Description About the job. We are expanding our commercial management team to support National Highways’ annual £1bn investment programme to maintain the Strategic Road Network. As part of this, we have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Operations. As an Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you will support (and in some cases lead) commercial and contract management of schemes of value from £1m to more than £30m. The complex nature and diversity of the portfolio ensures the opportunity for you to develop new skills and capabilities, whether you are working towards gaining Chartered Surveyor status, or simply seeking to enhance your experience to date. Please note that this is a hybrid position and can be based from either of our Darlington or Leeds offices however, frequent attendance to the Darlington office on a weekly basis will be required. Supply Chain management including sending enquiry documentation, quotation assessment, work order award and instructions to supply chain where required. Supply Chain Payment assessment including all relevant documentation. Assisting in the management of site level change control including early warning and compensation event management and assessment. Monitor actual cost against targets and forecasts. Manage own portfolio of works under supervision from Quantity Surveyor/ Senior Quantity Surveyor. Liaising with other departments to ensure that Schemes Tracker is up-to-date, data is accurate and reconciled against other sources. Maintain collaborative working relationship with supply chain contractors. About you. To have either achieved or be working towards a degree/HND in Quantity Surveying or other relevant technical qualification and/or completion of a formally recognised graduate programme, apprenticeship in Quantity Surveying or similar. Alternatively, you will have demonstrable experience in similar role and/or be working towards a Chartered qualification within a relevant professional organisation, such as RICS, ICES, or equivalent. Basic experience of contract administration, desirably using NEC forms of contract. Evidence of experience, to an Intermediate level, of MS Software specifically Excel (basic formula, pivot tables, formatting). Good written and verbal communication skills enabling you to engage effectively with a variety of stakeholders. Good commercial awareness and understanding of commercial management. About us. Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England’s motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.