Assistant Quantity Surveyor in London

Mascot Bespoke Homes is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are committed to creating a meritocratic and inclusive environment for our people.

About us: Located by Wandsworth Common, with a projected turnover of £9 million for this financial year, Mascot Bespoke Homes was established in 2008 by our directors Chris Scott and Jonathan Martin. From their first venture, renovating a flat in Battersea, to the bespoke luxury full house renovation and new build projects we undertake today, Chris and Jonathan’s mission has remained constant: Mascot Bespoke Homes believe that we should take the small details just as seriously as the ‘big stuff’. Nearly all our new business comes to us as the result of personal recommendations from our clients. We pride ourselves on delivering on our promises and doing our utmost to stick to agreed project timescales. We understand how important it is to enable our clients to plan ahead. Complementing our private client work is a strong pipeline of our own property developments, ranging from one-off luxury homes to boutique flat schemes. The typical contract value of our high-end residential projects is between £1.5-£4 million and we manage up to 9 jobs at any one time within a 3-mile radius of our office.

The role: Reporting to our Company Directors, Chris Scott and Jonathan Martin, and working closely with our Quantity Surveyor and Contracts Manager, this is an excellent opportunity for a proactive Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with our Company Directors, Contracts Manager, Quantity Surveyor and key stakeholders both internally and externally to support the management of financial and contractual aspects of multiple high-end residential construction projects. You will play a vital part in ensuring project profitability by managing costs, securing competitive pricing, and delivering efficient, commercially sound solutions throughout the planning and construction phases. This is an exciting role providing hands-on involvement in major, prime, projects across London. The role of Assistant Quantity Surveyor offers mentoring, on the job training, and development opportunities from senior staff alongside the chance to be part of a supportive, close-knit commercial team within a business that has an outstanding industry reputation.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Assist in preparing estimations, cost plans, bills of quantities and tender submissions to required timescales
• Support measurement and take-offs from drawings and specifications, under supervision
• Assisting with the preparation of variation documentation
• Work with the commercial team to evaluate subcontractor and supplier quotations
• Assist with cost tracking, valuations and payment applications
• Support with procurement and contract administration duties, managing maintenance of project files, commercial records, and cost data
• Help prepare financial reports, cost forecasts and progress updates
• Attend site visits to monitor progress, variations and record-keeping
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, H&S requirements and industry standards
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers to gather information and to ensure best available pricing is secured.
• Help prepare financial reports, cost forecasts and progress updates
• Support with management of subcontractor contracts, ensuring all variations are properly documented.
• Help prepare financial reports, cost forecasts and progress updates
• Attend site client meetings where required, ensuring key information is accurately recorded and actioned in accordance with the projects requirements.
• Support the Quantity Surveyor to liaise closely with the Mascot finance team to ensure accurate and timely cost reporting.
• Support with integration of internal programs for Mascot's ongoing projects.

Personal qualities and skills:

• Honesty and integrity are essential
• Discretion and the ability to deal with confidential client information are vital to this role
• Strong communication skills: interacting with clients, contractors, site teams, the directors & the head office finance team
• A problem solver, you will seek out solutions and consult with others to get issues resolved
• Self-motivated, you will prioritise your workload and take pride in a job well done
• A multi-tasker, you are able to manage multiple deadlines under pressure
• A positive attitude and good humour are invaluable. Perfection is not always possible, but resolving issues with a pro-active, ‘can do’ approach is essential to this role
• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline
• Experience in a similar Assistant QS role, ideally within specialist contracting or main contracting and preferably within a smaller organisation
• Strong commercial awareness and numerical ability
• Strong Excel skills
• Familiar with Bluebeam (or similar software), though not essential
• An eagerness to develop professionally
• A full UK driving licence is preferred, though not essential

Rewards:

• Work place pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Cyclescheme
• Competitive, market leading salary

To apply for this opportunity with Mascot Bespoke Homes, please apply directly through LinkedIn, or send your CV and covering letter to our HR team.