Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Location:

Ipswich

Salary: up to £38,000

An Assistant Quantity Surveyor is required to join our client's established team based in Ipswich. Our client is a well-established civil engineering and infrastructure contractor with a strong presence across the UK, delivering a diverse range of projects for both public and private sector clients. The business has built an excellent reputation for quality, reliability and long-term client relationships, offering a supportive working environment and opportunities for career progression.

The Assistant Quantity Surveyor will work alongside and support our dynamic Commercial team, and will benefit from working within a supportive learning environment ensuring their personal development and opportunity to progress.

• Making site visits to carry out inspections.
• Prepare, maintain and process financial and project transactions.
• Support the Commercial and Sales team with admin tasks and ad-hoc duties.
• Analysis of project costs and preparation of monthly cost reports and commentary for any variance.
• Valuing completed work and applying for payments.
• Attend meetings onsite or elsewhere with the Site Teams, Clients, Suppliers and other parties as required.
• Use systems and processes, allowing effective measurement of commercial performance.
• Assist in provide accurate, real time, monthly reports (Cost Value Reconciliations) and final outcome forecasts.

• Fundamental experience is knowledge of highways or surfacing.
• Experience with commercial documents e.g., applications for payment, compensation events. Sub-contractor reviews and framework documents.
• Experience working in a similar role.
• Candidates need to be within a 1-hour commute.
• Experience with contracts NEC 3, 4 and JCT.

• Salary:
  Up to £38k DOE
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, annual leave buy and sell scheme, and years' service entitlement increase.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• Eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Birthday Bonus, Discount Portal, and Company Social Events, Saving Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Access to support services for personal and professional wellbeing.
• Continuous growth opportunities and training.
• A collaborative working environment with opportunities for future progression.
• Opportunities to give back to the communities we work in