£45,000 to £55,000 per year, + Car Allowance
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
02/10/2026
About this job
Quantity Surveyor Inverness / Highlands | Major Construction Project | Tier 1 Contractor Your new company Hays is delighted to be working with a leading Tier 1 contractor delivering a major construction project in the Highlands.With a strong portfolio of large-scale public sector and infrastructure projects currently underway, alongside an excellent pipeline of future work across the North of Scotland, this is an exciting time to join their established commercial team.
This opportunity would particularly suit an Assistant Quantity Surveyor who feels ready to step up, take greater ownership of their own packages and progress towards becoming a fully autonomous Project QS. Your new role Working alongside an experienced commercial and project team, you will take responsibility for your own packages on a significant live construction project.You'll move beyond the traditional Assistant QS remit, gaining greater exposure to procurement, subcontractor management, valuations, cost reporting and commercial decision-making.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing costs and income across allocated work packages
- Procurement of subcontractors, including enquiries, comparisons and recommendations
- Managing subcontractor accounts through to final account
- Preparing valuations, cost reports and cost reconciliations
- Measurement and interpretation of drawings and specifications
- Identifying and managing variations
- Supporting commercial forecasting and project reporting
- Working closely with site, design and supply chain teams
- Developing your contractual and commercial knowledge
You'll have the support of an experienced commercial team while being encouraged to take increasing ownership and responsibility as your experience develops.
This is an opportunity for someone with a solid foundation at Assistant QS level who is ready to take the next step.
What you'll need to succeed
You will ideally be an Assistant Quantity Surveyor or recently promoted Quantity Surveyor with construction industry experience.
You’ll ideally have:
- A degree in Quantity Surveying or related commercial discipline
- Experience within a main contractor, specialist contractor or similar construction environment
- Exposure to subcontract procurement and commercial administration
- Good measurement and numerical skills
- A desire to take ownership of your own packages
- Ambition to develop into a well-rounded Quantity Surveyor
- Crucially, you don't need to be the finished article.
You’ll benefit from:
- A genuine step up from Assistant QS level
- Greater commercial responsibility and ownership
- Exposure to a major live construction project
- Support from an experienced senior commercial team
- Opportunity to manage your own subcontract packages
- Excellent long-term development opportunities
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
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