Lovell Partnerships Ltd
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
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Permanent – Full Time – 40 hours
Are you looking to develop your commercial career while gaining hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle?
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-focused Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team in Peterborough. Supporting the commercial delivery of refurbishment and planned maintenance projects, you’ll help manage financial and cost control activities from contract award through to the completion of client and subcontract final accounts.
Working closely with experienced Quantity Surveyors and Senior Quantity Surveyors, you’ll assist with project cost control, remeasurement of works and variations, stock inventories, valuations and interim and final accounts. You’ll also support the administration of subcontractor accounts, helping to manage cash effectively, maintain accurate contract records and promote positive, long-standing supply chain relationships.
As your experience develops, you’ll contribute to progress meetings and work closely with clients, Professional Quantity Surveyors, design teams, supply chain partners and internal project colleagues. Accuracy will be central to your role, with responsibility for producing clear, timely and reliable commercial documentation.
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About you
You’ll be organised, numerate and commercially aware, with a genuine interest in developing your career within Quantity Surveying. You’ll have strong attention to detail, good communication skills and the confidence to build effective working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
An understanding of measurement, valuation, cost control, construction or contract administration would be beneficial. Most importantly, you’ll be motivated to learn, comfortable asking for guidance and committed to producing accurate, high-quality work.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus, based on business performance.
- 26 days annual leave
- Life Assurance
- Pension Scheme, 5% matched, defined contribution scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Sharesave Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Salary Sacrifice opportunities exist with our EV scheme, Cycle to Work and Additional Holiday Purchase
- Group Discount Scheme
- 24 Hour Digital GP
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As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.
We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.
The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all.
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