Assistant Quantity Surveyor

CML have an exciting opening for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team; at our Office in Sheffield you would be working with in the Reactive and Small Schemes Framework on the building’s projects.

Would you like to work for a company that has spent over 3 decades developing its expert craft and ingenuity in Civil Engineering, and continues to receive consistent, outstanding client feedback? Do you want to work within a close knit, supportive team and enjoy a better work-life balance? If so, we'd would love to hear from you.

Your Responsibilities:

As Assistant Quantity Surveyor at CML, you can expect to be working on projects ranging from £2k to £2.5m, with an average of £5k. the works are reactive and there is a fast pace with 20 to 30 projects per week being issued by our framework Partners for reactive maintenance and small scheme projects.

Main Function of Job:

• Prepare estimates using a schedule of rates

• Price variations / technical queries to contracted works

• Liaise with delivery team regarding works executed

• Analyse cost reports

• Assist in producing final accounts

• Negotiate and agree final accounts with Client

• Compile cost-value reconciliations

• Submit periodic valuations

• Assessing sub-contractors claims

• Attend site to take measurements

• Attend progress meetings

• Contribute to monthly commercial meetings

• Submit periodic applications for payment

• Assist with and help produce commercial reports for the Board of Directors

• Assist with all change control processes

• Work with supply chain for procurement of suppliers and S/C

• Assist with tenders

• Comply with and promote the company safety policy

Experience and Personal Qualities:

• Similar experience working within a contracting environment (rail experience preferred but not essential)

• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised

Person Specification:

• HND / HNC or working towards - Essential

• MS Office Skills - Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying - Desirable

Why you should apply:

• Excellent company culture and flat management structure

• Opportunity to work on some exciting projects across multiple sectors

• Chance to be part of a growing, privately owned Consultancy

• Excellent track record of progressing people through their APC

The Package:

• Competitive Pay

• Working from our modern offices

• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people

• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays

• Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period

• Company Sick Pay

• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our dedicated in house Training team

• A mentoring scheme to help you settle well into the company and your new role

• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events

• Annual Flu Jabs

• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling

• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team

• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary

• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire

At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices , their beliefs or what disability they may have.

We’re also striving to be a Disability Confident employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities apply and interview for roles.