Vacancy Summary
Job Title: Trainee Quantity Surveyor
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Ipswich
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: Up to £35k (Depending on experience)
Company & Project:
Are you a Trainee Quantity Surveyor looking to develop your career with an excellent developer? Our client is looking for a Trainee Quantity Surveyor to assist them on a residential project.
Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to):
- To assist with the negotiation of sub-contract orders
- General administrator duties
- Managing drawing registers
- Preparing sub-contract order requisitions
- Be able to accommodate site visits as required
- Provide feedback on commercial matters to management
- Other commercial administration activities as may be required from time to time
- Maintaining sub-contract payment/charges registers
- Carrying out of weekly sub-contract payments
- Producing weekly cost and value reports
- Managing centralised cost allocation system
- Be pro-active in developing new systems to meet changing operational needs.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Degree qualified (advantage)
- A creative and innovative approach to problem solving
- Strong numeracy and financial management skills
- The ability to learn sophisticated design and costing IT packages
- The ability to write clear and precise reports and to relate complex information in a simple way to a diverse range of people
- Negotiation and team work skills
- The ability to motivate and lead those on site
- A detailed knowledge of past and current building and construction technology, processes, materials, business and legal matters.

