Career Opportunity: Quantity Surveyor / Estimator

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting and varied projects. We want our people to succeed both in work and life and to support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Due to continued growth we now need to recruit a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor / Estimator who has experience pricing future work, extra scope and variations to work on the AOMR Framework, as part of the Environment Agency Framework. The Asset Operational Maintenance and Response contract involves schemes both planned and Emergency with values up to £1m. Jackson Civil Engineering have been awarded three ‘hubs’, covering the Midlands, East and Southeast of the country. Works may be Client or Contractor designed. The role will involve both the initial pricing of schemes both direct award and competitively tendered, along with the commercial management of those schemes through to completion.

Location to be Tamworth as a base, with some travel to Huntingdon, Peterborough, or similar.  There will be the occasional need to attend meetings and reviews at head office in Ipswich.

Other main duties include:

• Contract management for orders.
• Contract administration.
• Involvement with target cost setting, checking, and establishing thereof.
• Subcontract procurement and management of early works.
• Liaison with the regions during construction phase - 2-way knowledge transfer
• Liaison with JCE estimating department where required. Whilst smaller contracts we expect the candidate to prices, larger schemes will involve input from JCE’s central estimating team.
• Team management
• Client interface
• Performance and financial management and tracking to maximise KPI returns.
• Standard QS functions in terms of monthly reporting, management, variations etc

Are you the person we are looking for?

We are looking for someone with experience as an estimator and also some exposure as a Quantity Surveyor. Ambitious individual with great communication skills, who is confident with a flexible approach. Must have experience working on civil engineering schemes with a main contractor.

We also offer some fantastic perks!

We don’t just offer a great place to work with a family feel atmosphere, we also offer:

• Company car or car allowance
• Life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• Company pension scheme (we match up to 8%)
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday!)
• Hybrid working
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program
• Employee platform benefits
• Free on-site parking
• Company social events
• Regular fun days and charity events hosted in the office
• A supportive business who wants to help you progress in your career
• “The Great Escape” – leaving an hour earlier on a Friday!

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We also place high importance on our inclusive recruitment policy and will do our very best to support those applicants who may need adjustments in order to take part in the recruitment process. Please do let us know if you require any additional assistance or adjustments on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within two weeks please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.