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Job description

Graduates Trainees may spend periods in both the office and on site working on interesting and challenging projects under the supervision of a Senior Professional & Technical Officer (SPTO). The successful candidate will report to a SPTO in the provision of various aspects of quantity surveying services to Government Departments, Agencies and the wider public sector. Please see employer website for full job details & person specification.

Responsibilities

• Providing a wide range of cost and procurement advice to Northern Ireland Departments, their Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Councils
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a wide range of pre and post contract quantity surveying services such as preparing feasibility costs, estimating, compiling tender and contract documentation, tender assessment
• Delivery of a full range of post contract cost management duties.
• Advising on the delivery of projects to ensure compliance with policy, statutory and legal requirements including the Public Contracts Regulations (2015)
• Assisting in the procurement and management of external consultants and contractors on construction projects
• Monitoring the implementation of Northern Ireland public procurement policy
• Other activities commensurate with the quantity surveying grade

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Applicants must have, or expect to have by 31st July 2025: At least a second-class honours degree in quantity surveying which is accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Desirable Skills

• Applicants who have met the eligibility criteria and have, or expect to have by 31st July 2025, a Masters degree as accredited by the RICS

Further Information

NICS application form only. Vacancy closing 12 noon on Friday 8th November 2024. Applications from females, young people (under the age of 35), people with a disability and people from minority ethnic communities are particularly welcomed for this post. The Northern Ireland Civil Service is an Equal Opportunities Employer. All applications for employment are considered strictly on the basis of merit.