Advice/reassurance please
Hi All,
I’m currently working for a large international consultancy and about to complete my degree apprenticeship (will be about 3.5-4 years experience). Really want to go over to MC side because I’m extremely bored but also feeling like i’m not progressing much. Not too much work on and been like this for quite a while. Worked mainly on a 70+ million infrastructure job on variations/CEs and doing payment applications and some pre contract stuff but that’s about it.
My issue is that I wanna go into a MC as an AQS but feel like i’ll struggle as the 2 sides are completely different (i see a lot of it as i’m based on site with the MC and subbies) and i’m not sure what the support system is like. I dont mind being chucked in the deep end but dont want it to be a case of you’re shit at your job and no longer needed etc.
I know the real QS side is the MC/subbie side and i really want that exposure and experience but unsure on how to tackle it. Essentially my question/wonder is what is the experience like going from consultancy to MC and how long does it take you to wrap your head around everything and get good at it like the procurement, contract, variations etc
Cheers all