Quantity Surveyor Assistant

3 hours ago

Manchester, United Kingdom iQ Student Accommodation Full time
Assistant Quantity Surveyor

iQ Student Accommodation is one of the UK's biggest providers of student accommodation, committed to giving our 30,000 students in 81 sites across 29 UK cities their best year yet. Our London- and Manchester-based support teams are the oil that keeps the iQ wheels turning, providing our brilliant site teams (circa 600 employees) with everything they need to deliver a fantastic student experience every day.

The iQ Support functions cover everything from Real Estate and Legal to Marketing, People and Finance, but what we all have in common is our uncompromising commitment to doing the right thing, even when nobody's watching. The iQ thing.

iQers are a pretty special bunch. Our team is bursting with independent thinkers and problem solvers, who join us to explore what's possible and build a career as part of a diverse, fun and supportive team. If you have people skills, personality and potential, you're already our cup of tea.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage commercial and contractual aspects of relationships with consultants and contractors
  • Support compilation and issue invitations to tender, analyse contractor quotations and make recommendations for placement of orders
  • Procure robust, clear and considered Contracts or Appointments for Contractors and Consultants for the delivery of pre and post contract services
  • Visit sites to measure and value any completed works
  • Assess contractor payment entitlement and process payments
  • Ensure contract variations are identified, valued and agreed with the contractors in a timely manner and in line with the specific construction contract(s)
  • Preparing the final account and settlement where no external consultants engaged
  • Utilise existing frameworks, in line with benchmarked costings and programme information, to procure and deliver refurbishment works
  • Update internal cost database for use in current and future project forecasting
  • Produce monthly forecast final cost reports taking into account variations under consideration or instructed to ensure financial modelling and cashflows are accurate and maintained

Knowledge & Qualifications:

  • Qualification in quantity surveying or construction management
  • Main contractor or PQS background with refurbishment & new build expertise
  • A demonstrable experience of cost management on a variety of projects
  • Effective negotiation skills with both internal and external parties
  • Aptitude for working with numbers and absorbing and analysing technical information
  • Have good IT skills (including proficiency in using Microsoft Excel and Word)

We work a hybrid working model with 3 days in our office in Manchester

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