Assistant Quantity Surveyor

ENWL; Salford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days annual leave

Car allowance or Company Vehicle

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Mentoring and professional development

Job summary

SP Electricity North West is seeking an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial and contractual support across diverse projects. You will help ensure delivery in line with contracts, internal controls, and industry standards.

Key duties include risk/opportunity highlighting, final account support, tender assessment, variations handling, and site reviews. Requires HNC+ in Quantity Surveying and NEC/JCT awareness, with strong numerical skills and Excel proficiency.

Qualifications

• HNC or above in Quantity Surveying.
• Relevant experience in construction or utilities.
• CVR, cost control and forecasting awareness.
• Contract administration with NEC/JCT awareness.
• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Highlight risks and opportunities to the Commercial team.
• Assist final account compilation, submissions and contractor reviews.
• Support Works Order pricing with Project Managers.
• Assess tender returns with Project Managers.
• Identify variations and process per contract terms.
• Support dispute management per responsibility level.
• Assist in contractor performance management against standards.
• Ensure contract compliance and produce contract instructions.
• Compile Commercial reports and briefings.
• Attend sites to review progress, costs, and variations.

Skills

Numerical skills

Attention to detail

Punctual & organized

Problem solving

Driving licence

Education

HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Job description

SP Electricity North West manages and invests in the power network that supplies electricity to the 2.4m homes and businesses across the North West. Our 2,400 colleagues manage the 13,000km of overhead lines, 44,000km of underground cables and thousands of electricity substations to keep power flowing and supporting green growth. We’re one of six distribution network operators in the UK and are regulated by Ofgem.

We’re proud that in December 2024 we were named Utility of the Year by Utility Week magazine who said we punched above our weight and used innovation to solve some of the industry’s most difficult challenges. Come and be part of our team and make a difference.

Now part of the Iberdrola and ScottishPower group, we’re collectively building smarter, greener electricity networks that will get Britain growing by investing in a better future, quicker.

A Fantastic Opportunity: Assistant Quantity Surveyor

SP Electricity North West is looking for a skilled Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team and provide expert commercial and contractual support across a diverse portfolio of projects. You will play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered in line with contractual obligations, internal controls, and industry standards.

What you'll be doing:

• Highlight potential risks and opportunities to the wider Commercial team
• Assist the wider Commercial team with final account compilation, submissions and Contractor reviews
• Assisting Project and Programme Managers with Works Order pricing
• Assisting Project and Programme Managers with assessment of tender returns
• Identification of variations and processing in line with Contract requirements terms
• Assist the wider Commercial team in the management of disputes in line with level of responsibility
• Assist the wider Commercial team in providing support to the Operations business with Contractor performance management against established standards and business requirements
• Assist the wide Commercial team to ensure contract compliance, through effective contract management activities; support the Project Delivery teams in producing all necessary contract instructions and communications for successful project delivery
• Assist with delivery of Commercial briefings and compilation of Commercial reports
• Attend construction sites regularly to review and monitor delivery partners progress of the assigned portfolio of projects to verify their costs, compensation events / variations and identify early warnings.

What you'll need:

• HNC or above in Quantity Surveying
• Relevant experience in the construction or utilities industry
• Awareness of cost value reconciliation reporting (CVR's), cost control and forecasting
• Awareness in contract administration with standard form contracts such as but not limited to NEC and JCT
• Proven numerical skills with excellent attention to detail
• Punctual, organised and efficient, with good problem-solving capabilities
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and the ability to learn how to use specialist software such SAP
• Full UK driving licence

What we're offering:

We value your expertise. In return, you'll receive:

• An annual bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• Car allowance or Company Vehicle
• Private Healthcare
• An employee rewards portal offering discounts on several well-known brands
• A market-leading contributory pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Mentoring and opportunities for professional development through our L&D function.

At Electricity North West, our people important to us and we’re passionate about creating a great place to work where we can all be ourselves, reach our full potential and build long lasting careers. We’re striving to increase diversity of thought and talent in our people and to recruit highly skilled workforce that’s representative of the communities we serve.

Any offer made will remain conditional until pre-employment checks are complete to a level deemed satisfactory by Electricity North West. Due to nature of this role, the following pre-employment checks will be required; references from previous employers, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a Drug & Alcohol test.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.