Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Role overview

• ID: 2024-6143
• Entity: Vistry
• Region: Vistry East Yorkshire
• Department: Commercial
• Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Job Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Date Posted: 11.09.2024

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry East Yorkshire, at our Leeds office. As our Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will report to the Commercial Manager and will assist the commercial delivery of residential development schemes. Assist the Surveying department with cost management for development and contracting projects from procurement to the completion of sub-contract final accounts. This is a key role and the successful candidate will have worked in a similar level role for a main contractor or developer within the region.

• Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
  • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
  • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
  • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Private Healthcare
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • Competitive contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
  • Share incentive schemes
  • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
• In return, what we would like from you...
  • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
  • HNC in Quantity Surveying / Construction management or equivalent
  • Experience of working within the Construction industry as a Quantity Surveyor
  • Excellent IT, analytical and communication skills
  • Strong mathematical ability
  • Ability to assess and analyse information
  • Good understanding of budget management
  • Negotiating and networking skills
  • Familiar with construction contracts, not limited to standard forms
  • Able to work within a busy team and under pressure
  • Good team working skills
  • Accurate with an eye for detail

  Desirable...

  • HND/or Degree in Construction
  • Housebuilding experience
  • Different methods of construction i.e. Timber Frame, Traditional Masonry, etc
  • COINS software experience
• More about the Assistant Quantity Surveyor role...
  • Attend the site pre-start meeting to understand the construction issue drawings with the Commercial Manager.
  • Assist with the compiling of tender packages for all sub-contract trades.
  • Receive tenders and assist with the analysis sheet for each trade comparing tender levels.
  • Assist with the issuing of sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements.  Attend sub-contract pre-order meetings.
  • Liaise with Build Department on sub-contractors’ performance and compliance with order conditions.
  • Assist with the production of sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation.
  • To liaise with the Commercial Manager and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business’s reporting requirements.
  • Assist with the control and reporting of post contract cost movements to provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager.
  • Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.
  • Diligently use COINS software to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc.
  • Settle all variation invoices/applications for payment in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.
  • Assist with the certifying of retention releases on completion of the project.
  • Assist with the preparation and agreement of sub-contract final accounts.
  • Maintaining necessary systems to efficiently file and retrieve information and to allow others to do likewise in accordance with the Business Management System.
  • Ensure to continue self-development and follow training plan.
  • Attend departmental meetings as required.
  • Deal with queries from colleagues.
  • Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in other regions.
  • Ensure you have read the Company’s health and safety policies and procedures observe them at all times.
  • Attend all health and safety training as required by the Company.
  • Work within an operational delivery team for your sites.
  • Working closely with the project team to minimise variations.
  • Contract administration.
  • Completing monthly CVRs.
  • Robust cost reporting and budget control.
  • Commercial lead with clients, including issue and agreement of interim valuations, cash flow forecasts and adhering to all elements of the contract.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.