Assistant Quantity Surveyor - #2191869

Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Location: Farringdon, London
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience, plus excellent performance-related bonus

An Assistant Quantity Surveyor role for someone who has done enough shadowing and wants to run their own jobs. You’ll lead projects under £1m with a Commercial Manager behind you, at a profitable, growing contractor where good work gets noticed, bonuses are earned and people get moved up quickly.

About the company
A London fit-out and construction contractor with about 25 staff, turnover over £20m and growing. They want steady growth done properly, not growth for the sake of it. The business has always been profitable, carries no debt and hasn’t had a loss-making job this year.

Most of their work is repeat business from long-standing clients, with around six projects live at any one time across fit-out, refurbishment and building works. They’ve just moved into a new office in Farringdon.

It’s a busy, fast-paced place. They’re big enough to have a steady pipeline and proper commercial support, and small enough that the people making the decisions are the people you work with every day.

The role
You’ll join a commercial team of three QSs, led by the Commercial Director, and look after the commercial side of your own projects, typically up to £1m, from start to final account. Smaller jobs are priced and delivered in-house, and bigger schemes come through the estimating and pre-construction team.

Your Commercial Manager will support you, check your work and help you develop, but they want someone who can handle around 80% of it on their own. It suits an Assistant Quantity Surveyor who wants real ownership now and a fast-track route to Quantity Surveyor.

Key responsibilities:

• Running the commercial side of fit-out and refurbishment projects up to £1m, from pre-start to final account
• Procuring subcontract packages and preparing subcontract orders
• Valuing subcontractor applications and issuing payment notices
• Preparing monthly valuations and applications to the client
• Producing monthly cost reports and CVRs, and keeping a close eye on margin
• Managing variations and change control, and keeping the paperwork tight
• Agreeing final accounts with subcontractors and the client
• Building good relationships with clients, who keep coming back
• Working closely with the site team so you know what’s actually happening on the job

What we’re looking for:

• An Assistant Quantity Surveyor with solid UK construction experience who is ready to step up
• Confident working on your own on smaller projects, and sensible enough to know when to ask
• Main contractor or subcontractor background, both welcome. Subbie QSs who know packages inside out often do well here
• Good working knowledge of valuations, variations and cost reporting
• Good with clients. Relationships matter here, as most of the work is repeat business
• Happy to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in, and keen to help build the business rather than just run your own jobs
• A QS degree, or working towards one, is a plus, but experience counts for more

What’s on offer:

• Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience
• Performance-related bonus, set up by the Commercial Director
• Fast-track salary progression for people who step up
• Your own projects and real responsibility from early on
• Day-to-day support and mentoring from an experienced Commercial Manager
• A clear route to Quantity Surveyor for the right person
• A financially solid, debt-free business with a steady pipeline of repeat work
• A new office in Farringdon and a small, close team where your work is seen and counts

If you’re an Assistant Quantity Surveyor in London who’s ready to run your own jobs and grow with the business, this is well worth a conversation.

To apply or find out more, send your CV or get in touch for a confidential conversation.