed to your career.
Package
Competitive salary + Company Car with fuel allowance
New Homes Sales Executive, Gloucestershire - £20k - £25k and OTE £30k - £40k
Overview
An award winning house builder is looking for a Sales Advisor to join their ongoing development in Presbury until it finishes before joining one of their new launches in the Gloucestershire area. The impressive development is set near stunning views of the Cotswolds compromising of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bed homes.
The Client
The client has been building some of the UK's best homes for over 100 years. They pride themselves on being one of the country's leading housebuilders and have established an enviable reputation for the quality of their build and design, specification and customer service.
The role
Duties include:
- Negotiating Property Sales
- Delivering excellent customer service
- Carrying out market research
- Providing expert knowledge of the company, the homes available, pricing list and all processes involved
- Maintaining the presentation of show homes and sales office to the highest standards
The candidate
Candidate must have new homes sales experience with a national or regional developer
Salary and package
- Basic salary of £20k - £25k plus commission
- Generous bonus structure
- One in four weekends off
- Supportive work environment
Role is unlikely to be open for long so please apply below or call Elizabeth Jones at England Associates - 01489663262
Technical Coordinator/ Lead - Hampshire - New Homes Developer
You will be working with a new multi-phased development of around 400 residential units of 3-5 bedroom family homes with surrounding ventures including retail, commercial and leisure developments. The development is set in a rural location with great transport links into its urbanised neighbouring towns and cities.
You will be working alongside the Senior Technical Coordinator on this prestigious project and also have the opportunity to be the Technical Lead on a variety of other traditional developments.
Your duties will include;
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Provide technical support and information to Construction, Commercial and Sales departments and maintain good communications to ensure the required level of service is maintained. •
Coordinate the production & review of layouts and working drawings. •
Assist the Technical Project Manager in the appointment of consultants. •
Coordinate the submission of Building Regulation Applications and procure other statutory approvals. •
Assist the in the production of pre-tender health & safety plans. •
At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.
This role offers a competitive salary as well as £5.5k car allowance, 26 days holiday, health care, pension and other company benefits.
The requirements for this role mean you must already have experience working on new build housing/ developments within the Technical department/ a Technical Coordinator role.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please Apply Now!
Business Development Manager - Location: Surrey - £40,000-£60,000 salary
A brilliant opportunity has arisen in the Surrey area for a Business Development Manager to join an ambitious and growing regional building maintenance and refurbishment business with an expanding portfolio of contracts.
Role
The Business Development Manager will play a key role in enabling the continued growth of the company. Your role will be helping to identify, develop and win new opportunities across all of the company's divisions - one delivering long-term cyclical contracts the other delivering building maintenance and refurbishment projects. The role will enjoy a significant degree of autonomy whilst benefitting from the support of the Board of Directors.
What You Will Need to Succeed
- HND/Degree or equivalent in relevant discipline
- Identify and actively build relationships with clients and professional advisors/consultants who are in target areas/markets to identify new opportunities for the company
- Support the retention of existing clients by working to understand their forward plans, key issues and objectives
- Oversee the design and management of marketing campaigns
- Develop a forward pipeline of opportunities - keeping the company's CRM system up-to-date
- Raise the profile of the company by planning and implementing an events programme - including attendance at industry, client and professional event
- Maintenance Generation of monthly pipeline reports for Board of Directors
- Candidate Information
- In depth understanding of the construction, property and housing sectors
- Good general knowledge of construction and maintenance contracting and the role of the main players (clients, consultants, principal contractors)
- Experience of leading tendering and bid processes with public sector, education or housing association customers.
- Track record of identifying and winning new business opportunities within a similar environment
- A flexible and positive attitude
- A willingness to 'get stuck in' and do what it takes to help grow the business
- Good IT skills -- both MS Offices packages and CRM systems
- A self-starter - comfortable working independently with limited supervision
Package
You will receive a salary circa of £40,000 - £60,000 (depending on experience) plus a car allowance.
If you are interested in this position please contact me as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Health & Safety Manager - Location: Surrey - £30-40,000
I am looking for an experienced Health & Safety Manager who has knowledge within repairs and maintenance sector. The ideal candidate will come from the property services industry.
Role
You will learn our trade risks, be guided and mentored through our business and will be responsible for raising the profile of Health, Safety and Environmental issues throughout the organisation and ensure a consistently safe working environment to all employees and customers, increased Near Miss emphasis and reduced injury rates within the group.
You will support the UK HSEQ function, ensuring a professional, effective and efficient service to all internal customers, providing advice and safety training. Establish high levels of understanding of health & safety rights and responsibilities throughout the organisation through effective communication at all levels across the business, you will be responsible for formulating a local area plan, in line with Company Policies and Procedures to ensure that the appropriate accreditations and assessments are in place across the organisation in line with our specific sectors and customer requirements.
Support managers in order to resolve staff problems over health and safety at work. This may include, as appropriate, visits to and inspection of workplaces, preparation of written reports, conducting research, the provision of advice and information, participation in direct meetings and negotiations with employers.
Candidate Information
You will be a keen and interested candidate who aspires to being a HSE professional with:
- Excellent people management and communication skills.
- H&S qualification - Nebosh is essential
- Grad IOSH - minimum requirement
- Quality Auditor (IRCA) qualification - desirable
- Full clean driving license essential
- Experience of a multi-site blue-collar environment a distinct advantage
- Experience of managing diverse business trades, Joinery, Grounds Maintenance etc.
- Good Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015, OHSAS 18001 standards and accreditations etc.
- Good Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other reporting tools
- Ability to work on own initiative and to tight timescales
- Self-motivated with the ability to adapt to different circumstances with a customer-focused approach to delivering projects.
If you are interested in this position please contact me as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Job Title: Junior Estimator
Location: Hampshire
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 + package
Start date: ASAP
I am working with a main contractor in the Hampshire area who are looking for a Junior Estimator to join an existing team of passionate and dedicated employees. The individual will need to have practical experience, and also be eager to learn the ropes of Estimating.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Undertake some estimating duties.
- Estimating primarily high end residential domestic properties.
- Take some ownership of the estimating process, and follow a robust estimating procedure including managing all enquiries to sub-contractors, choosing applicable sub-contractors, and communicating other bid requirements to members of the bid team.
- Completing quantity take offs as required and completing schedules of work, or bills of quantities if applicable.
- Thoroughly analysing sub-contract returns (including sub-contract comparisons) and engaging with our supply chain throughout the bid to ensure suitable returns are provided.
- Completing elemental rate breakdowns at the completion of projects and helping to manage our internal cost database.
- Assist with multiple stage tenders, including completing preliminary costings, and forms of tender.
- Assist if necessary with pre-qualification questionnaire, and enquiry information.
Personal specification:
- Detailed knowledge private residential building contracting.
- Have a good understanding of traditional building methods and products associated with the refurbishment of listed buildings and up-market period houses
- A practical, logical and methodical approach to thinking and problem solving, and excellent organizational skills.
- The ability to work in a team and communicate bid requirements to other members of that team.
- Be confident in dealing directly with Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Clients and Subcontractors.
- To be able to write clear and precise communications which might include detailed and complex figures, calculations and specific building information.
- Strong numeracy and financial management skills and the ability to learn construction management IT packages. Have a good working knowledge MS Office - Intermediate to advanced level of Excel
- Awareness of property taxation matters and contractual law
- Ability to complete take offs and produce detailed schedules of work when required.
- The ability to produce Bills of Quantities in line with SMM7, or NRM2
- Good experience working with estimating software like Esti-Mate, or ConQuest
Rewards and benefits:
The salary is dependent on experience, plus benefits- please get in contact if you wish to know more information about this.
If you would like more information on this role and are interested, please click the apply button below!
Ensure Incidents and Service Requests are resolved within agreed time scales set out by the service operating level agreement. Document all incident resolutions to ensure knowledge data base is up-to date. Develop, schedule and implement training. Provide technical support based on problem tickets raised. Perform routine housekeeping and vulnerability patching. Produce status report and MI where required. Install bespoke applications. Respond to customer enquiries in a timely and professional manner. Maintain systems security in accordance with security policies and legislation.
Key tasks:
1. Manage and take ownership of all change/problem/incidents.
2. Triage all incidents and changes to ensure that the appropriate L4 Resolver Group(s) are engaged.
3. Manage the SM tooling interactions.
4. Investigate problems, according to impact, through to resolution or error identification. Update the change/problem/incident records with all progress that occurs, including any actions to correct problems.
5. Assist with the handling of MI – Major Incident and identifying the root cause.
6. Review all implemented changes/problem/incidents to ensure that they have met their objectives.
7. Analyse change/problem/incidents to determine any trends or apparent problems that occur and involve relevant parties where necessary.
8. Raise problem records based on proactive trend analysis for clients to make recommendations for enhancements to processes and procedures
9. Monitor and audit the process, using qualitative and quantitative Key Performance Indicators.
10. Schedule and attend meetings according to the process and Governance Structure.
11. Identify any areas of difficulty or areas for improvement providing a quality service to the customer.
12. Review the processes and make recommendations for improvements.
13. Liaise with all necessary parties (including external 3rd parties) to co-ordinate Change building, testing and implementation in accordance with customer’s schedules.
14. Manage all change/problem/incidents and escalate any issues to Problem/Change Manager.
Key tasks:
1. Manage and take ownership of all change/problem/incidents.
2. Triage all incidents and changes to ensure that the appropriate L4 Resolver Group(s) are engaged.
3. Manage the SM tooling interactions.
4. Investigate problems, according to impact, through to resolution or error identification. Update the change/problem/incident records with all progress that occurs, including any actions to correct problems.
5. Assist with the handling of MI – Major Incident and identifying the root cause.
6. Review all implemented changes/problem/incidents to ensure that they have met their objectives.
7. Analyse change/problem/incidents to determine any trends or apparent problems that occur and involve relevant parties where necessary.
8. Raise problem records based on proactive trend analysis for clients to make recommendations for enhancements to processes and procedures
9. Monitor and audit the process, using qualitative and quantitative Key Performance Indicators.
10. Schedule and attend meetings according to the process and Governance Structure.
11. Identify any areas of difficulty or areas for improvement providing a quality service to the customer.
12. Review the processes and make recommendations for improvements.
13. Liaise with all necessary parties (including external 3rd parties) to co-ordinate Change building, testing and implementation in accordance with customer’s schedules.
14. Manage all change/problem/incidents and escalate any issues to Problem/Change Manager.
Customer Services Coordinator for a national house builder - £21,000 - £24,000
Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an award winning house builder as a Customer Service Coordinator, playing an important part in achieving their goal to continually improve their service to customers.
Duties and responsibilities
To provide a great level of service to the customers helping to demonstrate and helping them move into their new homes. Once moved in, you then act as the customer's first point of contact for any concerns they may have through the first two years of the new home warranty.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will be allocated responsibility of ensuring that our customers receive a first class level of service on a set number of our new home developments.
- This will entail dealing with any concerns they may have upon moving in and 14 day call back stage and throughout the contractual warranty period.
- You will need to address customer complaints and concerns with empathy and professionalism. You will need to be clear in your communication on what actions we will be taking to resolve any issues that arise and provide appropriate follow up to ensure customers are aware of works taking place.
- You will need to arrange for some issues to be inspected and then to place orders with various sub-contract tradesmen to correct issues as part of your day to day role. You will be responsible to ensure these appointments are kept and are closed off our system once completed.
- You will need to be able to handle a large portfolio of customers and be able to prioritise if there is an urgent issue arising within the home.
- You will need to liaise with our internal departments, site management, technical, commercial and sales teams to gain information to provide great customer service.
- We ask our customers for their views on the quality of our service after moving in and this feedback will help us to measure your success.
- The role will involve telephone contact, email and letter writing as part of your day to day tasks.
Experience and Qualifications:
- Knowledge and experience in a customer service role in an office environment is essential. Working in a team is essential.
- They key to success in this role is the ability to be highly organised so that you keep any promises to get back to customers within promised time-frames.
- A positive outlook and a personable nature will be vital to the role as communicating effectively with customers, sub-contractors and internal colleagues will give you the best chance of delivering against your key performance indicators.
- Knowledge of the new homes industry / construction and relevant experience in a customer service environment is desirable.
Salary and package
£21,000 - £24,000
In return they offer an opportunity to work on some of the UKs most exciting construction projects, in a fast paced environment where each day brings new challenges as well as a competitive salary and benefits package.
An exciting new opportunity has arisen within a Key Defence Supplier who are looking to recruit a Vision and Sensor Data Analytics Consultant, in order to work on a variety of interesting applications within Military, Industrial and Transport settings.
Your responsibilities will include the development of vision processing, alongside AI algorithms, as well as having a technical leadership on a large scope of projects. You will also have the opportunity to develop new business opportunities and funding sources for the company.
You should have a strong mathematical foundation and a proven record of accomplishment in computer vision; experience in software development using languages such as C/C++ and Python is also an advantage.
Get in touch on 01489 232080 or francesca.skan@englandassociates.co.uk to find out more.
BACKGROUND:
- The UK Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Qatar to provide: Pilot training through the UK Military Flying Training Service (UKMFTS); UK RAF experience for Qatari pilots through operation of a joint UK / Qatar Typhoon Squadron and Support to the Security of the Qatar World Cup through deployment to Country of the joint squadron in 2022. This agreement includes Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) in support of Typhoon Defensive Aids Sub-system (DASS) Mission Data (MD). The production and testing of MD will be completed by BAE Systems under their Equipment supply contract, but its delivery will require Suitably Qualified & Experienced Personnel (SQEP) working with the Typhoon Mission Support Centre (MSC) at RAF Coningsby to complete the specialist aspects of the MD.
- The programme of work to meet these Government to Government commitments has already commenced and is now subject to a compressed time-line to deliver against the fixed outcomes. The MSC have 12 years' experience of MD specification, production, test and improvement and they are considered to be world leading in the field. Augmenting the MSC team with additional SQEP, specifically focussed on Qatar, is required to deliver efficient and effective outcomes for both Qatar and the UK Typhoon Force.
REQUIREMENT:
- The Qatar SQEP element of the MSC will consist of:
a. An Operational Specialist able to: conduct all MD Ops Team functions; manage Required Emitter List (REL) and Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) databases; provide technical SME advice to the development and testing of Typhoon Electronic Support Countermeasures (ESCM) and support DASS analysis task when required.
Primary duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, provision of specialist technical:
- Support to the Typhoon MD team in the Ops role for the preparation, specification and delivery of Typhoon MD for Qatar.
- Support in the preparation and development of deliverable documentation.
- Advice to the Typhoon MD Management team on how to optimise the preparation and specification of Typhoon MD for Qatar.
- Support to ECM activities within the Ops Team of the Typhoon MD Team.
- Advice and support to test events.
They would be expected to have specialist technical knowledge to:
- Review and conduct Analysis of Typhoon DASS specific aircraft recorded material.
- Input to the requirements capture for Typhoon Analysis and MD tools.
- Provide advice to DASS software and MD development.
Primary duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Review and Analysis of Typhoon DASS specific aircraft recorded material.
- Input to the requirements capture for Typhoon Analysis and MD tools.
- Advice and support to test events.
- Advice regarding DASS software and MD development.
- Support to the Typhoon MD Team for the development and preparation of Typhoon MD for Qatar.
- Support to the Defensive Aids Computer (DAC).
Additionally, as directed by OC MSC, each Mission Support Specialist will provide SME support that could include:
- DAC, CCM, software development, database management and CCM manual construction and maintenance.
- Radar and RF Management software development and database management for Qatar MD.
- Qatar pilot liaison and feedback SME for Joint Sqn Ops.
Do you enjoy a challenge and are you looking to take your next step in your cyber security career? And if you like the countryside, green rolling hills but still want to remain close enough to London to enjoy a nice day out without hours of travel then please read on.
Whether you have two years and are looking to develop a Security Operations Centre career further or possibly you have been involved in SOC environments for a while and you're looking for a further step to specialise in certain technical or team leader activities this opportunity will be relevant to you.
The opportunity is located on a client site in a very secure environment where you will be responsible for operational delivery of IT security service including tactical hunting, threat analysis, vulnerability response, incident response and implementation of system policies.
From a technical perspective you will possess competencies in both Windows and Linux environments, ideally will have already achieved COMPTIA or GIAC or similar certifications and be able to demonstrate a broad networking knowledge including TCP/IP, network analysis (although this can be trained). A full driving licence is required due to location of site and occasional travel to other remote sites.
14605 - Service Transition Manager, London 6 months £516 Umb
Client
MOD
Role & Responsibilities
- At least a minimum of 3 years’ experience of successfully supporting projects and working with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver results within fixed timeframes with limited resource.Experience of organising teams, establishing processes and working to deadlines. Previous experience of using Microsoft Office tools, including SharePoint solutions would be advantageous.
Security Clearance: SC
Interview Process: F2F
Closing Date
Friday 10th May 5pm
How to Apply
Click the apply button on the right to apply now.
If you would like more information please call Rachel Millican on 01489 232 080
Must have SC / DV Clearance
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