Job Description

Capital Project Surveyor

Full Time Salary

42,200

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

35

Region

Lancashire

Location

1a Enterprise Way, Accrington, BB5 0FR

Contract Type

Permanent

Job Type

Property Services

Closing Date

25/07/2025

Ref No

2524

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary of 42,200 per annum . 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks. Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility. Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme. Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%). A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies. Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more. Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Access of up to 150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme. Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme. Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications. Onward Home has a number of colleagues forums to drive positive change and culture including our Colleague Forum, D&I and BAME Network.

About the role

To project manage planned projects to support the neighbourhood plan across the region. Ensuring the delivery of value for money and high performance including procurement, contractor management, and quality control in consultation with Operations, Customer Services teams, customers, leaseholders and other key stakeholders.

Financial Planning

Assist the Capital Project Manager with financial planning, budget setting, and budget optimisation, for your function.

Asset Management

Provide input as required to the development of the Asset Management Strategy, investment standards, investment plan, and procurement strategy.

Investment Planning

Ensure investment delivery is planned effectively to maximise efficiencies. Clearly and effectively define the scope of work and specifications for projects inputting regional, local and specialist knowledge into the process and ensure that the procurement of work provides overall value for money and conforms to procedures and procurement legislation.

Contract Management

Manage investment contracts, setting performance standards, minimising risk, monitoring progress, resolving issues, providing onsite quality control, payment valuations and financial management of the project, reporting as appropriate.

Leadership

Provide project leadership developing a performance culture and ensuring that your delivery teams are suitably qualified and skilled to deliver. Act as key point of contact for specific projects, leading customer engagement for the project and liaising with all stakeholders.

Health and Safety

Overall health and safety responsibility for the project ensuring compliance with legislative requirements including CDM.

Skills, knowledge and experience

Essential:

Demonstrable track record of managing investment programmes to a high level of performance. Demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building standards, planning regulations, regulatory standards, and leasehold legislation. Knowledge of construction contracts and their effective administration. Commercial understanding of value for money drivers in construction. Knowledge of performance and budget management. Experience of performing the role of 'principal designer' and knowledge of the requirements of CDM. Experience managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Experience of managing contractors to meet defined objectives or targets.

Desirable:

Previous experience of managing similar projects. Project Management qualification. Commercial management experience knowledge.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.



We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.



In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.



We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.



If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on

HumanResourcesTeam@onward.co.uk

and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.



Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.



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