Overview
Exciting opportunities to join our Capital Programme and Project Delivery Team. This role represents a fantastic opportunity to be an integral part of the transformation within a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO World Heritage Spa, around Britain's only thermal springs, within an area of outstanding natural beauty. You'll be joining at a time when Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is undertaking a period of significant capital investment, across a range of challenging projects, throughout our unique and diverse property and asset portfolio. The Capital Construction Programme is shaping the long term sustainability of housing, public spaces, social, historic, environmental and economic landscape of the area, as well as facilitating income generating initiatives.
About the Team
You will be joining a friendly, experienced, and supportive Programme and Construction Project Management Team who collectively work across a diverse portfolio of projects from Highways (Public Realm), Corporate and Commercial Estates, Housing and Compliance Maintenance with a combined project value in excess of £200m. This includes the retrofit of may of our 1,100 properties as well as delivery of sustainable transport/neighbourhoods, public realm and new build projects, to achieve net-zero by 2030. Working as part of the wider Sustainable Communities 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 stakeholder and relevant design and construction project management skills. Whilst the office base will be Keynsham Civic Centre, easily accessible via car or public transport, we offer flexible working, including home working for which IT equipment will be provided, and we are open-minded in structuring working arrangements to suit the right candidates.
We are seeking experienced Project Managers with a proven track record in delivering major or technically complex construction projects from feasibility and technical design, through to construction and end-user handover. Candidates will require a strong technical knowledge of design, contract management, planning and technical construction project management, to join our award-winning multi-disciplinary team.
* Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council's at-risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.
About Bath and North East Somerset Council
Working at Bath and North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services. Why Bath and North East Somerset Council? We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need.
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. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/equality-and-diversity
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