Assistant Quantity Surveyor

As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor for our client, you have the invaluable opportunity to operate and develop within an experienced team and receive expert support to progress and improve your skillset and career. You will take on a hands-on approach throughout the project life cycle, overseeing the efficiency and implementation of project budgets, time scales, and client requirements. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with all pre-contract and post contract surveying services on a range of construction projects
• Actively looking to take on additional responsibility and able to stand in for the Project QS or Senior QS when they are unavailable, and to start running and leading on your own projects with some supervision.
• Taking responsibility for successfully completing all allocated QS and PM tasks to a high degree of accuracy.
• Assisting with Employer's Agent services on Design and Build and Development Agreement procured
projects and assuming the principal EA role where possible.
• Following the company Quality Management System in the delivery of all services
• Assisting on multiple projects simultaneously and developing excellent time management strategies.
• Treating all clients to exceptional level of service
• Undertaking a minimum of 20 hours Continuing Professional Development every year.
  
  Full-time Degree (preferably RICS accredited) in Quantity Surveying, Construction Cost Management or a related field or
at least 2 years completed of a similar related part-time degree, supported by 2 years' relevant industry experience.
• Proficiency in measurement, ideally using CostX Measurement Software
• Good understanding of construction technology
• Strategically minded with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Driving licence and own car. Willingness to travel to sites across the UK as required
  
  Atkins Search are currently recruiting for a talented and ambitious Assistant Quantity Surveyor for our client's Quantity Surveying team who is dedicated to providing an excellent service, to join their growing and successful Residential team.
If you are looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive, ambitious, growing and energetic team and would like to join an award-winning law led professional services business, we would like to hear from you. Client Our client is a forward thinking and straight-talking business with an approach to find solutions to the problems that their clients face. They support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Important to our client is their people and their culture. It is what has got them to where they are today as a successful business. They have a set of shared internal values that capture what the collective Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind the team together as one. Every year across the group, they recognise members of their team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. Our client creates an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. Offering flexible working patterns to help their staff achieve a good work/ life balance.