Assistant QS

A national tier-one Civil Engineering and Utility contractor is seeking to appoint an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join their East Anglia team.
This role presents an ambitious Assistant QS with the opportunity to join a young, dynamic team at the start of a five-year framework in the water sector.
The company operates several framework agreements across the water & energy sectors. They have an excellent reputation for staff welfare and are well-placed to offer a rewarding long-term career to ambitious motivated Quantity Surveyors.
This is a hybrid working role with a large degree of flexibility as to how many days the successful QS works in the office each week.

The Role
Reporting to the Senior Quantity Surveyor, the main focus of the role will be to assist with the management of all commercial aspects of the framework schemes with responsibility for assisting in maximising profit and controlling costs as appropriate.
Duties will include assisting with:

1. Carrying out internal and external valuations
2. Calculating variations
3. Cost value reporting
4. Account forecasting
5. Negotiation and awarding sub-contract orders
6. Carrying out measurement and payment of sub-contract orders
7. Contract dispute resolution
8. Client liaison
9. Being proactive in developing new systems to meet changing operational needs

Experience Required
Suitable Quantity Surveyors will be educated to HNC / BSc Quantity Surveying and will be able to demonstrate no less than 1 year of QS experience, ideally using NEC contracts; however, this is not essential.
This position is immediately available.