Quantity Surveyor in Northam

Are you ready to apply? Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding. Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working? At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges - we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes.

What will you be doing?

• Support cost and value management, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Collaborate with Operations to prepare clear and reliable quarterly forecasts.
• Identify and manage contract variations, early warnings, and compensation events.
• Ensure all work meets M Group's Infrastructure standards and commercial procedures.
• Build strong client relationships, keeping budgets and year-end targets on track.
• Oversee sub-contract procurement, monthly reconciliations, and final accounts.
• Carry out site visits and maintain progress within agreed deadlines.
• Provide flexible support with ad-hoc commercial duties as needed.

What you’ll bring:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or related construction field preferred, not essential.
• Proven commercial experience in the construction industry.
• Effective negotiator and communicator.
• Good organisational and people skills.
• Highways and civil engineering experience (preferably with contractors).
• Knowledge of NEC contracts.
• IT proficient.

What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Matched or contributory pension scheme.
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Employee assistance programme.
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave.
• Reward and recognition scheme.
• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from.
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Personal Accident Cover.

About us: We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life. Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, we may close job adverts before the stated closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of our hiring process. Some of our roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of our induction.