Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Assist in cost management and commercial delivery for residential development projects.

Key Responsibilities

• tender packages
• sub‑contract orders
• bms administration
• cost reporting
• final accounts
• material valuations

Tasks

-Assist with the compiling of tender packages for all sub-contract trades. -Attend departmental meetings as required. -Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/Service Provider. -Assist with the certifying of retention releases on completion of the project. -Ensure to continue self-development and follow training plan. -Assist with the production of sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation. -Assist with the issuing of sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements. Attend sub-contract pre-order meetings. -Diligently use the BMS and processes to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc. -Where necessary, assist in determining a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment and liaise with Build Department in this respect. -Receive tenders and assist with the analysis sheet for each trade comparing tender levels. -Assist with maintaining final account schedules. -Attend the site pre-start meeting to understand the construction issue drawings with the Senior / Quantity Surveyor. -Liaise with Build Department on sub-contractors’ performance and compliance with order conditions. -Assist in the regular review of materials on-site and material valuations. -To liaise with the Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business’s reporting requirements. -Assist with the control and reporting of post contract cost movements to provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager. -Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract. -Assist with the preparation and agreement of sub-contract final accounts. -Maintaining necessary systems to efficiently file and retrieve information and to allow others to do likewise in accordance with the Business Management System. -Settle all variation invoices/applications for payment in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.

Requirements

• excel
• degree
• measurement
• budgeting
• construction
• analysis

What You Bring

-Excellent communications skills -Good understanding of standard measurement rules -Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge -Ability to assess and analyse information -Good understanding of budget management -HNC / Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying / Construction management or equivalent -Able to work under pressure and accept criticism of work -Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require -Good team working skills -Negotiating and networking skills -Strong mathematical and IT ability -Accurate with an eye for detail -Good business sense -A good knowledge or construction methods and materials

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Benefits

-Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave -Share save and share incentive schemes -Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees -Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary -Employee rewards portal with many more benefits... -Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover -Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice -Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service -Competitive basic salary and annual bonus -Company car, car allowance or travel allowance -2 Volunteering days per annum

About Vistry Group

-Launched following the merger of Bovis Homes and Galliford Try’s housing arm in January 2020. -Operates three retail brands—Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Countryside Homes—and a B2B Partnerships arm. -Known for timber-frame manufacturing via Vistry Works, boosting quality, speed, and carbon performance. -Typical projects include mixed-tenure neighbourhoods with schools, parks, orchards, and community facilities. -Completed major schemes like Meridian Water regeneration and Countryside Partnerships integration in 2022.

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