Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor
Location: Based at any EH office / Homeworker or Hybrid working (travel to offices and sites required)
Salary: From £48,114 (Standard National) or from £53,459 (Standard Inner London) depending on skills and experience / 36 hours per week / Permanent
Job type: Permanent
Ref: 15418

We're the organisation that looks after England's most important buildings and monuments, making sure our country's amazing history is available for everyone to enjoy. From world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, Roman forts to a Cold War bunker, we bring the history of England to life.

We are looking for two Quantity Surveyors to join our team on a permanent basis, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary From £48,114 (Standard National) or from £53,459 (Standard Inner London), depending on skills, experience and location

- 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years

- Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10%

- Flexible hours

- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector

- Apprenticeship opportunities

- Subscriptions to professional bodies

- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you another adult and up to 6 children

- 25% discount in our shops and cafes

- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave

- Options to buy additional leave

- An inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported

- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events

An outstanding opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Estates Department and make a genuine difference to the services we provide.

You will be providing quantity surveying services to the Building Conservation, National Project, Estate Management and Development teams for a wide range of activities to support projects and strategic procurements.

You will act as the primary point of contact to either the National Project team or Estate Management team. You will provide in house client side quantity surveying support and develop our charity wide quantity surveying processes, practices and procedures.

The Estates Department is the heart of conservation at English Heritage. We keep our sites safe, accessible and operational for over 10 million visitors a year and we conserve our historic buildings, monuments and landscapes for the nation and for future generations. We have the necessary professional construction expertise to develop and deliver conservation maintenance and enhancement projects to the highest standards and in accordance with established technical policy, industry standards and specialist guidance.

There will be opportunities to work with highly skilled experts in all areas of the business, developing your knowledge of the Charity and special challenges that are posed by working with historic buildings and on projects that involve heritage craft trades.

With coaching and mentoring you will be given opportunities and challenges that will help you to progress your career in a supportive and diverse environment.

What's more, as part of our charity bringing history to life, you'll be supported and encouraged to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference to the way England's rich past is experienced.

We are looking for a self-motivated Quantity Surveyor with excellent management and technical skills to work for this prestigious charity.

As our Quantity Surveyor with client side experience of working on conservation, refurbishment, maintenance and repair projects you will provide quantity surveying services and advice to the charity.

To be considered as a Quantity Surveyor, you will need:

Client side experience of working on conservation, refurbishment, maintenance and repair projects.

To be a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), have a degree or final diploma in quantity surveying with relevant knowledge and experience of economic, legal, technical and managerial quantity surveying skills and be skilled in commercial negotiations.

Find out more about us and what we do here, meet some of our People, and find out why they enjoy working with us, on our website.

Everyone is welcome at English Heritage. We are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage. By joining us, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone's story with an inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported. To support this work, we have a number of EDI networks that you can join as either a member or ally. These networks include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Mobility, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence and Gender Specific Issues

We would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, e.g. regarding workplace adjustments, working patterns, please contact Sheriden Sleap, Senior Quantity Surveyor.

Interviews will be held on week commencing 17 June 2024 at our Wood Street office in central London.

Closing date: 03/06/2024 23:59:59

So, if you want to join us as a Quantity Surveyor, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Other organisations may call this role Conservation Quantity Surveyor, Refurbishment Quantity Surveyor, or Maintenance Quantity Surveyor.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £48,114.00-£53,549.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 15418