Assistant Quantity Surveyor – Central London (London Bridge)
The Company: A ground-breaking specialist Tier 1 Main Contractor based in Central London. They are a multi award winning company that are leading the way in MMC!
Uniquely, they offer clients a full turnkey service to design, finance, build, equip, operate and hire amazing zero carbon spaces. They celebrate individuality, modular isn’t about everything being the same.
They have an impressive turnover for a growing business of over £500M last year and they hired 90 new employees – taking their headcount to 218.
Excitingly, they have plans to set up a development side of the business (land acquisitions etc) next year in order to keep everything in-house!
The Role: They are looking for a bright & highly motivated Assistant Quantity Surveyor to assist on projects, ensuring all commercial aspects and requirements are managed and reported on in an effective way making sure projects are running effectively and in line with the commercial strategy.
You will be reporting to the Quantity Surveyor & other Senior management, identifying and mitigating project risks – ensuring the highest level of Health & Safety standards are guaranteed!
You will be based at their London headquarters & will need to have a minimum of two years industry experience to be considered for the position!
Main Responsibilities:
Maintain and report on project-wide commercial risk/opportunity registers and ensure that risk/opportunity registers are in place and pro-actively managed on relevant projects.
Aid project cost, commercial and supply chain strategy and ensure project specific strategies are in pro-actively managed
Maintain effective change and cost control processes and systems
Support process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the project’s cost, commercial and supply chain activities
Support relationships with clients, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure the company's commercial success
Maintain effective project supplier performance management
Support the Commercial Sector Lead with the negotiation of sector commercial agreements and contracts with clients and suppliers
Job Location: Central London (London Bridge)
Head Count: 200+
Project Sectors: MOD
Requirements for the Assistant Quantity Surveyor:
Degree qualified – within a construction related discipline
Two years minimum industry experience – preferably within a consultancy environment
Able to develop and maintain excellent working relationships and build trust with all levels of team internally and external
Be analytical in nature, passion for problem-solving and excellence
Highly competent in production planning and control
Work effectively with other directors to achieve shared outcomes and objectives
Strong verbal and written communication skill
Proven ability to review and improve processes and procedures, looking for innovative and creative solutions
Excellent people management skills with track record of improving and developing team
Great attention to detail, numerically literate and able to multi-task
The benefits included in this role:
Highly competitive salary (negotiable DOE)
Generous bonuses (which can be given on the spot)
Pension Scheme (10% combined)
Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
Medical CashPlan – scheme administered by Medicash at Level 3. There is an option to add families to the policy at the employee’s personal cost. (This is a taxable benefit)
Cycle to work scheme – all employees can buy a bike for up to £2,300 and this will be deducted from gross salary via Salary Sacrifice, 1 bike can be purchased per year
Professional Fees reimbursement – CIOB, RICS and any other relevant construction related (or job related) membership fees
Company sick pay scheme
Electric Vehicle Scheme with Love Electric
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay (once eligible)
25 days Holiday (pro-rata) – 3 are kept back for Christmas as the office is closed between Christmas and New Year
Travel (only applicable when this is mentioned in the contract) by way of car allowance or company vehicle or business mileage/expenses for business travel using personal vehicle
Comprehensive and Tailored Training – Full access to their internal and external training and development when relevant to position
Monthly Team Socials – The business gets together for social events such as cricket/boxing/rally car racing
Team Events – 2 business events happen per year, one in the Summer and another at Christmas
Volunteering Days – 1 day per year per employee are dedicated to Charity work
Apprenticeship/University Fees – on approval in advance
Life Assurance – 4 x salary
Get in touch today to find out more about this fantastic opportunity, Callum Dugdale – callum@prosper-consulting.org.uk