At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead commercial management on major nuclear defence projects and mentor junior colleagues.
- Company: Cavendish Nuclear, a key player in clean energy and national security.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous holiday allowance, and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to building an inclusive culture and work-life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Degree in Quantity Surveying and experience with NEC3 contracts required.
The predicted salary is between 58500 - 71500 £ per year.
Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Shape The Future of Nuclear Defence Through Expert Commercial Leadership
At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Quantity Surveyor at our Warrington, Cheshire site. Cavendish Nuclear is a trusted delivery partner across clean energy, defence and nuclear decommissioning. Our work underpins national security and long‐term energy resilience creating meaningful careers at the forefront of UK infrastructure.
The role
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll provide expert commercial leadership across major projects within our Nuclear Defence Support programme. This is a role where your impact is visible supporting complex, high‐value programmes that protect the UK and shape future nuclear capability. You'll work closely with clients, suppliers, project teams and senior stakeholders to deliver value, manage risk, and drive commercial excellence from bid stage through to final account. It's a career‐defining opportunity that offers challenge, responsibility, and the chance to grow your expertise on nationally significant programmes.
Day-to-day, you'll be required to:
- Providing commercial management and guidance across projects, supporting Quantity Surveyors and project teams
- Leading contract reviews, subcontract drafting and commercial governance activities
- Managing tender processes and commercial evaluations for complex equipment and service providers
- Overseeing post‐contract commercial performance, including change management and subcontractor claims
- Delivering final account settlements while protecting commercial and contractual interests
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days onsite and two days working from home.
Essential experience of the Senior Quantity Surveyor:
- Strong experience in commercial management within engineering, construction or infrastructure environments
- Proven expertise working with NEC3 contracts
- Experience supporting large‐scale, complex projects and contract delivery
- Ability to manage commercial risk and apply sound judgement in challenging environments
- Experience mentoring or supporting the development of junior colleagues
Qualifications for the Senior Quantity Surveyor:
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or Building Services Quantity Surveying
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held.
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement.
- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish
We're Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group. Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.
Join us and discover how far we can go, together.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 04/08/2026
Locations
Senior Quantity Surveyor in Cheshire, Warrington employer: Babcock
Babcock is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and leadership thrive. With competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a strong commitment to employee development, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of asset management while enjoying a healthy work-life balance in beautiful locations like Bristol, Plymouth, and Helensburgh. Join us to be part of a global organisation dedicated to making a meaningful impact on national security and public infrastructure.
