Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Digitized Logos, Inc.; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned civil engineering contractor is seeking an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their team in East Anglia. This role involves managing costs for large-scale infrastructure projects and requires strong technical knowledge, communication skills, and a degree in a related field. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered sustainably and efficiently. Benefits include pension, private healthcare, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension and private healthcare

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee benefits programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in subcontractor management.
• Familiarity with NEC3 (Option C) or similar contract frameworks.
• Sound understanding of construction and contract law.

Responsibilities

• Produce accurate weekly and monthly cost value reconciliations.
• Capture and allocate project costs, liabilities, and variations.
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with internal teams and supply chain partners.
• Manage opportunities and risks, ensuring deviations from best practice are flagged.
• Support in developing tenders, commercial offers, and contracts.

Skills

Technical construction knowledge

Advanced Excel skills

Excellent communication

Relationship-building abilities

Proactive and collaborative approach

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Construction Management

Job description

Assistant Quantity Surveyor plus electric car or car allowance

Major Infrastructure Project (East Anglia)

Are you an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor looking to make an impact on smarter, greener infrastructure? This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking contractor delivering complex civil engineering and utilities projects across the UK.

Based near Leiston, East Anglia (IP16), you’ll play a key commercial role on a large-scale infrastructure programme with an exceptionally varied scope including groundworks, civils, drainage, pavements, and building construction with elements of structural concrete, steelwork, ductile iron pipework and racking systems.

This is a genuinely engaging project where your input will make a visible difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce accurate weekly and monthly cost value reconciliations.
• Capture and allocate project costs, liabilities, and variations.
• Develop and maintain long-term relationships with internal teams and supply chain partners.
• Manage opportunities and risks, ensuring deviations from best practice are flagged and addressed.
• Support in developing tenders, commercial offers, and contracts.
• Identify and escalat[e] inappropriate or non-compliant costs.
• Record and track insurance claims and contract data.
• Prepare sub-contract awards, manage payments, and ensure robust record-keeping.
• Share best practices to support continuous improvement across the business.

About You

You’ll ideally have a degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Construction Management, along with hands‑on experience in subcontractor management. A strong commercial mindset is essential, along with familiarity in NEC3 (Option C) or similar contract frameworks and a sound understanding of construction and contract law.

You Should Also Bring

• Strong technical construction knowledge and advanced Excel skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• A proactive, collaborative approach with the confidence to challenge and influence
• The ability to prioritise workload effectively and take ownership of outcomes
• Client-facing experience would be advantageous. Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The Company

Our client is a family‑owned civil engineering and utilities contractor with a long‑standing reputation for delivering essential infrastructure across power, water, and energy sectors. Their teams are passionate about building a sustainable future, working smarter and greener every day to make a real difference in peoples lives.

Whats On Offer

• Pension and private healthcare
• 2426 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• Employee benefits programme with retail discounts and wellbeing support
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Ongoing professional development and clear progression routes

Apply today or contact Intersect Global in confidence to discuss this Assistant QS opportunity further.

Intersect is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity within the workplace.