Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Barhale Holdings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Greater London seeks an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to manage contract resources and provide essential support to project teams. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong negotiation, relationship-building, and organizational skills, with a degree qualification preferred. This role emphasizes career progression, and successful applicants will receive extensive training and mentorship. The company offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including a pension plan and flexible perks.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical

25 days of annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills essential.
• Self-motivated with commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Manage resources for project delivery.
• Produce and send enquiries to subcontractors.
• Analyze quotations and liaise with management.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship-building skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Self-motivated and proactive

Education

Degree-qualified or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies. Barhale offers job security and long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes. We work on a broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects and clients. Barhale supports strong career progression, demonstrated by our track record of promoting from within. Assistant Quantity Surveyors are integral members of project teams, providing support to project delivery teams and senior management daily. They are encouraged to develop existing skills while learning new ones in a collaborative and dynamic team environment. Barhale’s ethos is to give our people the chance to demonstrate versatility in their skills and abilities to meet the needs required to successfully manage our wide range of civil engineering projects and the contractual requirements therein.

Key responsibilities

• Manage resources
• Produce and send enquiries to subcontractors inviting them to tender and engage with the supply chain
• Receive and analyse quotations, liaising with Contracts Managers and Site Agents regarding price, proven history, availability, etc.
• Notify in writing both successful and unsuccessful subcontractors in a timely manner
• Produce and process formal subcontract documents and certify interim and final payments and final subcontract accounts
• Produce bill of quantity/activity schedule for payment purposes
• Produce cash flow forecasts for internal and client purposes
• Monitor and control income and expenditure on contracts (e.g., interim/final applications for payment/final accounts/payments for late monies) liaising with engineers, clients, etc.
• Produce relevant monthly reports for the Commercial Manager (e.g., cost and value comparisons, turnover forecasts) ensuring information is complete and accurate

Support and information management

• Contribute to and attend financial and progress meetings with client engineers and subcontractors as required
• Provide advice and support to the site team to optimise the use of contract resources
• Provide support for the Managing Surveyor in terms of data input
• Give feedback to Estimators and Contracts Managers regarding contract pricing, projected profit/loss, pricing omissions, etc.

Requirements

• Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages
• Exceptional relationship-building skills
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Commercial awareness and understanding of the construction process
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Negotiation skills and the ability to apply them internally, externally, and with the supply chain
• Positive attitude at all times and the ability to integrate and contribute as part of the Construction Team
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines

Desirable

• Degree-qualified or equivalent, with appropriate experience and knowledge
• Wide experience of the civil engineering industry with some water industry experience
• CSCS card

About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values, established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services across multiple sectors, including Water, Transport, Built environment and Energy. We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do. We robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services, employing over 1,200 people nationwide.

People and culture

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities. Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years as guiding principles about how we care and invest in people. As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them. From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Continuous service awards