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Department: EMEA Consultancy - Transport & Infrastructure
Location: Maidstone
Description
About the opportunity
We are looking for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team. You'll be joining Soben at an exciting time, playing a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth targets. Supporting one of our key construction clients in the region, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects.
What you'll do
* Prepare costed estimates and cost plans for review, including benchmarking.
* Develop value engineering and life cycle costing options.
* Identify potential risks and assist with maintaining the risk register.
* Contribute to meetings on the pre-contract process.
* Assist in preparing procurement strategies and reports.
* Attend client meetings with senior colleagues and record relevant discussion points.
* Participate in design team meetings, advise on potential cost implications, and implement outcomes.
* Assist in lease negotiations and validation of tenant improvement allowances.
* Help develop project templates.
* Assist with change order logs, invoice logs, and cost reports.
* Research pricing and assist with measurements for development appraisals.
* Draft and review pre-qualification questionnaires.
* Review and tabulate PQQ responses.
* Perform additional duties as assigned.
About you
* Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
* Minimum two years of experience in cost estimating.
* Proficient in CostX software for estimates and bills.
* Skilled in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Knowledge of construction technologies and sustainability trends.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Organized and detail-oriented.
* Field experience is a plus.
About life at Soben
We're on a mission to rewrite the rules. Our diverse team considers work a vocation, driven by purpose and a passion for excellence. Inclusion is central to our culture, enriching our work with diverse perspectives.
Grow with us
We provide ongoing training and development, with opportunities for rapid progression and responsibility. Work on some of the industry’s most exciting projects.
What you'll get in return
Market-leading pay, flexible schedules, remote work options, and a dynamic environment where your contributions make a difference. We value work-life balance.
Our Leadership Principles
1. Deliver on promises.
2. Solve clients' problems as if paying rent or mortgage.
3. Bias for action.
4. Employ ambitious, humble, and feedback-receptive people.
5. Business owner mentality to cost management.
6. Open, honest, and direct communication.
7. Growth mindset.
8. Reinvest profits for sustainability.
About us
Soben offers world-class construction consultancy combined with hands-on commercial experience, increasing certainty in clients' investments through cost, schedule, risk, and project management. We pride ourselves on excellence, detail, and delivering on time and on budget.
Additional details
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Management and Manufacturing
Industries: Construction
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