Apprentice Quantity Surveyor

A combination of being responsible for fulfilling Quantity Surveying responsibilities on contracts which you will be allocated, and assisting other Quantity Surveyors fulfil their responsibilities. The balance of this will move to more independent responsibilities as your knowledge grows and is demonstrated. Prepare, submit and negotiate Applications for Payment, collecting the information from relevant sources, e.g. Project Mangers, delivery records, site measures etc.  Collect and present information necessary for the accounting team to create VAT Invoices. Co-ordinate with the Accounting team to resolve queries and receive timely payment. Extract and organise information from various software programs to contribute to contract-specific and company-wide Monthly Reports and forecasts. Present and review cost information with the Operations team to optimise expenditure. Produce and send enquiries to subcontractors inviting them to tender. Assist Senior QS with compiling and negotiating subcontracts Receive and analyse supplier and subcontractor quotations, then determine with the Operations team which to proceed with based on financial and non-financial factors. 

Training:
Cert HE Quantity Surveying. Day release delivery at ARU Chelmsford campus.

Training Outcome:

Advancement to Intermediate Quantity Surveyor Role.

From the intermediate Quantity Surveyor role, you can expect internal or external advancement to Senior Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Manager or other roles where Quantity Surveying expertise overlaps, such as Building Surveying, Contracts Management, Procurement Management, Planning or Dispute Resolution.

Employer Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic business that is experiencing exceptional growth.  At the Elite Metal Group we love what we do, and we enjoy working with people that are passionate about their role and the difference that they can make within our business and the built environment. We work across the full span of the construction industry. We have customers from small scale domestic builders, to highest quality architectural clients, to large scale commercial brown and green field construction, to national infrastructure projects. Depending on the client we can be engaged contractually as Main Contractor, Sub-contractor or even as Supplier for their installation and/or design. We will be engaged on hundreds of contracts at any given time, from the smallest being fulfilled within a day, all the way up to multi-year multi-million pound contracts.

It’s expected the successful candidate for the role will be involved with contracts in all divisions of the business but due to flexibility of the team and broad range of works we do and strengths within Commercial team and wider business, we will tailor the responsibilities of the apprentice to utilise strengths and/or provide exposure to areas for growth. You will report directly to our Commercial Manager and depending on the contracts you work on, to other Quantity Surveyors.

Working Hours :
Monday to Friday between 8am-5pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Team working,Self-motivated,Commercial awareness