Assistant Quantity Surveyor Jobs : Assistant Quantity Surveyor Jobs
Skilled Assistant Quantity Surveyors play a vital role in the UK’s construction and property sectors, with a wide range of responsibilities from mapping out project timelines to conducting feasibility studies and meticulously estimating, planning and managing costs and budgets. An assistant quantity surveyor (AQS) support senior professionals and act as the ‘eyes and ears’ for clients throughout a development’s lifecycle, ready to identify potential issues, provide valuable insights and propose cost-effective solutions. They oversee progress reports and analyse final outcomes.
Finding the right assistant quantity surveyor job has never been easier! Atkins Search Construction Recruitment connects skilled quantity surveying professionals with leading construction employers across the UK.
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Ready to take the next step in your assistant quantity surveying career?
Our expert team is here to help you find the perfect opportunity in your local area.
Whether you’re based in the Midlands, North West, Yorkshire, London or elsewhere across the UK, we have exclusive quantity surveyor vacancies with leading construction employers near you.
Assistant Quantity Surveyor Specialist Recruitment Consultants
Our construction recruitment team has deep expertise in placing assistant quantity surveyors across the UK. Led by Managing Director Antony Rowe and Operations Director Laura Belcher, who both have extensive experience working with major construction firms and understands the specific requirements of assistant quantity surveying roles, our team is dedicated to finding you the perfect position in your local area.
Our team’s combined knowledge of regional construction markets, from understanding salary benchmarks to knowing which firms offer the best training and career development, ensures we can guide you to AQS opportunities that truly match your aspirations.
Antony Rowe
Managing Director
Laura Belcher
Operations Director
Nicole Broughton
Managing Recruitment Consultant
Emma Welsh
Divisional Director
Olivia Hartley
Principal Recruitment Consultant
Amy Hutchinson
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Ashleigh Curwood
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Jess White
Senior Resourcing Consultant
Assistant Quantity Surveyor Jobs Why Partner With Atkins Search Recruitment
At Atkins Search, we are passionate about construction recruitment and genuinely care about matching the right candidates with the right employers in the right locations. Our Midlands-based team specialises in the construction, consultancy and residential sectors, with extensive experience placing quantity surveyors throughout the East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, London, Yorkshire and beyond.
Our Approach:
We take time to understand your AQS career goals, preferred sectors, salary expectations, commuting preferences and working style, ensuring we only put you forward for roles that genuinely align with your aspirations. Our established relationships with construction employers across every UK region mean we often hear about opportunities before they’re advertised publicly, giving our candidates a significant advantage.
Our commitment to you:
• Personalised career guidance by understanding your unique circumstances and career ambitions
• Regional market expertise with deep knowledge of local construction markets and salary benchmarks
• Exclusive access to opportunities before public advertisement
• Comprehensive CV advice and Interview preparation throughout the recruitment process
• Salary negotiations so you receive competitive remuneration
• Long-term relationships and supporting your career development beyond initial placement
Statistics
81%
Of our first assistant quantity surveyors interviews go to offer
93%
Of our assistant quantity surveyors second interviews go to offer
96%
Of our AQS job offers are accepted
98%
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Frequently Ask Questions: Assistant Quantity Surveyor Jobs
What are the requirements for as assistant quantity surveyor?
An Assistant Quantity Surveyor is involved at all stages of commercial, industrial and residential construction projects, overseeing costs, troubleshooting any issues and ensuring that quality standards are met. They analyse the project’s specifications, calculate budgets and timelines, prepare feasibility, tender and contract documents and monitor the construction phase. All these responsibilities are underpinned by the need to liaise closely with clients, stakeholders and contractors and to navigate the project to a successful completion.
Is there a demand for quantity surveyors?
With a renewed focus on housing targets and with planning reforms in the pipeline, the construction industry presents several job opportunities, particularly in the case of Assistant Quantity Surveyors, who play a vital role in a project’s lifecycle. As increasing numbers of projects get off the ground, demand for Assistant Quantity Surveyors will be keen as clients look for skilled professionals who can ensure that each scheme will run to plan, on time and on budget. As well as inspiring the next generation of Assistant Quantity Surveyors, it is important for the industry’s future success that people with the right skills and experience are available in the jobs market to take up these responsible and rewarding roles.
What are the requirements for a quantity surveyor?
Common routes for Assistant Quantity Surveyors to enter this key profession is via an university course, an apprenticeship, a graduate training scheme or an accredited course by industry body the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Useful degree subjects include construction, structural or civil engineering, maths, geography, economics and land studies
The National Careers Service says the following skills are needed: maths knowledge; to be thorough and pay attention to detail; analytical thinking skills; knowledge of engineering science and technology; persistence and determination; knowledge of building and construction; the ability to use your initiative; thinking and reasoning skills and to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently.
What do assistant quantity surveyors do?
Although you don’t need to be fully qualified to become an assistant QS, experience and knowledge is vital. Show that you have an interest in key parts of the job such as contracts, procurement, cost forecasting and profit and loss monitoring.
These areas are the main tasks that will be given to an assistant QS once they first enter a company or qualify. More experience means more chances to take on new responsibilities.
How does an assistant QS get to the next level?
Complete the APC. It’s not easy or essential, but it is a milestone in your career and key if you want to progress.
After graduating, the first few years as an assistant QS are about gaining as much experience in as many areas as possible. Even if you are working for a small surveying company, try to identify as hands-on opportunities much as possible. Look to work on across a mixture of refurbishments, new builds, residential and commercial.
Challenge yourself. Be the assistant all the seniors want to work with by delivering accurate work, hitting deadlines, delivering on promises and using your initiative. All of this will help you to earn the respect of your colleagues and make it more likely for you to move up the ladder quickly.
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