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This is an opportunity for a Junior Quantity Surveyor looking to kick-start their career and develop their skills with a team of experienced Surveyors in a well established main contractor based in Berkshire operating across the South East. You will work directly with the Commercial Manager to assist in securing and managing projects while ensuring the projects are carried out to the highest quality and efficiency to meet programme, specification, budget and client expectations.
Junior Quantity Surveyor Responsibilities:
- Assisting the Commercial and Pre-construction teams with tenders and project financial management
- Accurately collecting and processing information for the purpose of pricing project work
- Obtaining prices from suppliers to allow accurate tendering
- Returning estimate documents in the allocated time with all necessary supporting information
- Negotiating best price / service and order materials, plant and labour in conjunction with Site Managers to meet requirements supply as and when needed
- Attending sites on a regular basis for site meetings, recording of information for interim valuations, variations and as built records
- Preparing and submit interim valuations and final accounts
- Ensuring that accounts are settled on time
- Preparing completed costings of projects
- Completing projects including snagging and handover and obtaining completion certificates
- Developing and maintaining good working relationship with Clients, Architects, Consultants and Associated Suppliers
Junior Quantity Surveyor Requirements:
- Bachelors degree or equivalent construction experience
- Computer literacy
- Familiarity with Auto-Cad (desirable but not essential)
- Experience in basic surveying (desirable but not essential)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
