- Are your aspirations to develop your career as a Quantity Surveyor working for a multi award winning property and construction consultancy on a variety of interesting and challenging projects?
- Are you ready to develop your skills and training in order to reach your goals and become qualified through an extremely successful APC support process?
Alongside an ambitious and dynamic team there will be the opportunity to develop your skills in client facing activities providing a wide range of Quantity Surveying services. You will have the opportunity to participate, support and lead in a variety of projects within the residential, education, retail, commercial, and leisure sectors.
About our team?
Who are we?
Ridge is a built environment consultancy, helping our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment. We are enabled by great people who are inspired and proud of what they do and respected for who they are.
Our people are the foundation of our success, and our greatest asset and what separate us, they drive our vision and embody our values. We offer not just a job, but a journey. We believe in commitment, and the value of a stable, flexible, long-term career path. We challenge our people to be the best they can be and help them grow with the right development.
What's in it for you?
Our vision is to be ever progressive, expanding our expertise and nurturing our talent through Quality, Innovation & Growth, to achieve our strategic outcomes:
- Growth which fuels ideas and opportunity for all
- Purposeful and meaningful work
- Continual development and mentoring
- Empowerment, inclusivity and respect
- Happiness and enjoyment
- Openness, honesty and integrity
- Acting as one team
- A healthy holiday balance of 25 days, plus bank holidays & the ability to buy / sell to suit you
- 3 days a year to give your time to others, volunteering for great causes
- An inclusive wellbeing offer:
- Financial – Life Assurance, Pension Scheme (3% Employee, 6% Employer), Income Protection, Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, flexible choice of Critical Illness Insurance
- Physical – Free Private Medical Insurance, Doctor at Hand Private GP, Best Doctors, flexible choice of Dental Plan, Cycle to Work Scheme, GymFlex & Healthcare Cash Plan
- Mental – Mental Health First Aiders, Help@Hand by Unum
- A flexible approach to hybrid working, to suit both you & your team
- Tailored career development – focused on professional, personal and/or educational
- Preparation of cost estimates
- Advise on costs involved in building projects
- Evaluation of costs and advise on alternative proposals
- Advise on contract arrangements and conditions under which building will be constructed
- Evaluation of tenders and reporting thereon
- Provide advice on implications of different construction methods, materials etc
- Prepare bills of quantities
- Managing the procurement and tendering process to select the best contractor for the project.
- Managing the commercial aspects of projects on site including valuations of work complete, assessments of variations and the preparation of final accounts.
- Relevant degree in a surveying, or similar RICS accredited course
- Ideally experience or knowledge of the building and construction industry
- A desire to becoming an MRICS Chartered Quantity Surveyor