Senior Quantity Surveyor in Bury

Work with the Commercial team to apply principles and responsibilities imposed by law and other regulations in a construction and manufacturing environment.

Develop Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours within budgeting, control of costs, sustainability, income, and expenditure of construction projects. Work with the Commercial team to enable the continuous improvement of projects and manufacturing facility. Develop strong analytical and logical skills and a positive approach to problem solving. Production of financial project progress including cost forecasts.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

• Implement EHL ‘Core Values’ within daily tasks.
• Preparation of internal commercial reporting and any other which may be required.
• Assist on managing, monitoring, and reporting on commercial aspects of Projects.
• Assist with the cost control documents using information from final agreed contract pricing documents.
• Identifying commercial risk, opportunities, value engineering and change.
• Monitoring and measuring actual expenditure against budgeted project expenditure in the form of CVR (Cost Value Reconciliation Reports).
• Forecasts for future revenue, costs and cashflow will be required – you’ll check and challenge them before they are issued to finance, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• You will be responsible for ensuring that WIP is accurately reported in the accounts.
• Lead on providing mentoring and guidance as required to Assistant Quantity Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors. This includes advice on legal, technical, and procedural issues, ensuring adherence to quality management and other office procedures.

Your Expertise

• Experience of both pre and post contract administration including preparing cost, plans, estimates, measurement for bills of quantities, tendering & procurement, value engineering, tender reporting, valuations, and final accounts.
• Handling of contractual frameworks and standard form of contract.
• Managing all contract communication including Early Warnings, Project Managers Instructions and Compensation Events, and accepting/rejecting Contractors Notifications.
• BSc Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management or similar.
• Working knowledge of NEC and JCT forms of contract.
• Multi-site experience.
• Experienced in holding responsibility for a project including all internal / external reporting.
• Full UK driving licence.

Why Join Exentec Hargreaves?

• Be part of a 150-year engineering legacy.
• Work on nationally significant, safety‑critical infrastructure projects.
• Join a collaborative and experienced commercial team.
• Opportunity for professional growth within a specialist, high‑value sector.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Our Core Competencies

• Grow Talent: Our goal as an organisation is to attract competent people, retain dedicated employees and develop talented colleagues within each operational level to build a future‑ready company.
• Drive Results: To keep and grow our strong market position, we must transform our corporate strategy directly into measurable and sustainable results.
• Take Ownership: We strive to establish an appreciative culture in which all employees feel empowered and take responsibility.
• Embrace Change: To develop products and services that go beyond what is imaginable today. We, as an organisation, must be agile. As individuals we must remain curious.
• Inspire Customers: Creating value for our clients is a key component of our growth strategy. Therefore, client satisfaction should be an important motivator for us individually and collectively.

Exentec Hargreaves is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, religion, race, ethnic origin, disability, marital status or parental status. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.