Assistant Quantity Surveyor | Bristol

TSA Management; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project consultancy is seeking an Assistant Quantity Surveyor in Bristol to join their energetic and supportive team. This role offers opportunities on diverse, exciting projects across various sectors, including retail and healthcare. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and a passion for the built environment, along with strong communication skills and a proactive attitude. Full support for achieving RICS chartership is provided, along with a hybrid working environment.

Benefits

Support for RICS chartership

Hybrid working

Nurturing office environment

Qualifications

• Degree or master's qualification in quantity surveying or RICS accredited subject is essential.
• Passionate about pursuing RICS chartership.
• Confident and possess strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in cost consulting duties and financial reporting for clients.
• Monitor project status, performance milestones, and deliverables.
• Prepare tender documentation and manage cost procedures.

Skills

Communication

Proactive attitude

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Relevant degree in quantity surveying or similar RICS accredited subject

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

We're seeking people who bring together a unique blend of personal strengths, technical know-how, and a genuine passion for the built environment and construction industry.

TSA Riley is a global organisation, 1,000 people strong. We provide expert project consultancy across Advisory, Project Management, Cost Management, Asset Management, and ESG, and our people are at the centre of everything we do.

We help clients create great places to work, live, shop, play, and produce.

Visit our work and grow with us page for information about our graduate, apprenticeship, and professional development programmes, or apply for an advertised position below. We'd love to hear from you.

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Cultivate positive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Effectively communicate ideas and actions that resonate with diverse audiences.

Exhibit drive, flexibility, passion, and a proactive attitude towards tasks.

Take ownership of responsibilities and ensure timely delivery on commitments.

Approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.

Analyse and synthesise detailed information to identify opportunities for improvement.

Possess a degree qualification, underpinning knowledge and skills.

Assistant Quantity Surveyor | Bristol

Assistant Quantity Surveyor | Bristol

29/05/2025

The perfect role for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor in the Bristol area to work on varied projects and kickstart your career!

Assistant Quantity Surveyor | Bristol, UK
Full-time, Hybrid Working

If you’re looking to kickstart your career as a Quantity Surveyor then we have the perfect opportunity available in our Bristol office.

Within this role, you will have the opportunity to work for a global consultancy with a fantastic reputation for developing talent. You will experience working on a diverse range of large and exciting projects alongside our team of quantity surveyors and project managers in Bristol.

Our office is conveniently located in the city centre office of Bristol and is home to a small team of cost and project managers working on projects within Bristol and the surrounding areas. The office environment could be described as energetic, vibrant and welcoming. Hybrid working is standard within the business.

The role offers the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects across the built environment. This can include projects within the retail, residential, commercial and healthcare sectors, to name a few. Therefore, giving you a great start to your career and the opportunity to experience all that the industry has to offer and discover your passion.

For candidates looking to achieve professional membership to the RICS; we have you covered! We have a formal internal APC programme with over 50 staff nationwide enrolled currently. Meaning you’re not feeling alone.

We can also provide supportive and nurturing office environment where the work you will be carrying out will give you full access to all of your competencies required to complete your APC diary.

If this sounds like the type of role and environment where you and your career can thrive, then we would love to hear from you.

Key tasks and responsibilities of the Quantity Surveyor role include:

• Working as part of a team of Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers reporting into the Technical Director whilst assisting in the provision of cost consulting duties to our clients.
• Ensure that our clients achieve their stated objectives through close teamwork, proactive cost control and the provision of contractual advice.
• Attend and/or chair meetings with client.
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports.
• Monitor the communication of a project status.
• Assist in the preparation of tender documentations and the wider tender process.
• Contribute to management reports.
• Monitor performance milestones and deliverables.
• Administer cost/variation procedures.
• Assist in the day-to-day cost management of projects from estimate preparation and cost planning through to final account settlements.

About You:

• A relevant degree or master’s qualification in quantity surveying or a similar RICS accredited subject is essential.
• Passionate about becoming chartered with the RICS. Full support can be provided.
• Prior experience of working in a Quantity Surveying role for a similar consultancy carrying out full pre and post contract duties would be advantageous. However, we would also consider applications from recent graduates of RICS accredited courses seeking a first role as a Quantity Surveyor.
• A theoretical knowledge of the fundamental pre and post contract duties carries out by a professional quantity surveyor. Ideally with some practical exposure to some of these during your education or relevant work experience.
• A positive attitude and a willingness to learn and embrace new responsibilities to aid your career development and make a meaningful impact with our team.
• Confident personality with strong communication skills and the ability to represent TSA Riley positively when communicating with our clients.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to use full MS Works packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc and learn new software packages.

Who we are:

TSA Riley has a 130-year heritage dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In Asia Pacific we trace our roots back to the 1980s through the merging of several respected, small project management and advisory firms.

Now, in the 21st century, we’re defining and pioneering a new way of helping our clients drive greater value and impact from their built assets.

Plan. Procure. Deliver. Optimise. Decarbonise. We call this project consulting.

We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations advice; project and cost management; carbon advice; and dispute resolution. This uniquely broad range of services - across the project lifecycle - means we understand the interdependencies at every stage. We combine this with hands-on experience and personalised service to drive greater value, impact and certainty for our clients’ projects.

What makes us different:

• 'Partnerships for positive impact: Standing side-by-side with our clients, we shape our collective future.
• Growth – together: Our strength lies not only in our global reach, wide range of sectors and services but also in how grow and develop our people.
• Connected intelligence: We are a business of 1,000 connected and collaborative project consultants. Our leaders are diverse and experienced and we challenge and learn from each other to deliver positive outcomes.
• Integrity in everything: We do the right thing by each other, our clients and our communities.
• And a lot of fun along the way: We celebrate success, enjoy the journey and cherish our culture of camaraderie. Together, we embrace our differences and celebrate the things that make each of us authentically unique.

TSA Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with us but are not able to commit to a full-time role and/or would require forms of flexible working.

Additionally, we provide hybrid working as standard practice. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

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