Assistant Quantity Surveyor

🚧 ASSISTANT QUANTITY SURVEYOR / COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT REQUIRED 🚧

📍 Location: Manchester 
⏰ Start Time: 8:30am
📅 Duration: 3 Months (with potential extension subject to workload)

💷 £17.79 per hour PAYE
💷 £20.83 per hour Umbrella
💷 Equivalent to approximately £37,000 per annum

We are currently looking for an experienced and motivated Assistant Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Assistant to support a busy commercial team on a long-term project.

Key Responsibilities:

✅ Preparing and submitting periodic payment applications (2 per period)
✅ Reviewing supporting evidence and ensuring submissions are accurate and complete
✅ Creating and checking hyperlinks and supporting attachments prior to submission
✅ Carrying out reconciliations and assisting with reducing WIP
✅ Converting completed works into "Applied For" values through payment applications
✅ Reviewing material costs and ensuring they are captured and claimed correctly
✅ Working closely with Operations teams to resolve commercial issues
✅ Assisting with Early Warning Notices (EWNs) and Compensation Events through CEMAR
✅ Supporting procurement activities
✅ Producing contract documentation
✅ Liaising with subcontractors and suppliers
✅ Raising purchase orders and material requisitions
✅ General commercial and administrative support duties

Essential Skills:

✅ Strong commercial awareness
✅ Excellent attention to detail
✅ Confident communicator
✅ Self-motivated and able to work independently
✅ Good understanding of payment applications and commercial processes
✅ Advanced Excel skills including:

• XLOOKUPs
• Pivot Tables
• Data analysis and reporting

Desirable:

✅ BSc Quantity Surveying or MSc Quantity Surveying
✅ Facilities Management (FM) experience
✅ Experience using CEMAR

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their commercial and quantity surveying experience within a supportive team environment.