QS Supervisor - Street Lighting

Are you ready to make a difference in your community? Tameside Council is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Quantity Surveyor / Supervisor to join our dedicated team. Based at Tame Street Depot Stalybridge, we have an opportunity available to support the Environmental Services Manager and Contract Managers by providing appropriate Quantity Surveying and Supervisory input on maintenance and new projects. You will manage and oversee cost control for a variety of street lighting, construction, and maintenance projects. You will ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Work collaboratively with contractors and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes and supervise works to maintain compliance with health, safety and the environment along with quality standards.

You should have a proven background in quantity surveying and construction supervision and possess strong organisational and communication skills. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills, be a flexible team player and must be able to work at pace with attention to detail. You should possess a driving licence along with good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work within a team environment., Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

• This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria :
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND 2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND 3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND 4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.