Assistant Quantity Surveyor - Super Prime

Hill & Hill are currently headhunting forAssistant Quantity Surveyors, our client is a leading property developer working in London and home counties. They have a top class multi million pound project portfolio, dealing with super prime high end residential projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a self-build property developer working along side some of the best talent on the market.

This role entails reporting to theCommercial Director, you will support site development and the attainment of targets by ensuring/managing: commercial cost appraisals and viability/ feasibility analysis; the procurement of sub-contractors, materials and goods; the preparation and monitoring of site costs and budgets; and site set-up health and safety and including all technical, engineering and architectural aspects of the business from land acquisition through to site completions and final adoptions.

The chosen individual will be primarily overseeing super prime residential projects in Gloucestershire.

Main Duties:

• Support and mentoring of junior staff.
• Maximise profitability on contracts.
• Monitoring contract costs against budgets.
• Identifying potential risks and evaluate options for control.
• Preparation of estimates.
• Procurement of sub-contractors, including preparation of sub contract documents.
• Assessment and certification of interim and final payments to subcontractors.
• Preparation and agreeing main contract variations.
• Assist in the preparation of documents for resolution of disputes (adjudications / arbitrations and the like).
• Ensure all work complies with quality, safety and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedure.

Must haves:

• Ambitious individual with great communication skills, who is confident with a flexible approach.
• Demonstrate innovative approaches to problem solving and the ability to negotiate across the various levels of any construction environment.
• Handle the financial and mathematical demands of the role by possessing numeracy and IT skills.

Excellent benefits package and personal development opportunities:

• Company car or car allowance.
• Company pension scheme (we match up to 6%).
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays .