Industrial Placement: Quantity Surveyor & Commercial

BPIC Network; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

GRAHAM Academy in Northern Ireland is seeking an Industrial Placement Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial Team. This placement offers hands-on experience in cost management, subcontract payments, and project reporting within a dynamic civil engineering environment.

You will develop practical skills in take-offs, site measurement, contract terms, and client liaison, with regular feedback and clear progression toward professional accreditation.

Qualifications

• Studying Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management to degree level.
• Understanding of construction management practices.
• Strong communication skills.
• Full driving licence.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Check and process sub-contract payments for work completed.
• Ensure subcontractors are not charging for work that wasn’t completed.
• Produce schedules of materials needed to complete a project for procurement from subcontractors.
• Prepare and manage the accounts for projects.
• Produce regular reports on cost and value.
• Produce spend profiles and regular forecasts for projects.
• Identify and manage risk and opportunities.
• Take off drawings.
• Site measurement.
• Liaise with onsite teams to obtain site records and reconciling these against works claimed.
• Agree changes with Client’s commercial team.
• Deal with all legal contracts and their clauses for a project.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Commercial Management

Strong communication

Cost control

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management

Job description

GRAHAM Academy in Northern Ireland is seeking an Industrial Placement Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial Team. This placement offers hands-on experience in cost management, subcontract payments, and project reporting within a dynamic civil engineering environment.

You will develop practical skills in take-offs, site measurement, contract terms, and client liaison, with regular feedback and clear progression toward professional accreditation.