Remaking Beamish Quantity Surveyor and Construction Planner

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Beamish is about to break ground with an exciting £17.8 million project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to transform the Open Air Museum, adding a 1950s town, a Coaching Inn, and a number of 1820s buildings. For more information about the project, please have a look at our website: http://www.beamish.org.uk/future-plans/

Currently we are expanding our in house construction team to help us meet the challenge of undertaking the design and build elements of this project in-house.  We would welcome applications for the roles of a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and a Construction Planner who have the experience, skills and passion to help us drive our vision to Remake Beamish.

As a Chartered Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for all construction cost analysis for the deconstruction, build and interior fit-out of historic and modern structures as well as performing risk analysis, value management and cost control throughout the building works.

We are seeking a professional with extensive experience and a proven track record in delivering successful projects on time and within budget. Thorough working on large multi site projects you will have a working knowledge of the construction industry, supplies and contractors, experience of preparing tender documents and juggling multiple priorities to work to deadlines.

The Construction Planner will have proven skills in developing and continually monitoring a comprehensive construction programme. Through extensive experience of working on large multi site projects, develop the sequence of works at each phase to deliver cost-effective, safe and efficient deconstruction, construction and interior fit-out of both historic and modern structures.

As a proficient user of Primavera software you will plan multiple building projects concurrently Identifying and adapting to changes while closely monitoring construction phase progress, critical/near critical paths, highlight key milestones/flags and conduct feasibility studies.

Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

These contracts are for 37 hours per week, for a fixed-term of 3 years with an extension subject to external funding. Any questions regarding the role can be directed to michellelagar@beamish.org.uk

Completed application forms must be received no later than 12noon on Monday 4th September.

Closes

Monday 4th September 2017

Return completed application forms to:

HR and People Development Team, Beamish Museum, Beamish, Co Durham, DH9 ORG E-mail: office@beamish.org.uk

Resources

Construction Planner Job Description

Quantity Surveyor Job Description

Information for Candidates

Application Form