Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Our Business Support teams deliver the vital services to ensure the continued success of our business divisions. These services include HR, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Legal and Commercial, Estates and Facilities, Core Technology, Corporate Security, IT, and Fleet. Every person in every team is contributing the lasting impact our Team makes. Help build and keep the nation's critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.

Reporting into the Lead Quantity Surveyor, the Assistant Quantity Surveyor will play a pivotal role in supporting Telent's rail infrastructure projects. In this role, the Assistant QS will help maximise project profitability and assist in correct control of costs and provide advice and assistance to the project teams on contracting processes/issues across our Rail division.

This is a hybrid working role, with a requirement to attend our Warwick HQ on a weekly basis.

What you'll do:

• Putting in place and maintaining a robust management process (including for Compensation Events, Early Warning Notices) and contractual quotation and ordering processes
• Providing advice and assistance where required on contracting processes and terminology
• The compilation, submission and negotiation of Compensation Events and Early Warnings applications for Payment Processes
• Contractual quotations and ordering processes
• Working with the project teams to ensure that all changes/additional costs/recoverable time and time extensions are processed correctly
• Provides information to enable the compilation of monthly performance and progress reports
• Assisting the commercial team as required on any project related commercial activities

Who you are:

You will have previous experience in a Cost / Finance / AQS (or similar) role, with strong financial and commercial acumen alongside excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Key Requirements:

• Experience supporting cost planning and cost control, including tracking budgets, forecasts and cost reports
• Demonstrable commercial awareness, with an understanding of how project decisions impact profit and cash flow
• Experience assisting with interim valuations, applications for payment and final accounts
• Experience preparing financial reports, including cost value reconciliations (CVRs) and financial summaries
• Experience monitoring project cash flow, tracking expenditure against forecasted cash flow profiles
• Experience supporting profit margin protection and cost recovery across project work packages
• Good working knowledge of Excel, as well as the wider MS Office Suite.

What we offer:

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

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We're passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.