Mark J Woodcock Consulting Ltd
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
📍 Denton, Manchester (M34 2GP)
💷 £17.79 PAYE / £20.83 Umbrella per hour (approx. £37k FTE equivalent)
⏱ 3-month contract (potential to extend, workload permitting)
🕐 40 hrs/week, 08:30 start
✅ CSCS card required
About the Role
Working within a Facilities Management commercial team on the Avanti West Coast contract, supporting periodic payment applications and broader commercial administration.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting periodic payment applications (2 per period) — ensuring on-time, accurate submission
- Reviewing supporting evidence, creating and testing hyperlinks, checking attachments before submission
- Periodic reconciliations — reducing WIP and converting to "applied for" status
- Ensuring material costs are fully claimed, liaising with Ops to resolve issues
- Assisting with raising Early Warning Notices (EWNs) and pricing Compensation Events via CEMAR
- Ad-hoc commercial support: procurement, contract documentation, subcontractor liaison, raising POs and material requisitions
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What We're Looking For
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
- BSc/MSc Quantity Surveying desirable but not essential
- FM (Facilities Management) experience strongly preferred
- Self-starter with strong commercial awareness
- Confident communicator, able to hit the ground running
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong Excel skills essential — XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables (majority of work is Excel-based)
- Understanding of payment applications helpful (training provided)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills