Junior Quantity Surveyor

This opportunity is for a candidate wanting to go onto the 5-year degree course at Portsmouth Uni on a day release

If you hold a Bachelors this will be a one-year course to obtain a Masters in Quantity Surveying.

We are currently recruiting for a Junior Quantity Surveyor to join a private Quantity Surveying Consultancy based in Poole. Our client has been established for over 40 years and possess a proven track record of success, having progressed from modest beginnings to multi-million-pound projects throughout the UK, and now require another junior member of staff to come on board and support the existing team.

The successful QS will be either a keen school leaver with a strong interest in Quantity Surveying and Construction looking to build a career as a Quantity Surveyor. If the successful candidate is a school leaver, then full financial support for a RICS accredited Higher Education course will be provided and there will also be full RICS APC support provided to enable the successful QS' to become Chartered.

The QS will be working in a variety of fields, not just one sector, and so there will be a degree of travel required. Sectors vary from marine work with the RNLI through to working with local commercial clients, such as Breweries. The role itself will initially involve training and shadowing and acting as a support member to the wider team before progressing to a full Surveying role.

Our client is keen on progression and development so the appropriate QS should be looking to develop a career within the industry and be ambitious, targeting progression.

Junior Quantity Surveyor Position Overview

• Work closely with, and support, the Senior Quantity Surveyors
• Prepare take off reports.
• Ensure works are valued and payment obtained in accordance with the contract terms
• Assist with the preparation of estimates and cost plans and in the development of programmes for the delivery
• Adhere to all Health and Safety Requirements.

Junior Quantity Surveyor Position Requirements

• A school leaver looking to pursue a career in construction
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong computer skills
• Keen to forge a career and progress within the industry
• Based near to Poole and willing to travel further afield for work
• Full driving license

Junior Quantity Surveyor Position Remuneration

• Salary: £19k - £22k
• Pension
• 22 days holiday - Increasing on service + Bank holidays
• Full Higher Education Financial Support (if required)
• Full APC support

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