Assistant QS

Role Overview & Responsibilities

The Role
Due to our ongoing growth we are currently seeking a driven and professional Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team based in Coventry. Whilst working at Fortem Solutions, you will enjoy the below benefits: • A competitive salary • Salary sacrifice company car OR basic salary + Motor Expenditure Allowance • 24 days annual leave + bank holidays & your birthday off (or the nearest Friday/Monday, if it falls on a weekend) • Sick pay – Up to 60 working days a year full pay • Pay review every January • 26 weeks full pay maternity leave • 8 weeks full pay paternity leave • Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms • Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee • Other benefits including dental care, private healthcare, cycle-to-work scheme, mobile phone provider discounts & more
The Project
As the Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will work with the more senior commercial team member to ensure appropriate commercial controls are in place and adhered to, in order to secure the company’s full entitlement through the contract. You will work with the Quantity Surveyor to negotiate with partners and control the commercial aspects of the supply chain for maximum leverage and to create economically advantageous arrangements for Fortem. You will build long term, influential relationships with preferred suppliers to provide flexibility to changing business needs.
Essential and Desirable Criteria
Essential Criteria: Use data interrogation skills Good Excel skills (incl. V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formula development) Desirable Criteria: QS degree recently qualified or equivalent training Experience of Management Accounts Commercial Contractor exposure Fortem embraces diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all sectors of the community.
Personal Qualities
At Fortem we look for a balance of skills and experience but just as important to us are your values and behaviours. We are looking for people to join our team aligned to our values which are: loyal & united, honest & trustworthy, take responsibility, be proud, and listen & act. If you are passionate about what you deliver, and willing to go the extra mile then come and join our Fortem team, and become a great ambassador of our business.
Additional Information
We offer you a bright future, one where you will have the opportunity to develop your career with a fast moving, forward thinking company, who recognise and reward your achievements.
About Us
Here at Fortem we are passionate about people, with a real focus and drive around continuous development. We strongly believe that this passion has allowed us the success we have enjoyed in recent years. Above everything else you will be joining a values based business: our values are at the centre of every activity we undertake. Having the right talent, coupled with the right culture and values, ensures that we have a sustained future and a trusted brand in our respective markets.
Job Reference: FOR02469