Total 2 Junior Executive level Construction / Property job vacancies in Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7LW

Your new role: Assistant Quantity Surveyor

We are expanding our commercial management team to support National Highways' annual £1bn investment programme to maintain the Strategic Road Network. As part of this, we have exciting opportunities for Assistant Quantity Surveyors to join our team.

You will support (and in some cases lead) commercial and contract management of schemes of value from £1m to more than £30m. The complex nature and diversity of the portfolio ensures the opportunity for you to develop new skills and capabilities, whether you are working towards gaining Chartered Surveyor status, or simply seeking to enhance your experience to date.

The role will be primarily based in our Bedford office with a requirement to attend other NH Offices / Site when required. In all cases we have a flexible hybrid working approach, meaning the role will be a combination of office/agile home working with a general expectation of office working at least 2 days per week.

What you'll be leading on

• Supply Chain management including sending enquiry documentation, quotation assessment, work order award and instructions to supply chain where required. Supply Chain Payment assessment including all relevant documentation on a monthly basis.
• Assisting in the management of site level change control including early warning and compensation event management and assessment, both to the Client and to the supply chain as necessary.
• Monitor actual cost against targets.
• Manage own portfolio of works under supervision from QS/ SQS.
• Liaising with other departments to ensure that Schemes Tracker is up-to-date, data is accurate and reconciled against other sources.
• Maintain collaborative working relationship with supply chain contractors.

To be successful you'll need

• To have either achieved or be working towards a degree/HND in Quantity Surveying or other relevant technical qualification and/or completion of a formally recognised graduate programme, apprenticeship or similar. Alternatively, you will be working towards a Chartered qualification within a relevant professional organisation, such as RICS, ICES, or equivalent.
• Basic experience of contract administration, desirably using NEC forms of contract.
• Intermediate level MS Excel (basic formula, pivot tables, formatting).
• You will have good written and verbal communication skills enabling you to engage effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of commercial management.

A bit about us

There's never been a better time to join our Commercial Operations team.

We're a growing, vibrant team helping to drive the most ambitious roads investment programme our country has ever seen. You'll be involved in the design of our modern, progressive contracts and partnerships, negotiating best commercial terms, galvanizing innovation and producing smart cost estimates and plans. Building in every opportunity to ensure that our customers and road workers get home safe and well every day while travelling or working on our road network.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

We're are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a Junior Quantity Surveyor in the Luton area.

Duties & Responsibilities:

* help manage and report on the contractual and financial controls relating largely to their roofing works
* take overall responsibility for the full commercial aspect of the sub-contract from estimating, preselection, procurement / management of the supply chain to final account and retention from our clients.
* prepare reports, analysis contracts/ programmes, budgets, risks to the business and other documents within the tender contract award remit.
* document any changes in design and advise clients of the additional costs, seeking written confirmation of changes and agreement of costs with the client and updating the budgets accordingly for the development before works are instructed to commence.
*analyse existing budgets and make improvements, reviewing plans, and preparing quantity estimates for roofing (and brickwork when required).
*attend and prepare reports for the following monthly meetings: - Weekly Management meetings, Monthly Valuation meetings with clients, Monthly Business/Cost, Value & Reconciliation, Preselection meetings and any such meeting required to undertake your duties.
*review and approve monthly sub-contract/supplier invoices, ensuring that they are accurate, in line with budgeted cost expectations.
*monitor client's payments, following up monthly valuations to ensure that payments are received promptly as per our agreed contract conditions.
*be part of the tender document estimating process, including producing comprehensive estimates for submission to our clients, highlighting any potential issues, risks, assumptions, resources, and caveats to our business.
*work with the buying team to procure specialist products/suppliers (as/ when the project calls for QS-related technical assistance).
*manage and develop the company's surveying/ estimating software and maintain technical knowledge through appropriated CPD.
*Develop robust processes and controls in relation to the QS/ Estimating Dept to ensure the highest level of efficiency, details and performance.
* Evaluate and engage sub-contractors / suppliers that are suitable for the business needs,handling negotiations ensuring the buying meets the business requirements for specification, quality standards, reliability and cost efficiency and preparing subcontract documents.
* Liaise with Site Managers, Clients, Sub/Contractors, Suppliers to establish and maintain professional relationships with our external and internal stakeholders, negotiating as well as building relationships.
* Co-operate and work collaboratively with all other members of the business including the Construction, Buying, Estimating, Finance and Estimating/Quantity Surveying teams

Skills:

* the ideal candidate must have a methodical approach, superb interpersonal skills, a sound knowledge of construction (roofing and brickwork), excellent time management skills and the ability to multitask whilst prioritising workload.
* must have networking abilities in order to promote the company with clients and other stakeholders

Qualifications:

*The successful candidate will ideally have a degree in Quantity Surveying or similar but will be offered huge opportunity for growth and further professional development in this role.


If you are interested in this role, please hit apply or contact me on 07501117739 / xhesika.xhaferaj@search.co.uk

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