Graduate Quantity Surveyor (Midlands) 2023

Graduate Quantity Surveyor (Midlands) 2023

We are looking for enthusiastic Graduate Quantity Surveyor to join our 2023 development programme and help us shape the future.

As one of our Graduate Quantity Surveyors, you will play an important role in assisting with procurement, estimating, subcontract management and change management to deliver a multitude of projects both large and small across the midland’s healthcare portfolio.

What you’ll do:

• Help minimise the costs of a project to ensure profitability and risk mitigation

• Build relationships and negotiate with trade contractors and client representatives

• Support the preparation and completion of site measurement and records, day work sheets, labour and plant returns

• Assist with the procurement of sub-contract packages, including completing detailed tender analysis e.g. reviewing the bill of quantities and preparation of tender documents

• Work within the projects commercial team and have responsibility in measuring and quantifying works for cost plan validation, completing interim and final account valuations

• Prepare subcontractor contracts and issuing orders

• Commercial project reporting, including cash flow reporting

• Agree variations and additional payments with subcontractors and the client and produce the associated documentation inline with the contract

• Assist with pricing projects and maintenance costs

• Work with the project management and construction team to create project scopes

• Other commercial tasks depending on project needs

Projects and locations:You will be based at the Midlands Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospitals projects and these locations include:

• Mansfield – Kingsmill hospital
• Derby – Royal Derby hospital
• Walsall – Manor hospital

We will ask you to specify your preference during the recruitment process.

Who you are:

• Have excellent communications skills and attention to detail

• Commercially minded

• Enthusiastic about learning and developing new ways of thinking

• A proficient user of Microsoft packages including Excel, Word and Outlook

What we offer:

• Clear learning and development opportunities to build your knowledge, skills, and behaviours to prepare you for your career at Skanska beyond the graduate programme

• Support and guidance from experienced commercial teams

• Professional and social networks

• The opportunity to work towards membership of your chosen professional body, including MRICS

• Project management and leadership development mentoring

• Opportunities to volunteer at least one day per year

• Competitive benefits package

• Inclusive working environment where everyone is encouraged and supported to be their ‘whole self’.

You’ll be a welcomed member of the project, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility (e.g., Mental Health First Aider), join any of our employee networks (Ability, Pride, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Military, Origins Nationality Ethnicity (O.N.E.), Womxn), and participate in cultural and social events (e.g., STEM ambassador, Volunteering).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discus-sion about how we can support you with exploring future career paths, further study, or professional membership or attainment.

Skanska graduate programme

The two-year graduate programme provides a pathway to develop a complete skill set, developing both technical and interpersonal skills. The programme includes interesting courses and on-the-job learning.

As part of the graduate programme, teams will embark on projects to solve business challenges. These projects provide exposure to graduates and senior colleagues in the company and build a strong professional network whilst improving the business.

Programme start date:September 2023

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustment