AddressHybrid Working - Competitive Salary
Henry Riley is an international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and advisory services.
We have an exciting opportunity in London for a recently qualified Quantity Surveyor or Engineer to join us as an Assistant Quantity Surveyor in our Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) team. We have 2 London based offices situated in Croydon and Central London respectively. The successful candidate could work from either office to suit their convenience and hybrid working is standard practice at Henry Riley.
The role will see you work as part of a small M&E team supporting the wider Henry Riley business on projects across the full spectrum of the built environment, including exposure to the residential, retail, commercial and healthcare sectors and more.
Within this role you will develop your skills as a Quantity Surveyor and put them to practice relating to common mechanical and electrical systems used within the built environment. This will include Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and electrical systems.
Key tasks and responsibilities of the Assistant Quantity Surveyor role include:
- Ensuring the client achieves their stated objectives through close teamwork and proactive cost control
- Preparing financial reports
- Monitoring the projects status and providing reports on progress
- Provide cost on design solutions
- Managing the tender process
- Carrying out feasibility studies
- Administer cost/variation procedures
- Carry out full contract surveying duties including feasibility and pre-contract estimating, establishing the effect of variations, settlement of accounts and disputes
- Manage all aspects of the contractual and financial side of core M&E projects
Desired qualifications, experience and skills:
- Must hold a Degree or similar equivalent qualification in a relevant subject such as Quantity Surveying, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems would be advantageous, but is not essential as full training can be provided.
- Strong reporting skills and the ability to follow leading industry systems and procedures.
- Excellent numerical and literacy skills.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a client facing role.
- Ambitious by nature and a desire to work towards chartership with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
About Henry Riley:
Investors in People accredited since 1998, Henry Riley is an international property and construction consultancy, who, for the last 130 years have been industry leaders in cost management, project management, health & safety, and digital services.
Our success isn’t solely down to our ability to be visionary, innovative, and forward thinking, but our people who strive to be ambitious, creative, progressive and aspire to make a difference.
Our Vision is to become a more diverse and sustainable business, so we are delighted to learn from our 2021 Diversity & Inclusion survey our people reported we are a great place to work, scoring above our competitors in opportunities for growth, development, and leadership. This sets us in the spotlight for supporting our people with their growth and development in their careers, excellent work life balance and new hybrid working.
High on our agenda and key to our diversity and inclusion targets, is supporting our people’s mental health and wellbeing. To help us achieve this, we have partnered with Mates in Mind who will be in raising awareness of mental health within our business and the construction industry.
As a business we are working hard to actively reduce our carbon footprint and endeavour to undertake all activities in an environmentally responsible manner. We are very proud to have achieved CarbonNeutral® company certification, in accordance with The CarbonNeutral Protocol, the leading global framework for carbon neutrality.
Henry Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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