Assistant Quantity Surveyor - Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4NN

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curra,n in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities ,including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel-fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE

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Why join Barhale?

• As a Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• A broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UKs largest infrastructure projects and clients
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver to our success

Assistant Quantity Surveyor

The Role

Assistant Quantity Surveyors at Barhale are integral members of project teams and provide support to the project delivery teams and senior management daily. They are allowed to develop existing skills, whilst learning new ones, within a collaborative and dynamic team. Barhales ethos is to give our people the chance to demonstrate versatility in their skills and abilities. To meet the needs required to successfully manage the wide range of civil engineering projects we are proud to undertake, and the contractual requirements therein.

Barhales civil engineering and infrastructure projects are varied in value, complexity, and duration, from established frameworks to individual bespoke projects and unplanned emergency works. With projects varying from 200k to 10m+, you will be essential in driving efficiencies within the scope of work, driving cost efficiency and providing a high standard of commercial analysis. The role will see you demonstrating your commercial acumen daily, by identifying, recording, tracking and realising commercial opportunities, whilst mitigating business risk.

Key Responsibilities

Manage resources

• Produce and send enquiries to subcontractors, inviting them to tender and engage with the supply chain
• Receive and analyse quotations, liaising with Contracts Managers and Site Agents regarding price, proven history, availability, etc.
• Notify in writing both successful and unsuccessful subcontractors in a timely manner
• Produce and process formal subcontract documents and certify interim and final payments, and final subcontract account
• Produce a bill of quantity/activity schedule for payment purposes
• Produce cash flow forecasts for internal and client purposes
• Monitor and control income and expenditure on contracts, e.g., interim/final applications for payment/final accounts/payments for late monies, etc., liaising where necessary with the relevant people, e.g., engineers, clients, etc.
• Produce relevant monthly reports for the Commercial Manager e.g., cost and value comparisons, turnover forecast,s etc., ensuring information is complete and accurate

Manage information

• Contribute to and attend financial and progress meetings with the client engineers and subcontractors as required
• Provide advice and support to the site team to optimise the use of contract resources
• Provide support for the Managing Surveyor in terms of data input etc.
• Give feedback to Estimators and Contracts Managers regarding contract pricing, projected profit/loss, pricing omissions, etc.

Key measures & targets

• Accurate monthly forecasting
• Ability to challenge resources and costs
• Maintaining deadlines in line with the monthly commercial calendar

Key relationships

• Commercial Manager/Managing Quantity Surveyor and the rest of the commercial team
• Business Development and Bid Managers

About you

Essential

• Ability to use a range of IT packages, including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages
• Exceptional relationship-building skills
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Commercial awareness and understanding of the Construction process
• Excellent communication skills, both oral & written
• Negotiation skills and ability to apply those skills, and internally, externally & with our supply chain.
• Positive attitude at all times and the ability to integrate and play an active part in the Construction Team
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines

Desireable

• Degree-qualified or equivalent, but with appropriate experience and knowledge
• Wide experience of the civil engineering industry with a reasonable degree of water industry experience
• CSCS card

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.

From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by;

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours of volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (Dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Flexible working arrangements
• Annual salary review
• Continuous service awards

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