Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

6/23/2025

Overview

We are recruiting for a Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team UK North Building team in Birimingham at our Great Chalres Street Project. As Ass. Quantity Surveyor you will be working within & assisting the commercial & construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships, to maximise commercial returns & manage risk.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.  

Responsibilities

• Support the commercial team
• Carry out the following under supervision:
• Prepare tenders – measure, put into packages, analyse
• Prepare variations/valuations
• Prepare Final Accounts
• Prepare s/c valuations & Final Accounts
• Site measurement
• Attend site/subcontractor meetings
• Liaise with site management
• Take responsibility for:
• Maintaining site records, control documents
• Measuring progress on site
• Consider Risk & opportunity
• Understand & assist in the implementation of the commercial strategy
• At all times act in a suitable & professional manner
• Involved with & take some responsibility on traditional contracts
• Involvement but no responsibility for:
• Negotiation with subcontractors
• Interpretation of contract law
• Simple D&B/CDP
• D&B contracts
  
  

Experience

• Ability to effectively utilise a range of Microsoft Office tools
• Be fully conversant with the use of the Standard Method of Measurement
• Demonstrate potential for clear written & oral communications
• Demonstrate ownership/commercial awareness
• Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills
  
  

Qualifications

• Completed or currently undertaking a degree in Quantity
• Surveying
• SMM
• JCT forms
  
  

Additional Information

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase  
• 26 days holiday ( option to purchase 5 more) 
• Employer pension  
• Travel expenses  
• Flexible and remote working 
• Enhanced parental leave 
• Professional and Educational development 
  
  

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

• The full job specification is available on request
  
  

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise . Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.