The role
The Council are seeking an experienced Programme Analyst QS who is available on short notice to join the Housing Operations team to support on a large housing capital construction programme. The role owns the master programme and cost forecast across the pipeline and live projects, and provides QS and contract support to the commercial team when demand dictates.
Programme management and reporting
Build and maintain a high-level master programme of all pipeline and live projects across the housing capital programme, presented as a Gantt chart with clear milestones, dependencies and critical path
Track actual progress against forecast on every project and report slippage, its causes and its knock-on effect on the wider programme
Maintain live cost projections against the programme - budget, forecast, committed and actual spend - and reconcile these to the programme monthly
Produce clear monthly programme and cost dashboards and reports for senior leadership and governance, with variances, risks and recommended actions
Support in-year and multi-year budget profiling, spend forecasting and cash-flow projections for the capital programmeCross-service tracker calibration
Collate, calibrate and scrutinise the trackers held by Capital Delivery, Procurement, Pre-Construction, Asset Data, Compliance and Fire Safety, so that a single, consistent version of the programme is reported
Challenge and validate the data behind those trackers - dates, scope, cost and status - and resolve inconsistencies with the service area leads
Establish and embed standard tracker formats, reporting cycles and data standards across service areas
Map stock condition, compliance and fire safety data (FRAs, remedial actions, statutory deadlines) through to the works programme so that regulatory deadlines drive project sequencing
Attend internal and external stakeholder meetings (occasionally after hours)Quantity surveying and contract support
Assist with the preparation of tender and contract packages, including contract particulars, pricing documents and schedules of amendments
Support tender evaluations, including commercial assessment, clarifications and recommendation reports
Provide contract administration and project QS support across a portfolio of works when demand dictates - valuations, variations, cost reporting and final accounts
Support the commercial team with early cost estimates, cost plans and risk registers at pre-contract stageThe experience you will bring
Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or similar; RICS / CIOB / APM membership (or working towards) desirable
Demonstrable experience planning and programming multi-project construction or housing capital programmes
Strong IT skills are essential, in particular advanced Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, data modelling and dashboard building) and Microsoft Project (building, resourcing, baselining and updating multi-project programmes and Gantt charts)
Working knowledge of the wider Microsoft 365 suite (SharePoint, Teams, Power BI) and the ability to pick up housing asset, compliance and finance systems quickly; experience of Asta Powerproject or Primavera an advantage
Proven ability to organise and structure high volumes of programme and financial data into clear, robust reporting
Quantity surveying background with practical experience of tender documentation, tender evaluation, contract administration and JCT contracts
Experience of housing refurbishment, building compliance and fire safety works programmes, ideally local authority or housing association
Confident working across service areas, challenging data and holding others to account for programme information
Salary description
£500.00 - £500.00 per hour