Assistant Quantity Surveyor

The Clancy Group; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is looking for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to support Quantity Surveyors in maximizing profit and controlling costs across projects. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree, be commercially aware, and possess strong analytical and communication skills. In addition to a competitive salary, the firm offers numerous perks and a commitment to diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Healthcare

Holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days

Employee benefits program with retailer discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex team environment.
• Familiarity with managing subcontractors.
• Commercial awareness to navigate business dynamics.
• Understanding of NEC3 contract frameworks.
• Solid grasp of construction law.

Responsibilities

• Assist Quantity Surveyors with commercial aspects.
• Maintain accurate cost reconciliation and allocation.
• Build and maintain relationships for effective communication.
• Identify and escalate commercial risks.
• Ensure compliance with policies.

Skills

Experience working in a complex team environment

Experience of sub contractor management

Commercial awareness

Understanding of NEC3 forms of contract

Thorough understanding of relevant construction and contract law

Communication skills

Analytical and investigation skills

Problem solving skills

Advanced excel skills

Able to prioritise own workload

Collaborative mindset

Resilience

Education

Relevant degree in construction or commercial management

Job description

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

£30,000 - £40,000 DOE

Faraday Office Park Basingstoke

We are ambitious If you’re ambitious, then we’ll have a lot in common …

The Role

As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor at Clancy, you will assist the Quantity Surveyors and Senior Quantity Surveyors with a range of commercial aspects of local contacts to maximise profit and control costs.

Here are some of the activities you’d be involved in…

• Process and produce transparent weekly and monthly cost value reconciliation process to ensure that accurate and timely information
• Capture and allocate all relevant costs and liabilities.
• Maintain long term relationships with internal and external teams for transfer of information within parameters to ensure that relationships are maintained to meet the needs of the business.
• Assist in managing opportunities and risks to the business ensuring deviations from working practice are identified and highlighted.
• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in the development of commercial tenders, offers and contracts and formal engagement with other companies.
• Identify and escalare inappropriate costs and continuously monitor which should be transferred between business streams and contract cost centres where necessary.
• Identify commercial risks ensuring they are escalated to the Quantity Surveyor for the purpose of submitting early warning notices where appropriate.
• Record and track insurance claims
• Ensure contract data and records are appropriately maintained and kept up to date
• Capture and report direct labour payments; assist in drafting and awarding sub-contracts and assessing tenders.
• Share learning and commercial best practice to encourage continuous improvement;
• Compliance with Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental policies, procedures and standards
• Compliance with Clancy driving standards policy.
• Relevant degree in construction or commercial management

We’d love to hear from you if you can demonstrate…

• Experience working in a complex team environment
• Experience of sub contractor management.
• Commercial awareness.
• Understanding of NEC3 forms of contract
• Thorough understanding of relevant construction and contract law
• Communication skills.
• Analytical and investigation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Advanced excel skills
• Able to prioritise own workload;
• Act in a truly collaborative fashion and inspire others to do the same;
• Be proactive in identifying and promptly escalating issues as necessary;
• Demonstrate resilience if there are setbacks;
• Be accountable and take personal responsibility for resolving problems;
• Constructively challenge;
• Be trusted by all stakeholders to provide clear and unambiguous commercial information;
• Promote a commercial team culture that works for all partners and respects & understands the commercial requirements of all stakeholders.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.