At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage commercial activities for major water infrastructure projects and ensure contractual compliance.
- Company: Leading engineering and infrastructure business with a strong order book.
- Benefits: Excellent salary, car allowance, annual bonus, and generous pension contributions.
- Other info: Flexible working arrangements and excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Join a nationally significant programme and make a real impact on UK infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Significant Quantity Surveying experience and strong commercial acumen required.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join one of the UKs leading engineering and infrastructure businesses, delivering a major long-term capital investment programme within the UK water sector.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a nationally significant infrastructure framework with secured work extending over many years, offering excellent career development, stability and the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects.
The Role
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll take ownership of the commercial management of projects from inception through to final account, ensuring commercial performance, contractual compliance and effective risk management throughout the project lifecycle. Working closely with operational, engineering and client teams, you'll play a key role in protecting commercial interests whilst supporting the successful delivery of critical infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
- Managing all commercial activities across allocated projects.
- Preparing and agreeing applications for payment.
- Administering contracts and managing contractual correspondence.
- Identifying and managing commercial risks and opportunities.
- Maintaining variation, compensation event, claims and programme registers.
- Producing monthly cost reports, forecasts and commercial reporting.
- Managing subcontract procurement, negotiations and contract administration.
- Supporting change management and cost control throughout project delivery.
- Working collaboratively with client, operational and supply chain teams.
- Providing commercial and contractual advice to project teams.
- Ensuring compliance with company commercial processes and governance.
About You
We're looking for commercially driven professionals who can demonstrate:
- Significant post-graduate Quantity Surveying experience within construction or infrastructure.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- Excellent knowledge of NEC and/or other standard forms of contract.
- Experience managing applications for payment, valuations, variations and commercial reporting.
- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving ability.
- Experience managing subcontractors and supply chain contracts.
- The confidence to work independently while supporting and mentoring junior team members.
Desirable
- Previous experience within the water, utilities or wider civil engineering sectors.
- Experience developing procurement or commercial strategies.
- Chartered status (MRICS/MCICES) or working towards professional membership.
What's on Offer
- Long-term secured workload on a nationally significant infrastructure programme.
- Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Car allowance.
- Annual bonus.
- Generous pension contribution.
- Private healthcare.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Excellent training and career progression opportunities.
- Opportunity to work on some of the UKs most important infrastructure projects.
If you're looking to join a business with a strong order book, genuine career progression and the opportunity to play a key role in delivering major UK infrastructure projects, we'd be keen to speak with you.
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