Assistant Quantity Surveyor

M Group Water; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

M Group Water is searching for a Commercial Administrator to support their Water and Wastewater Capital project delivery team in Preston. In this role, you will assist the Senior Commercial team with cost management, contract administration, and subcontractor management, ensuring effective communication with clients and stakeholders. The position offers a strong career growth opportunity while working on essential infrastructure services that safeguard water supplies. Attractive benefits include hybrid working, a company car scheme, and a comprehensive employee assistance program.

Benefits

Matched pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Health Care Cash Plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Quantity Surveying preferably within Utilities contracting.
• Basic understanding and experience of NEC contracts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with cost estimates and tracking expenditures.
• Ensuring compliance with contract terms and managing variations.
• Liaising with subcontractors and maintaining client communications.

Skills

Cost Management

Contract Administration

Subcontractor Management

Client Communication

Education

Experience in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office

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 ?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water and Wastewater Capital project delivery team. Our team delivers large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.

As our Commercial Administrator, you’ll be working on our United Utilities Water AMP8 contracts in Preston.

Want to be part of it ?

What will you be doing?

You'll be providing essential support to the Senior Commercial team in a wide range of activities including:

Cost Management - assisting with cost estimations, tracking expenditures and ensuring alignment with project budgets. Assist with the production and presentation of weekly and monthly CVR’s / profit and loss accounts.

Contract Administration - ensuring compliance with contract terms, managing variations and assisting with the preparation of payment applications, submission of final accounts and cash receipt management.

Subcontractor Management - liaising with subcontractors, managing their performance and processing payments.

Client and Stakeholder communication - maintaining clear communication with clients, project managers and other project stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

• Previous experience within Quantity Surveying preferably within Utilities contracting.
• Basic understanding and previous experience of NEC contracts
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Full driving licence
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
  
  

In addition, this role offers;

• Hybrid Working
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and Hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice - our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
  
  

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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