Assistant Quantity Surveyor

Our successful team provides cost management services to a variety of high profile clients covering the whole of the UK and a range of overseas locations.

Due to business growth an opportunity currently exists for an experienced Assistant Quantity Surveyor in our Edinburgh office. You will have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting large scale projects and will develop and progress in a challenging and supportive environment.

Your Role

As part of our team of experts you will be expected to provide our clients with a comprehensive range of cost consultancy services.  We consider these skills paramount to the successful execution of any construction venture. Working alongside our colleagues across the business, we draw upon the highest calibre of skills to provide our clients with a professional quality cost management service.

Our flexible approach delivers the optimum cost management strategy, one which satisfies the business and project objectives of our clients and delivers the best possible results for all stakeholders. 

You will be integral to our cost management strategy which embodies a wide variety of specialist services including planning and forecasting, option appraisal, business case preparation, procurement advice, whole life costing, life cycle costing, cost planning, construction management, change control, project monitoring and contractual expertise and advice.  With the financial interest of our client a fundamental priority, we analyse and consider the financial implications at every project stage, attaching great importance to cost control, budgeting and financial appraisal.

We are cognisant of the importance of obtaining value for money and the comfort that cost certainty and control brings to our Clients. As such, you should be able to utilise a risk management system involving the identification of potential risks, the classification and analysis of risk and the implementation of risk response strategies. This ensures that we administer construction commissions with a greater degree of anticipation and forethought for our clients.

About You

• Full membership of a recognised professional body or committed to achieving full membership (e.g. MRICS). 
• An industry recognised professional qualification in project management would also be beneficial.
• Sound knowledge and proven experience in guiding and developing quantity surveying best practice and innovation.
• Experience working on major projects with a high standard of technical delivery and client focussed strategic advisory financial reporting services.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to build strong working relationships at all levels.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to convey your ideas both verbally and in report form to clients, external stakeholders and the design team.
• Able to adapt project delivery strategies in line with changing priorities.

About WYG

At WYG, our vision is clear: to inspire our clients and our people to create positive change through our imagination and expertise. Resourceful, confident and authentic, we promise unique solutions and we deliver every time. The qualities we share help us match the impact of far bigger consultancies – from client focus and collaborative spirit, to strategic and ethical thinking.

We serve our clients through six business streams:

• International Development
• Infrastructure & Built Environment
• Programme & Project Management
• Surveying & Asset Management
• Environmental
• Planning and Transport

WYG plc’s shares are traded on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange.

Rewards

A rewarding future is yours at WYG. We are committed to supporting your personal aspirations, and with clear career paths and a wide range of opportunities, your goals will always be within reach. Our blended learning experience will help you to develop all the skills and qualifications you need to succeed. Fantastic flexible benefits and personalised rewards make up an excellent package.