Quantity Surveyor
Location: HM Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNBP)
Service Area: Commercial
Hours of Work: 37 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000
What you will be doing as a Quantity Surveyor
Joining the commercial team managing complex infrastructure and support services, you’ll anchor the fundamentals of standard commercial delivery while navigating a fast-paced environment.
- Produce robust pricing schedules for Invitation to Tender packages ensuring alignment with the Statement of Requirements
- Review contractually required supplier documents (insurances, clarifications, liabilities) to protect the business from commercial risk
- Engage in proactive, informal discussions with suppliers to iron out variation scopes and costs before formal submissions are made
- Evaluate and certify supplier payment applications against agreed milestone profiles and Key Dates
- Negotiate and close out supplier final accounts, resolving provisional sums, retention releases, and outstanding claims
- Participate in final completion inspections, managing the financial assessment of outstanding defects during project handover
What you will bring
- Experience as a quantity surveyor
- Strong working familiarity with the NEC contract suite
- Proficient in standard QS practices including quantity take-offs, subcontract procurement, and CVR management
- Robust drafting skills, with the ability to draft clear, objective, and contractually airtight formal correspondence and evaluation reports
About you
- Advanced Excel & Data Modelling experience
- Experience with managing varied pricing types, specifically Lump Sum / Fixed Price, Target Cost (pain/gain), and Cost Reimbursable mechanisms
You’ll get
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase scheme, following successful completion of probation period
- Early finish on a Friday
- Discretionary company bonus scheme
- Enhanced pension scheme – employee contribution 4% and company contribution 6%, or you can increase your contribution to 6% and company contribution will increase to 10%
- Life assurance x 4 (subject to scheme T&C’s)
- Access to our internal benefits and discounts programme for all colleagues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Group income protection
- Flexible parental benefits (if applicable)
- Free parking onsite
- Access to our internal employee assistance network, giving you the opportunity to reach the heights of success within your new position.
- Continued professional career development
- Kudos reward opportunities (internal achievements scheme)
- Occupational Health & Wellbeing Services
- Discount off entry into the Historic Dockyard
KBS Maritime is committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of every social or cultural background, age, gender, ability, sexual orientation, and belief. We will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to accommodate any disability. In the first instance, if you require this job advert in an alternative format, or require any assistance, please contact recruitment@kbsmaritime.com.
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KBS Maritime is an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises safety and compliance at the HM Naval Base in Portsmouth. With generous benefits such as 25 days of holiday and enhanced pension schemes, alongside robust career development opportunities, employees are empowered to grow and thrive in their roles while contributing to vital maritime operations.
