Assistant Quantity Surveyor

About us

At Fulkers Bailey Russell, we pride ourselves on being a construction consultancy that combines exceptional expertise with a genuinely caring approach towards our employees - or, as we like to call them, our 'Fulkers people'!

Our 'Fulkers People' live and breathe a culture of complete transparency, integrity, and honesty. These values serve as the driving force behind everything we do. When it comes to our clients, we always take a forward-thinking, fresh, and imaginative approach to meet their needs.

In the past few years, we have seen exponential growth and achievements, including a 20% increase in our workforce over the past 12 months alone! As we continue this exciting period of growth and transformation we are looking for Quantity Surveyors in 2024!

About you

As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor your role primarily consists of supporting the Quantity Surveying team on all commercial and financial aspects of construction projects. The role involves working with the Project Team to allow projects be delivered safely, on time and to budget whilst ensuring high levels of client satisfaction.

You'll be working across projects in the following sectors: Residential, Leisure and Sports, Commercial, Hotels, Education (further and higher), Retail, Healthcare and Blue Light, Manufacturing, Laboratories, Local Councils, Life Cycle Costing, Carbon Studies, Sustainability, Master Planning, Bill of Quantities...you could be working on all types of projects from small quick projects to large masterplans. Our aim is to make your work interesting and variable!

Responsibilities:

► You will assist on:

• Production of cost plans, costing of option studies, life cycle cost plans, the production of cash flows, value engineering and value management activities, production of risk registers including costings, production of the procurement reports
• Preparation of tender documentation, the production of bill of quantities/pricing documents and support with the tender process specifically tender evaluations and tender reports
• Negotiation of the contracts, the production and collation of contract documents, the negotiation of final accounts, dispute and loss and expense claims

► You will undertake:

• Project measurements using Cost-X and BIM
• Benchmarking activities and input costs into data bases
• Market research of material costs including obtaining quotations from suppliers
• Interim and final assessment of valuations
• Comp checks of financial documents

Requirements

• Qualified in a relevant construction related degree
• Relevant experience within the construction industry and commercial awareness of the construction process
• Achieved or actively working towards Chartership
• Technical knowledge in all main areas of Quantity Surveying
• Experience of using CostX
• Ability to manage your own time, tasks and meet deadlines
• Relationship building, quickly and effectively
• Attention to detail

Benefits

Joining us at Fulkers Bailey Russell isn't just about being part of a great team—it's a thrilling journey packed with fantastic perks! We believe we are a great place to work and for people to develop their careers - we strive to satisfy the career aspirations of our people in a friendly, professional, environmentally and socially positive way. Here’s what’s on offer;

• Enjoy 33 days of holiday (including bank holidays), growing with an extra day after five years of service.
• An additional day off on your birthday.
• Health cover and benefits from day one and x 2 salary death in service coverage.
• Annual company bonus and salary review.
• A company pension.
• We cover membership fees for relevant professional bodies.
• Career development, chartership learning support and training opportunities to support your continuous growth

Fulkers Bailey Russell is now a Certified B Corporation, meeting high standards of social and environmental performance. We're dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace - diversity in our team leads to creativity, innovation, and better business outcomes, and we promote equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. Join us and be part of a team that values and celebrates diversity.

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