Assistant Quantity Surveyor
- Basildon, Essex
- £35,000-40,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Procurement of building materials (from schedules), bracketry & metalwork (from drawings) - tendering, following up to receive quotes on time, analysing quotes, discussing with the QS, tracking against budgets, negotiating with suppliers, drafting and placing purchase orders.
- Update these packages on the procurement schedule (excel), and track and remind for upcoming releases
- Following up suppliers to ensure lead times are maintained and delivered on
- Maintain a materials management schedule (excel) to track materials from point of order through to confirmed arrival on site, including with locations, dates, orders, delivery notes, pallet/stillage refs, photos etc
- Deal with reactive procurement issues e.g. missing materials, & site requests in coordination with the team
- Coordination with project team/s throughout above
- Assisting QS with pricing of variations - obtaining quotes from supplier etc.
- Assisting QS with monthly application and vesting processes
- On site installation records tracking & checking
- Budgeting exercises in advance of release of final design, and monitoring budgets as we progress through on site, e.g. plant, building materials, forecasting costs to go.
- High attention to detail
- Organised, diligent and with good sense of initiative
- Open & honest
- A good listener and a clear communicator
- Team player with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Excellent negotiation and dispute resolution skills
- Good financial and numeracy management skills
- High level of IT literacy
- Some experience in construction industry - ideally at least a year experience in a similar role.