Assistant Cost Consultant | Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Altura Search; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

APC/RICS support

RICS membership & CPD support

Varied project portfolio

Early client exposure

Clear progression

Collaborative team environment

Team socials

Job summary

Altura Search in London is seeking an Assistant Cost Consultant/Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join a growing cost consultancy. You will gain hands-on exposure to live projects, clients and the commercial side of construction, with support toward MRICS/APC.

You'll work across feasibility, cost planning, procurement, tender analysis, contract administration, valuations and final accounts while developing client relationships in healthcare, commercial, offices and life sciences sectors.

Qualifications

• Ideally, you'll have a degree in Quantity Surveying or a related subject and some experience within construction or cost management.
• Ambitious, commercially minded and keen to learn are key traits.

Responsibilities

• Feasibility and initial cost advice.
• Cost planning and estimating.
• Procurement and tendering.
• Tender analysis and reporting.
• Contract administration.
• Valuations and payment assessments.
• Change control and cost reporting.
• Final accounts.
• Attending project and client meetings.
• Developing relationships with clients and project teams.

Skills

Ambitious

Commercially minded

Keen to learn

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Assistant Cost Consultant | Assistant Quantity Surveyor

London

Are you an Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Assistant Cost Consultant looking for a consultancy where you can genuinely develop your career?

I'm working with a growing cost consultancy in London that is looking to add an ambitious Assistant Cost Consultant to its team.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more than just a role where they are producing reports and supporting senior team members. You'll get hands-on exposure to live projects, clients and the wider commercial side of construction, while being supported as you progress towards your professional goals.

Assistant Cost Consultant | Assistant Quantity Surveyor

You'll work across a varied portfolio of projects, gaining experience throughout the project lifecycle, including:

• Feasibility and initial cost advice
• Cost planning and estimating
• Procurement and tendering
• Tender analysis and reporting
• Contract administration
• Valuations and payment assessments
• Change control and cost reporting
• Final accounts
• Attending project and client meetings
• Developing relationships with clients and project teams

The business works across a range of sectors, including healthcare, commercial, offices, life sciences, retail, fitness & wellbeing and fit-out, meaning you'll get exposure to a genuinely varied workload.

Who are they looking for?

You could be:

• An Assistant Quantity Surveyor
• Graduate QS with some consultancy experience
• A junior QS looking to move into consultancy

Ideally, you'll have a degree in Quantity Surveying or a related subject and some experience within construction or cost management.

Most importantly, they're looking for someone who is ambitious, commercially minded and keen to learn.

If you're working towards MRICS/APC, this is an environment where your development is taken seriously, with support available throughout your progression.

What's on offer?

• Strong APC/RICS support
• RICS membership and CPD support
• Exposure to a varied project portfolio
• Early client and project exposure
• Clear opportunity to progress
• Collaborative team environment
• Regular team socials and events
• Opportunity to develop within a growing consultancy