Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Our Business Support teams deliver vital services to ensure the continued success of our business divisions. These include HR, Finance, Procurement, Marketing, Legal and Commercial, Estates and Facilities, Core Technology, Corporate Security, IT, and Fleet. Every person contributes to the lasting impact our team makes, helping build and keep the nation\’s critical infrastructure connected and protected 24/7.

Reporting into the Lead Quantity Surveyor, the Senior Quantity Surveyor will play a pivotal role in supporting Telent\’s rail infrastructure projects. This role blends strategic commercial oversight with hands-on post-contract cost and contract management, operating within the SCADA Portfolio and focusing on cost management for a cost-plus project.

This is a hybrid working role, requiring attendance at our Warwick HQ on a weekly basis.

What you\’ll do:

• Manage all aspects of project cost control from handover to final account.
• Prepare and issue client applications in line with contract terms, ensuring timely certification and payment.
• Identify, price, and agree changes with clients, support justification, delay claims, and associated quantum.
• Handle commercial responsibilities of subcontract activities from inception to final account.
• Provide commercial input across the full contract lifecycle, from bid to closure or extension.
• Support bidding and delivery teams in assessing and managing commercial risk.
• Resolve disputes and claims in Telent\’s best interests.
• Produce monthly cost/value reconciliations and forecasts.
• Support monthly contract reviews and senior management reporting.
• Identify opportunities to improve margin and reduce commercial risk.
• Lead cost management on a cost-plus project, focusing on time evidencing and AfP justifications.

Who you are:

You will have senior-level experience in a QS / Cost Controller type role, ideally gained within the Rail / Construction / Civil Engineering / Utilities industry.

Key Requirements:

• Be proficient in a variety of contracting templates (e.g., NEC3/4, JCT, ICC) with a strong knowledge of Cost Reimbursable contracts and experience recovering disallowed costs.
• Have customer-facing experience with strong negotiation skills.
• Have a solid understanding of commercial risks and contract negotiation.
• Be a member of a professional body (e.g., RICS) or actively working towards membership, which is desirable.
• Be familiar with CCS Frameworks, Model Services Contracts, and other standard forms, which is desirable.

What we offer:

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies, and clients, giving you opportunities to develop, learn new skills, and make an impact. We nurture talent by creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, celebrating diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

• Car Allowance.
• 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually, or 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually.
• Company pension scheme.
• A range of family-friendly policies.
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal.
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants, and Shopping with the Telent Reward scheme.

We\’re passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and is empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.

Telent is an equal opportunities employer.