Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £26,000 – £30,000 per year

Role: Junior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Luton, Beds with site visits essential around various locations

Salary: £20,000 – £25,000

Benefits: 25 days plus 8 days bank holiday

pension

life insurance

training qualification supported

If you are looking for a long-term solid career, love construction and are educated to A level at least then this really is a great opportunity for you!

Overview of Company

If you are looking to work with a company that offers an amazing heritage and has the best reputation for quality in its sector, then this is the company to join. It is a very rare opportunity as this company has little turnover in staff, so you will be joining a cohesive, long serving team with great skills and experience to share with you and help you develop your career as a QS.

Due to the clients expansion plans, they have an exciting opportunity for an JUNIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR to join our busy, friendly team on a permanent basis. The successful candidate will already have some experience in either surveying and will be looking to develop their career within an Quantity Surveying role.

About the Role:

The focus of the role is to produce competitive and innovative tenders, proposing the correct and accurate costs to the highest quality and accuracy. To be successful, you will be able to draw upon your construction knowledge and consider alternative solutions and value engineering.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Assisting in the placing of subcontract orders
• Completing and agreeing fortnightly/monthly valuations with subcontractors
• Sub-contract tender analysis
• Pricing and agreeing variations with subcontractors
• Formulate scopes of work for subcontract orders
• Completing accurate Cost / Value Reconciliations ie profitability of contracts
• Negotiating with subcontractors to secure competitive prices
• Carry out monthly valuations with the client
• Agree variations with the client

Experience & Attributes

The successful candidate will:

• Be a self-starter and self-motivated to achieve results
• Possess the ability to confidently, communicate with both external and internal teams
• Possess the ability to present plans clearly and accurately
• Have experience of value engineering
• Have a pragmatic approach to finding practical solutions to overcome barriers
• Be articulate and precise in all communications, both written and verbal
• Have experience in various construction methods
• Keep up to date with current legislation and regulations and codes of practice etc
• Be computer literate in all Microsoft Office products with an excellent understanding of Excel

About you

will:

• Have a minimum GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English grades 5 – 9
• Be educated to A level standard in order to be able to qualify for further study in QS 
• Be well-presented and of smart appearance
• Possess a full, clean driving licence

If this is you, then please send your CV to James Newbury Appointments for review. If you do not hear back from us within 3 working days, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We would like to thank you for your application and wish you well in your search for your next role.