Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Posted 2 weeks ago

National Grid
Bury St Edmunds, Tilbury Docks project, Waltham Cross project
Posted 2 weeks ago

National Grid

This programme has been designed to support people who have had a career break or are trying to transfer their skills in to a new sector or one they used to work in. We know that any gap in work experience or a move away from a sector or skill set makes it very hard to return or join through standard recruitment channels.

The roles in this programme tend to run on a 12 week work placement with a view to securing a permanent role at the end of that period. Although it’s not guaranteed, 96% of our candidates who join the programme go on to secure permanent roles with their host organisation.

As a candidate working with STEM Returners you have access to free CV writing and Interview coaching and if you are successful in securing the role you’ll get access to coaching and mentoring programme to help you thrive in the role.

If you meet the criteria for this role but are unsure if you are eligible for the programme, we encourage you to make an application.

Department: Onshore – onshore contracts and commercial

Job Purpose:
To help drive efficiency in the green energy transition

As owners of Wales and England’s electricity transmission network, we take green energy seriously. Between now and 2026 we’re investing £29 billion into the decarbonisation of energy systems. Would you like to be involved in this vital transition? If you have experience as a Quantity Surveyor who wants more responsibility and the chance to work on high-value, complex schemes, we’d like to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the UK’s transition to clean energy within Strategic Infrastructure team as a Quantity Surveyor, where you support the development and delivery of very large and complex infrastructure projects safely, on time and within budget by providing contract and commercial guidance to the project teams.

Our customers include everyone who uses electricity in England and Wales. Acting on behalf of these people, you’ll help ensure that we deliver our projects in the most commercially effective way.

You’ll be welcomed into our diverse, inclusive organisation that has recently won an Institution of Engineering and Technology silver award for our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programme. If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we look forward to talking to you very soon.

Key Accountabilities:

You’ll support the Quantity Surveyors and the Lead Quantity Surveyors with the contract placement and contract management activities related to packages/sub-projects

This may involve:

Assisting with the commercial assessment of contract proposals.
Supporting the contractor payment application process and assisting with cost audits.
Assisting in reviewing contractor entitlements and assessing the time and cost impact of compensation events.
Helping your project team develop and maintain cost forecasts.
With the support of more senior colleagues, taking sole responsibility for smaller contracts. That form part of a larger project feeding into a single programme of works.
Supporting the project team with remaining in compliance with the relevant contractual timescales and with National Grid governance processes.
Participating in contract risk reviews.
Building strong relationships with and helping facilitate good communication between a wide range of stakeholders, including Project Managers, Planners, Senior Quantity Surveyors and Contractor personnel.
Proactively asking for support. As soon as you’ve identified a potential issue, asking for help before the issue escalates.

Qualifications:

Demonstrable experience in quantity surveying or commercial contract administration or analysis, preferably on major construction projects.

HND/Degree in quantity surveying or a related discipline such as construction management or construction law or currently working towards this qualification.

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