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Assistant Quantity Surveyor

January 31, 2019 | Comments Off on Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Salary and benefits: Competitive Salary, 26 days Annual Leave, matched pension, x 2 share schemes, over 800 retail benefits

Location: Bristol

Business area: Utilities - Western Power Distribution

Kier work as part of a framework for Western Power Distribution to ensure its customers have power in their homes, businesses, schools and hospitals. We are an essential member of the team mainly working on reactive and planned maintenance.

We employ a large number of teams across the region, whose role it is to either respond to emergencies to dig down in the street or on private property to give our client access to repair their asset, or to lay new mains cables as part of their ongoing planned maintenance programme. Our responsibility begins with planning the works and finishes with us clearing site having put it back to the same or better condition than when we arrived, making sure that customers are happy and informed throughout every stage of the works.

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
  • Assist with the internal valuations/VCR/End Life Forecasts.

    • Skills and experience required:
  • Qualified or working towards a HND/HNC or similar in Quantity Surveying
  • Previous surveying or experience of working within a commercially focused environment
  • Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Willing to undertake training and development when appropriate

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