Quantity Surveyor in Stourbridge

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Hours of Work: Monday – Thursday 9am – 5pm, Friday 9am – 4pm, but flexibility is required.

Salary depending on experience.

Argus Fire, part of the Mitie Group, is the UK's class-leading supplier of fire detection and fire protection systems. We design, install, and maintain all types of automatically operating fire extinguishing systems and electronically activated fire detection and alarm systems for large projects through to servicing small standalone products. We currently have over employees and have offices based in Stourbridge (HQ), Manchester and London. Despite our ongoing success, we are never content on standing still and continue to re-invest significant amounts into the development of our products, services and platforms.

Why Join Us?

• Work with a talented, motivated, and friendly group of like-minded colleagues.
• Be supported and encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge through structured training and coaching from experienced colleagues.
• Be part of a company that invests heavily in apprenticeships futures and ongoing learning and development.

We are looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor, ideally with previous experience within the fire protection sector, to join our busy Commercial Team.

Duties:

• Provide commercial assistance to the project teams.
• Tender stage terms and conditions review.
• Monthly progress valuations of projects.
• Timely and accurate variations submissions.
• Attention to site progress and any delay events.
• Mentoring of junior team members.
• Attending site visits and client meetings.

Candidate Skill Requirements:

• Previous experience within fire protection sector is preferred or if not construction services industry is required.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Knowledge of construction management principles and practices.
• Full clean driving licence.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Company Car.
• Life Insurance.
• 24 hours GP Helpline.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing us.