The Company
We are currently collaborating with an award-winning regional Main Contractor based in Essex. Established over 30 years ago, the company delivers a diverse range of projects across London and the Southeast.
They partner with local authorities, housing associations, and private clients across all sectors under both traditional and design & build arrangements. Their sectors include commercial, education, healthcare, heritage, and residential.
With a turnover exceeding 100 million, the company typically undertakes projects valuing between 1 million and 40 million.
They have a strong Belief in developing and retaining the best talent the industry has to offer, and pride themselves on their reputation for delivering high-quality services consistently throughout their existence.
The Role
Our client is currently seeking to recruit an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Kent, working on a mixture of commercial, education, healthcare, and residential schemes.
As the Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for assisting with day-to-day commercial aspects of projects, ensuring that procurement reporting and other commercial functions are carried out in compliance with the company management system.
Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Take part in the tender handover process to gain a full understanding of the submitted tender and the requirements of the contract
* Assist with the production of procurement summaries, preliminary budgets, valuation schedules and cashflow, and main contract deliverables
* Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders regularly and involve parties as necessary to ensure prompt and effective resolution of issues to facilitate successful project completion
* Assist with the provision of commercial support to the project team in managing contractual aspects of the project
* Appoint designers and procure subcontractors
* Measure and value subcontract and upline accounts, ensuring they are certified on time and cashflow is actively managed
* Process subcontract payments, making sure that payment/pay less notices are issued on time
* Assist with the management of supply chain claims and in the preparation of upline claim submissions
* Assist with carrying out commercial project completion activities
* Actively develop own knowledge and capabilities
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