Location: Belfast, UK
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Market: Various
Discipline: Cost and Quantity Surveying
Job Ref: 14272
Overview of the Role
As Assistant Quantity Surveyor you will work as part of a large multi‑disciplinary team providing commercial support. You will work closely with project managers and design managers to ensure successful delivery of projects on time and to budget, supporting the control of both internal and external commercial aspects across a range of contractual arrangements. We operate in Highways, Rail, Aviation and Maritime, delivering major transportation projects for our global client base.
Responsibilities
* Support and advise the project manager in respect of fulfilment of all contractual obligations
* Produce detailed cost plans throughout the design phase of projects
* Actively promote and implement value engineering and value for money
* Review, appraise and report on main contract / sub‑contract tenders
* Monitor and process on behalf of the client commercial queries from consultants and contractors
* Attend progress meetings to respond to commercial matters raised
* Attend internal management meetings to input to reporting processes
* Check submitted assessments and applications and process
* Clarify any queries with consultant or contractor and agree with project managers
* Carry out periodic commercial checks and due diligence in conjunction with the project manager to ensure information submitted corresponds to records held by the consultant or contractor
* In conjunction with the project manager provide ongoing assessment of consultant or contractor’s estimate to completion
* Provide regular detailed financial report forecasting final project costs
* Receive and check consultant or contractor’s final account, negotiate any amendments and reach a final figure and recommendation for acceptance or rejection
* Act in accordance with the project leader’s instructions
* Comply with QES system and group/unit directives
* Prepare monthly management reports
* Secure new and repeat business in line with the sub‑divisional budget
* Prepare estimates and cost plans in line with the brief
* Prepare standard documentation – reports, valuations, letters, financial statements, etc.
* Assess applications for payment in line with the contract terms
* Produce lessons learned report
Candidate Specification
Essential Qualifications
* Working towards chartered status (MRICS)
* Proven skills and experience of delivering within a cost consultancy or main contractor
* Flexibility in work location and travel
* Excellent report writing skills
* Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
* Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues
* Excellent presentation and communication skills
* Effective time management
* Customer focus
Desirable Qualifications
* NEC experience
* Rail sector experience
Benefits
Financial Wellbeing
* We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%
* Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary
* Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long‑term illness or injury
* Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing
* As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes
Employee Ownership
* Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success
* Our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, giving them a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses
* As your career grows, so does your stake, recognising your long‑term impact and contribution
* Your voice matters, with the opportunity to connect directly with senior leadership through formal channels to help shape our future
* For our senior roles you will have a direct pathway towards ownership from day one
Health and Wellbeing
* Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues
* Health cash plan to support you with everyday health costs and treatments
* Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues
* A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing programme, including access for you and your family
* Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too
Lifestyle
* A minimum of 33–35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme
* Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service
* Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers
Enhanced Family and Carers Leave
* Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave
* Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay
* Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid
Learning and Development
* Primary annual professional institution subscription
* A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self‑development options
Networks, Communities, and Social Outcomes
* Join a wide range of groups including our advanced employee networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities
* Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes
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