Programme Analyst Quantity Surveyor

We are hoping to recruit a temporary Programme Analyst QS with a background in quantity surveying on a 12-month basis. Please note that this post requires the successful individual to be based on site 4 days per week.

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 programme

Cross-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 stage

The 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