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Assistant Quantity Surveyor
October 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Salary and benefits: Competitive salary plus full package, including company car or car allowance, healthcare, company matched pension, two rewarding share options, up to 10% off Kier homes and numerous retail/hospitality schemes
Location: Within 1 hour commute of Plymouth
Business area: Buildings
The opportunity: Kier Construction Western & Wales is looking to recruit an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to be based from the Plymouth office, who will report the senior commercial team. As the successful post-holder, you will be responsible for assisting the surveying team to provide commercial expertise by working within robust procedures. Projects will cover a variety of frameworks and schemes from £5M to £50M, and you'll be working within a hugely talented commercial team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the project team in all commercial matters
- Liaise with the site teams and take the lead with contract administration, including record keeping.
- Ensure timely submission of valuations
- Ensure cash flow is maximised including ensuring payments are received on time
- Ensure the accurate and timely evaluation and agreement of final quantities, revised and additional items, rates and compensation events
- Identify additional entitlement under the contract including the monitoring of daily records
- Delegate commercial activities to other members of the team as appropriate
- Ensure that good records are kept in order that the full entitlement under the contract is achieved
- Identify and realise opportunities to maximise cost/value management.
- Assist with the preparation of accurate and timely monthly valuation reports.
- Assist with the procurement and management of subcontract packages.
- Assist with the internal valuations/VCR/End Life Forecasts.
- Evaluate risks and review project risk register.
- Assist with preparation of contractual claims.
- Measure and assess the work undertaken and then submit detailed, accurate and timely applications
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- Qualified or working towards a HND/HNC or similar in Quantity Surveying
- Previous surveying or experience of working within a commercially focused environment
- Must be flexible and able to work as part of a team and using own initiative
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages
- Willing to undertake training and development when appropriate