Assistant Quantity Surveyor - Watford

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Sub Division: Defence

Location: Watford

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time – 37.5 hours – Monday to Friday

Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care…

We are currently looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor as part of a Defence contract on a permanent basis.
This is an exciting role to help deliver infrastructure, asset and facilities management services into the UK Defence Sector.
This is a perfect opportunity to grow and develop your experience and career
You will be given the opportunity for further studies and gain qualifications.

The Assistant Quantity Surveyor will work alongside the Quantity Surveyors and Senior Quantity Surveyors, assisting with Commercial and Quantity Surveying work across the contract.

• Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager responsible for the commercial function of the designated region.
• Assist in ensuring the efficient overall commercial and financial management of the assigned projects/region in a professional and ethical manner adhering to commercial guidelines, established best practice and company standards.
• Support in the timely & accurate submission of contract commercial deliverables
• Contribute to maximising the potential growth and development of the business.
• Support in the commercial activities of the project/region to ensure the objectives are met or exceeded.
• Work with the QS team to deliver commercial support and direction to project team(s)
• Support the QS team to with disputes, packages of change and variations.

• A good understanding of general IT systems (Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel)
• An understanding of Finance/Cost and Contract Management Systems preferential.
• The ideal candidate should have knowledge and / or experience of working within the construction industry.
• Being capable of self-time management to meet varying workloads based on the availability of budgets and requirements of the role
• The role is broad and includes anything from risk management to procurement, financial reporting and managing both the supply chain and direct works
• Strong Mathematical skills.
• Among the qualities the ideal candidate must possess commercial awareness and the willingness to learn / be part of a team
• Relevant Qualifications.
• Looking for a career in Quantity Surveying

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners’ goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.