Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Ardent Advisors; Denham Green; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Advisors is seeking an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to contribute to innovative infrastructure projects. Located in Harefield, the role demands strong commercial awareness, relevant experience, and skillful communication. You will engage with diverse teams while ensuring effective cost management and contract oversight, enhancing project delivery and sustainability.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Healthcare benefits

Holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee benefits programme with discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in subcontractor management is essential.
• Understanding of NEC3 forms of contract and relevant construction law required.
• Ability to work collaboratively and inspire others.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing commercial responsibilities to maximize profit and control costs.
• Produce cost value reconciliations and maintain contract data records.
• Identify risks and opportunities, drafting sub-contracts as needed.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Advanced Excel

Education

Relevant degree in construction or commercial management

Job description

£28k-£32k

Harefield

We do what we say!

That's why we need people like you to help us deliver on our promises. People who enjoy getting things done.

Are you an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking for an exciting opportunity to contribute to smarter, greener infrastructure projects? We have a fantastic role waiting for you! Join our team and play a pivotal role in achieving our vision of delivering brilliant infrastructure solutions.

You will assist in the management of commercial responsibilities in order to maximise profit and control costs.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…

• Produce weekly and monthly cost value reconciliations.
• Capture and allocate costs and liabilities.
• Maintain long-term relationships with internal and external teams.
• Manage opportunities and risks, identifying deviations from working practices.
• Assist in developing commercial tenders, offers, and contracts.
• Identify and escalate inappropriate costs.
• Record and track insurance claims.
• Maintain accurate contract data and records.
• Capturing and report direct labour payments; draft and award sub-contracts.
• Sharing best practices for continuous improvement.
  
  

We would love to hear from you if…

Ideally, you have a relevant degree in construction or commercial management and experience in subcontractor management. You should have a strong commercial awareness and a thorough understanding of NEC3 forms of contract, as well as relevant construction and contract law. Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are essential, along with advanced Excel skills.

Also required is the ability to prioritise your own workload, act collaboratively, and inspire others to do the same. You should be proactive in identifying and promptly escalating issues, demonstrating resilience in the face of setbacks, taking personal responsibility for resolving problems. Along with positively challenging situations and providing clear commercial information.

This will be based at Harefield initially, but will require travel to Didcot

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.