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Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Universal Facades
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 11 days
Location

Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1PG

Salary

£30,000 - £35,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job involves procuring building materials, bracketry, and metalwork, requiring at least one year of experience in a similar role within the construction industry.
  • Responsibilities include tendering, analyzing quotes, negotiating with suppliers, and maintaining schedules in Excel.
  • The role also entails managing materials from order to delivery, addressing procurement issues, and assisting the Quantity Surveyor (QS) with pricing and budgeting.
  • Successful candidates should demonstrate high attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work under pressure.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, although the exact figure is not specified.

Primary Responsibilities

Core role:

  • Procurement of building materials (from schedules), bracketry & metalwork (from drawings) – tendering, following up to receive quotes on time, analysing quotes, discussing with the QS, tracking against budgets, negotiating with suppliers, drafting and placing purchase orders. 
  • Update these packages on the procurement schedule (excel), and track and remind for upcoming releases
  • Following up suppliers to ensure lead times are maintained and delivered on
  • Maintain a materials management schedule (excel) to track materials from point of order through to confirmed arrival on site, including with locations, dates, orders, delivery notes, pallet/stillage refs, photos etc
  • Deal with reactive procurement issues e.g. missing materials, & site requests in coordination with the team
  • Coordination with project team/s throughout above
  • Assisting QS with pricing of variations – obtaining quotes from supplier etc.
  • Assisting QS with monthly application and vesting processes
  • On site installation records tracking & checking

Budgeting exercises in advance of release of final design, and monitoring budgets as we progress through on site, e.g. plant, building materials, forecasting costs to go.

Conditions of Success:

  • All tasks completed on time and accurately
  • Effective communication to colleagues relating to timescales and managing expectations in relation to projects and/or tasks
  • Constant challenge to the status-quo and improved processes
  • Always protecting the company from our suppliers terms of business and ensuring the Companies terms take precedence 
  • Carrying out whatever reasonable project tasks may be directed to you

Skills/Attributes

  • High attention to detail
  • Organised, diligent and with good sense of initiative
  • Open & honest
  • A good listener and a clear communicator
  • Team player with the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
  • Excellent negotiation and dispute resolution skills
  • Good financial and numeracy management skills
  • High level of IT literacy

Some experience in construction industry – ideally at least a year experience in a similar role.

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