Graduate Quantity Surveyor

• Full UK Driving Licence

• Extensive IT knowledge (particularly MS Excel)

• Excellent communication skills

• Team Player

• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise

• Positive attitude and ability to integrate into teams
• Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets
• IT proficient
• Able to work accurately and appreciate its importance to the team
• A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
• Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
• The ability to thrive in pressured situations
• The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances
• Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills

• You will have or expected to achieve a good result in a Quantity Surveyor degree or equivalent (Minimum 2:1 achieved or expected)
• Hold an RICS/CICES accredited degree, or enrolled on an accredited part-time post-graduate degree with at some relevant experience
• Enrolled and working towards Full Membership of either RICS or CICES

*Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation.
As some of our project sites are based in remote locations, it is worth noting that you will be required to have the ability to travel to site

We have an exciting opportunity to join our leading edge graduate programme for a Graduate Quantity Surveyor to join our Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) Framework

Assist the Quantity Surveyor in preparing Subcontracts and ensuring they reflect agreed scope. Ensure Subcontracts are properly managed in accordance with contract requirements including compliance with all responses to communications, payments, early warnings, compensation event, programme submissions etc., that all contract files are maintained and kept up to date.

• Work closely with the Quantity Surveyor, Procurement team, Construction Manager and Project Manager to develop and monitor procurement strategy.

• Work closely with the site team, attending site regularly to ensure they are aware of and can manage the allowances and outputs, provide robust challenge to achieve outperformance, communicate change control and escalate when necessary.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in producing accurate live forecasting by working with complex workbooks, ensuring alignment with the programme and reporting in accordance with the relevant Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).

• Actual costs are monitored and assessed against baseline, value or work done, solution cost progress, affordability challenges and final outturn calculations, reporting either weekly or otherwise as agreed with the Quantity Surveyor/ Project Commercial Manager whilst observing Alliance governance.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in ensuring all efficiencies are reflected in the reporting tools provided, to the Clients timeline.

• Provide reports on actual costs vs. Estimate and identifying underlying reasons for any variance and resolutions in particular highlight, challenge and resolve variance to latest plans.

• Records of deliveries (GRN's) are undertaken in a timely manner in accordance with both Anglian Water and Partner requirements as necessary.

• Work with the integrated delivery team to assist with project and programme risk mitigation plans are considered, put in place and administered.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in ensuring that the Alliance Contract is properly administered including timely issue of early warnings, Contractual notices etc.

• Any other duties as designated by the Quantity Surveyor, Project Commercial Manager, or Commercial Manager.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in ensuring that all project team members (including site staff) understand the contractual arrangements, in order to satisfy Client and Partner organisation requirements.

• Working in collaboration with the delivery team to identify, implement and monitor efficiency plans throughout the lifecycle of a project or programme of projects.

• Ensuring that proper records are kept and maintained so financial information for audits and cost assurance is readily available.

• Assist the Quantity Surveyor in producing Financial Accounts.

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement in Health & Safety (H&S), ensuring consistent H&S standards are maintained.

• Ensure completion of a full Induction to H&S in accordance with Company policies, procedures, standards &/or guidance.

• Ensure adherence to safe working practices including completing audits in line with schedule.

• Monitor and maintain compliance with the Working Time Directive.

• Ensure you are compliant with the use of mandatory safety monitoring equipment, near miss reporting and compliance with the company procedures.

• Maintain H&S standards to enable a zero-accident culture.

• Actively work with your team, line manager and the H&S Team to improve upon H&S procedures where possible.

• Report all near misses through the appropriate channel to prevent future accidents.

• Mobility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme throughout the UK