Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Vistry Group
- Brentwood, Essex
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
- Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
- Agile working possible (dependent on role)
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private Healthcare
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
- Share incentive schemes
- Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…
- Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
- ONC/HNC in Construction
- A good understanding or building regulations and legal obligations
- A good knowledge or construction methods and materials
- Strong mathematical and IT ability
- Good understanding of standard measurement rules
- Strong Microsoft Excel knowledge
- Ability to assess and analyse information
- Good business sense
- Good understanding of budget management
- Negotiating and networking skills
- COINS systems management knowledge
- Excellent communications skills
- Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work
- Good team working skills and a positive attitude towards teamwork
- Accurate with an eye for detail
- Behave in line with our values
- A methodical approach
- Strong commitment to achieving deadlines
- Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it
- Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials
- HND/or Degree in Construction
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, or working towards full membership, or,
- Working towards being a chartered member of the Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS)
- At least 12 months experience working within a residential house builder
- Standard house types
- Provide general assistance to the Commercial department as and when required.
- Assist with the compiling of tender packages for sub-contract trades.
- Receive tenders and assist with the analysis sheet for each trade comparing tender levels.
- Assist with the issuing of sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements, including attend sub-contract pre-order meetings.
- Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.
- Set up and regularly review with the Site Management team the Mticks tick sheet to facilitate sub-contract contract work payment.
- Diligently use the systems and processes to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc.
- Assist the commercial team in the management of aged debt.
- Assist with collation of data to maintain database information.
- Attend departmental/project meetings as required.
- Deal with queries/requisitions from site managers.
- Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in other departments.
- Issue Payment Withhold Notices, where a contractor application, or part thereof, is in dispute in accordance with Construction Act.
- Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/Service Provider.
- Diligently use the Vistry COINS system to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc.
- Assist with producing high level and detailed cost plans to assist Land department with bidding on potential sites, including measurement of items outside of standard build costs.
- Regularly conduct site visits.