Assistant Quantity Surveyor

M Group Highways; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join M Group Highways as you support Quantity Surveyors in managing contracts, procurement of sub-contracts, and ensuring compliance within civil engineering projects. This role offers competitive salary and benefits, fostering development through training while being part of essential infrastructure services. Embrace a growth-oriented environment where your contributions matter.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders available

Health insurance cash plan

Paid holidays

Professional development training

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or working towards a degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrable experience in a commercial team or civil engineering sector.

Responsibilities

• Support Quantity Surveyors with contract reviews and procurement.
• Prepare valuations, invoices, estimates, and reports.
• Manage subcontractor payments and cash-flow forecasting.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Negotiation

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or Management

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

Defence and adjacent markets- We manage reactive and planned maintenance and upgrades on defence properties, airfields, military bases, ports, railway infrastructure and depots.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

In this role, you’ll support Quantity Surveyors with contract reviews, procurement of sub-contract packages, and accurate measurement and valuation of works and variations. You’ll assist in preparing valuations, invoices, estimates, and monthly reports, while ensuring timely notifications of changes and maintaining contract compliance. Regular site visits will help you track progress and identify opportunities. You’ll manage subcontractor payments, support cash-flow forecasting, and contribute to commercial reporting. Strong communication and collaboration with the site and operations teams are key, along with maintaining stakeholder relationships and staying current with industry standards. You’ll also help ensure KPIs are met, recovery is maximized, and all commercial processes—from EWNs to Work Order closeouts—are completed efficiently.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree qualified, or working towards a degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Management, or similar.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a commercial team
• Ideally have worked within the civil engineering sector
• Have strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of construction.
• Have good leadership, communication, and networking skills.
• Show excellent negotiating and interpersonal skills.
• Be strategic with an ability to organise, plan.
• Desire for self-development and continuous self-improvement.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and outside of work, some of which include;
• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Mental Health First Aiders
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s retail discounts
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity or paternity leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Online GP Service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  
  

In addition, this role offers;

• Competitive basic salary
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension scheme
• Paid holidays
• Personal development training leading to Professional Qualifications
  
  

About Us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
  
  

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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