The Grapevine Construction Recruitment

We have an immediately-available role for a main contractor s Quantity Surveyor who will join the four-strong commercial team of a 50+ year old family-owned traditional building firm with offices in Peckham. The successful candidate will work under the guidance of a Senior Quantity Surveyor on refurbishment projects to local council-run schools, healthcare facilities, town halls and housing so will have 4+ years experience and be looking to develop their career on a broad spectrum of project types with a respected builder. The Opportunity Stable, long term career development with a profitable main contractor with a successful 50+ year company history. An office-based role with a forward pipeline of profitable refurb projects in the £100k to £3m value range exclusively located within southeast London. Candidate essentials Degree or HND in Quantity Surveying. Experience of main contractor s accounts management on refurbishment works. Home location of southeast London / north Kent. With interviews available from w/c Monday 23rd February and employment commencement in February, salary is a competitive £50k to £60k + package.

We are looking for a Health and Safety Officer to join an industrial special works and hard FM main contractor with projects throughout Essex and Northeast London. The family owned, £30m a year turnover company has an interesting, diverse portfolio of projects ranging from office fit outs, to live factory modifications, re-roofing and mezzanine instals each valued from £200k to £3m. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct frequent, unannounced inspections across a number of individual construction projects to monitor and enforce strict compliance with company health and safety policies and all relevant statutory regulations then produce detailed, high-quality reports on audit findings, non-compliance issues, incident investigations, and all preventative/corrective actions taken. These reports will then be presented to the H&S Manager and the Board so this is an important, business critical role requiring the highest levels of diligence and responsibility. Candidate essentials; NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety, or NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent professional qualification). CSCS Card (Gold, Black or White). Driving License Minimum of 5 years practical experience working in a dedicated health and safety role within the construction industry. Proficiency in MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience using Microsoft Project for reporting and scheduling purposes. With interviews available from w/c 16th Feb employment can be offered immediately and salary is a competitive £50k to £60k + package or pro rata freelance day rate.

We are looking for a main contractors' small works (£250k to £1.5m) Project Manager on the behalf of a highly successful Essex-based building contractor currently benefiting from an increase in contract awards from repeat, predominately, commercial and industrial-sector clients. The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to take full responsibility for 2-4 projects all the way from working up a scope of works with the client through to delivery and handover. The Opportunity Working for a bouyant firm whose successful business model is enabling growth through the delivery of profitable projects. A senior management team with a supportive "can do" culture. . Excellent future prospects for promotion. Candidate Essentials Must live in Essex or the northeastern quadrant of Greater London. Experience of start to finish delivery at Project Manager or Contracts Manager level of varied builder's works in occupied commercial and industrial environments. Familiarity with upto date project management reporting applications; MS Office, Outlook and document management systems. Projects are all at warehouse / factory / NHS facilities so are occupied and operational and works are varied; re-roofing, office fit outs and structural alterations so candidates will be expected to be versatile builders with a broad spectrum of project experience and must be adept within the operation of contemporary IT and reporting tools; Word, Excel and Document Management Systems. Our client has a permanent presence at most of the premises at which they work, keeping prelims down, so their margins are enviable and the business model is attracting a reliable stream of works so prospects for advancement also exist. Interviews are available from Monday 11th August and salary is a competitive £75k to £85k + fully expensed vehicle.