Senior Quantity Surveyor

This role is an exciting opportunity to help deliver major infrastructure projects, including works to service and enable land, highways projects and new community amenities, to help create an ambitious, sustainable, vibrant new community of 8,500 homes at the Gilston Park Estate in East Hertfordshire. Gilston Park Estate is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver six distinct new villages bound together by landscape and community to the north of Harlow.

It is unique in its design and infrastructure‑led approach, with six distinct villages, each with their own character, buffered by accessible green spaces and, crucially, linked by a sustainable transport network which will enable residents' direct access to Harlow's economic opportunities and infrastructure plus accessibility by road and rail to elsewhere to achieve ambitious 60% modal shift targets. The infrastructure to be delivered includes major highways projects including new bridges over a river and railway, new country parks, community amenities and works to service and enable land for 8,500 new homes and supporting amenities including a leisure centre, sports facilities and a health centre.

More about your role: This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering major infrastructure programmes as part of the ambitious Gilston Park Estate development – a new, sustainable community of 8,500 homes in East Hertfordshire. As Senior Quantity Surveyor you will play a key role in the successful delivery of complex infrastructure including highways, bridges, utilities, landscaping and community amenities. From project inception through to completion, you will ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards, including CDM regulations. You will lead on budget management, forecasting and programme control, securing planning and technical approvals, and overseeing procurement activity. The role also involves managing multidisciplinary teams, administering contracts and tendering processes, and driving value engineering to deliver cost efficiencies. Strong stakeholder engagement, robust record‑keeping and clear reporting to senior leadership will be essential to ensure projects remain on track and aligned with business objectives.

More about you: We're looking for an experienced Senior QS with a strong background in delivering large‑scale infrastructure projects such as highways, civils, drainage and utilities. You will bring in‑depth knowledge of construction methodologies, cost management, contract administration (NEC / JCT) and regulatory compliance. You will be confident leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex stakeholder relationships and navigating high‑value schemes. Exceptional communication, leadership and negotiation skills are key, along with the ability to influence outcomes and support the successful delivery of major strategic projects.

Benefits: We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly. Pension with matched contributions up to 7%. Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave including bank holidays with the option to buy or sell leave. Bonus Scheme. Company Car/Allowance. Training and development. Extras including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next? If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career, click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us. As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We are happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

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