Jacob Spence
Software Developer - Student
About
I am currently seeking an exciting career in software engineering folllowing a short career in quantity surveying. During my first degree, computing modules and my disseration involved simulations using Python which sparked my interest in developing software. My previous career involved a lot of reporting on the work of other, the ability to take your own initiative to achieve the desired outcomes in software development was a key factor in the change of direction of my career .
Software Developer - Student
- Website: jacobspence.co.uk
- City: Leeds, UK
- Degree: Masters Physics/Masters Quantity Surveying
Skills
See below for the list of skills/technologies/languages I have had experience with during my training.
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Bootstrap
PHP
React/Redux/Vite
jQuery
C#
Java
Curriculum Vitae
Below is a summary of my education and my profession experience working as Quantity Surveyor.
Summary
Jacob Spence
Currently studying and developing a portfolio to showcase the skills developed during my doftware development journey, drawing on all the experience I have gained from my professional life.
- Leeds, UK
Education
Master of Science, Physics
2017 - 2021
The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Grade: 2:1
Master of Science, Quantity Surveying
2021 - 2025
University College of Estate Management, Reading, UK
Grade: Pass
Professional Experience
Junior Quantity Surveyor
2023 - 2025
Wilton Engineering, Teesside, UK
- Priced up cost variations up to a size of £1.4 million. This involed forecasting he costs to the end of the project with a high degree of accuracy.
- Managed fixed and reimbursable contracts, ensuring compliance with sensitive defence-related documentation protocols.
- Set up and managed project risk registers; provided regular forecasting reports.
- Presented monthly cost review meetings where senior management attended.
Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
2021 - 2023
Driver Construction Consultancy, Teesside, UK
- Delivered monthly valuations and cost reports during major site overhaul.
- Conducted KPI assessments and coordinated bonus evaluations with contractor teams.
- Delivered monthly valuations and cost reports during major site overhaul.
- Chaired weekly meetings with client and contractor representatives.
Warehouse Operative
Summer 2017 - Summer 2021
IWS Gaffney, Teesside, UK
- Planned delivery routes for £2 million plus montlhy orders during the peak summer period.
- Coordinated ware house teams to prepare high volume orders efficiently
- Booked and managed incoming stock and in-store displays.
Portfolio
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Project 1
View after HTML loaded
Border Geometry / City Markers / Aiport Loaded for Users' Country.
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Different Country Selected From Selection Bar and Earthquake Markers Toggled
Border and Earthquake Markers Loaded for Selected Country.
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Demographics Modal
Demographics Easy Button Pressed to Open the modal content (for Italy).
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Currency Conversion Modal
Currency Conversion Easy Button Pressed to Open the Live Currency Coversion Modal. Currency of currently selected found and selected by default when modal opened.
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Wikipedia Modal
Wikipedia Easy Button Pressed to Open the Wikipedia Points of intetest for the selected country.
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News Modal
News Easy Button Pressed to open the latest news articles from the selected country.
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Airports and Cities Icons - Leaflet.ExtraMarkers
A collection of fine SVG map markers that can easily be colored, resized, or overlayed with any DOM node including icon libraries, like Lucide, FontAwesome, Bootstrap, or Material.
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Airort/City Icon Pressed - Coordinated Copied to Clipboard
Alert that coordinated of pressed icon copied to clipboard.
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City Name and Population Displayed Via Tooltoips
On mobile when icon is pressed the city's name and population displayed. On desktop the same information displayed when icon is hovered over.
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Airport's Name Displayed Via Tooltoips
On mobile when icon is pressed the airport's name displayed. On desktop the same information displayed when icon is hovered over.
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