About Costain

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets.

We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. 

Project Overview

The Commercial function is accountable for the effective control of commercial risks, liabilities, exposures, and opportunities within all our trading relationships.

The role of Graduate/Assistant Quantity Surveyor is to assist in administration and management of costs and contracts relating to projects. The role may involve all aspects of work from the initial tender to final account and close out, seeking to minimise the costs and enhance value for money whilst achieving the required standards and quality. This role will work under the close direction and supervision of a more senior quantity surveyor. 

​Costain's Graduate Development Programme

​Our programme will focus on helping individual to learn a mix of both Leadership and Technical skills. We offer a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership in their chosen field.

Graduates may also have the opportunity, after the first 8 - 10 months to rotate and to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, experiencing the best we have to offer across the different sectors we work in.

Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.

Extra information

Please note that for some of our roles, and in order to rotate around the business as part of the graduate scheme, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and be able to successfully complete the vetting process.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare enquiries, analyse tenders, negotiate, and manage allocated accounts including orders, payments & final accounts, and close outs in accordance with customer or company procedures. 
• Assist in the preparation and agreement of applications for payment or the assessment & preparation of payment certificates. 
• Play a key role in capturing, managing, and communicating change and risk on the project in accordance with the Contract.
• Assist in the preparation of the Project Control Reporting including project cost & value/EVA reports, budgets, and forecasts.
• Report to Line Management when contractual notices and correspondence with both customer and sub-contractors are required in accordance with the Contract. 
• Assisting with the reporting of the Project Budget/Cost Report.
• Undertake record-keeping including but not limited to collating site records, the preparation of meeting packs, meeting invites, and taking meeting minutes.
• Carry out supply chain performance reviews on allocated packages.
• Contribute to Value management/value engineering
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations
• Ensure all health, safety and environmental risk situations are brought to the attention of Contract 
• Leader/Project Manager

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential 

• Be proactive in self-development and professional qualification
• Will have understanding or experience of business systems, spreadsheet development, cost analysis, programme evaluation and development, compensation event and/or variations assessment and evaluation. 
• Increasing knowledge of a variety of forms & options of contracts. 
• Have experience or appreciation of the risk management process for both schedule and cost and the use of Earned Value Management.  

Desirable

• Have experience or appreciation of company policies, procedures & controls, operating office management systems including filing systems and document control and distribution and assist in the drafting of contractual correspondence on behalf of the project and project manager.

Qualifications

Essential

• Holds an RICS/CICES accredited degree, or enrolled on an accredited part-time postgraduate degree with relevant experience.

Desirable

• Enrolled and working towards Full Membership of either RICS or CICES

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

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