ADV - Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Socotec

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
Assistant Quantity Surveyor, SOCOTEC Advisory (London)As our company grows and develops, we are ever expanding our teams. We have a great opportunity for a dedicated Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our Advisory Division.SOCOTEC Advisory is a chartered quantity surveying and expert witness consultancy, renowned for its team of industry-recognised experts and delivery of robust and quality services. Our team is made up of approximately 60 Quantity Surveyors with a broad spectrum of experience. This allows the delivery of services across most sectors, including residential, infrastructure and marine, in both public and private sectors and enables expertise to be shared across the company.We are looking for a proactive, reliable and flexible Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team who is proactive in learning and able to assist on all construction projects under the general supervision of a more senior member of staff.Key Responsibilities:A productive team member who, with some supervision and training, can assist in most of the following Quantity Surveying service areas:
  • Preparation of budget estimates, cost plans and tender documents
  • Assisting with preparation of contract documents
  • Assisting with post-contract valuation, cost report and final account negotiations
  • Valuing variations and subcontractor accounts
  • Ability to record comprehensive meeting minutes and maintain correspondence with client and project teams
  • Able to fill in and maintain contract documentation such as EWN's, CE's and notices
  • Able to measure and scale off from drawings to produce simple BoQ's
  • Simple correspondence on contractual matters
  • Obtaining quotes
  • Undertaking site measures
  • An understanding of Method of Measurement and Contract Types
The preferred candidates will have:
  • Willingness to work on secondment
  • Proactive in personal development
  • Polite and approachable with a professional manner
  • Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
  • Able to get on well with a range of people
  • Enthusiastic, keen to learn new skills, gain hands on experience and achieve formal qualifications
  • Reliable, punctual and conscientious
  • Able to use own initiative and work as part of a team
  • Strong numeracy and literacy skills
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Methodical and organised
  • Takes pride in their work and deliver to a consistently high standard
Desirable:
  • Good use of initiative
  • An understanding of construction techniques
  • Good analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Ambition to become a QS
About AdvisoryOur experienced team of industry professionals come from diverse backgrounds, experiences and expertise. Our modern, open plan working space promotes not only a sharing of skills and knowledge, but also an approachable, friendly and sociable environment.As well as the chance to soak up the expertise of your fellow employees, the unique, multi-strand nature of the business provides you with the opportunity to vary your workload and venture into areas of the industry you are interested in or may not have previously considered; such as Advisory and Expert Witness work.What's in it for you?As well as a competitive salary, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension. SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.Why SOCOTEC?Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We have several business streams that provides an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification and advisory services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent.At SOCOTEC Advisory, we believe that a driven, inspired and challenged team is the key to success. We promote inclusivity, encourage individuality and have a zero-tolerance policy to discrimination, with the aim that every single member of our team will thrive both in and out of the workplace.We invest in our people. We push you to grow and we want you to progress. We believe in continued development and the pursuit of ambition. Our open and friendly office space promotes a culture of teamwork and provides the opportunity to ask, listen and learn from those around you. With a young, dynamic and exciting workplace, we are constantly striving, as a team, to develop and succeed.Think you've got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.

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