Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Service Area: Corporate Estate

Department: Regeneration & Housing

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Dynamic Construction and Maintenance Project Delivery Team at a time when Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council is undertaking a period of significant capital investment, across a range of unique and challenging projects.

We a looking for Assistant Project Managers who are keen to grow their skills, however, must have a track record and experience in construction project management and delivery: MEP and Sustainability; Structural and Heritage Conservation; or Architectural, project delivery.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the delivery of construction projects. Our asset holdings are amongst the most diverse of any property portfolio. These range from the historic Roman Baths, extensive listed commercial properties, and our award-winning Keynsham Civic Centre. This is now a fantastic opportunity to be an integral part of the transformation of B&NES and the city of Bath, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO World Heritage Spa, around Britain’s only thermal springs, within an area of outstanding natural beauty.

1 About us

We offer flexible working and are open minded in structuring working arrangements to suit the right candidates who will have experience managing construction projects from inception to completion.

Our team is currently working on projects with a combined value in excess of £130M, including primary school expansion projects, heritage building and structural conservation, waste & recycling depot redevelopment, significant public realm and regeneration schemes, and sustainable installations. This includes the retrofit of many of our 1100 properties to achieve net zero by 2030, including those in Bath’s historic centre.

Working as part of the wider Sustainable Communities and Regeneration team, which also has responsibility for Planning, Heritage Services, Housing, Transport Strategy, Public Realm and Corporate Estate, you will need to be a team player with excellent people and project management skills.

2 Our benefits

• Flexible working – location and working pattern
• Generous holiday allowance & special leave provisions
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Competitive salary package
• A comprehensive induction, training, and development programme
• Discount scheme – travel, restaurants, shops, and services to name but a few
• Employee Assistance Programme to support Health & Wellbeing.

3 The role

The post holder will be responsible for procuring and managing resources, and monitoring programmes of work, contractors, and suppliers to complete projects within agreed costs and timescales. You will ensure that work is compliant with legislation and Council policies, processes, and constitutional rules. You will be confident to challenge the project brief, consultants and contractors alike to ensure the development of a design scope of works and managed construction project, which is able to meet the needs of the end user and life in use operation.

This varied role will require an individual who can demonstrate:

• A track record of successfully managing and delivering capital and revenue construction or maintenance projects
• Experience of writing and maintaining project documentation
• An ability to identify and take action to manage project risks
• An aptitude for producing professional quality reports and verbal presentations
• Skills to ensure that all procurement is carried out in line with the Council’s financial and procurement regulations and guidance
• A sound understanding of construction methods, project management practices and principles including contractor management.

Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes walk away.

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please email christopher_may@bathnes.gov.uk to arrange an informal chat.

To apply

Please use the online application facility.

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As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date: 3 February 2023

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.