Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

As Senior Quantity Surveyor on a flagship Bristol highways project, you will own the commercial management and lead a small team within a well-established contractor. You will work closely with senior commercial leadership to ensure governance and drive financial performance across the project lifecycle. You will manage procurement, variations, and final accounts, while building strong relationships with clients and supply chain partners. This role offers exposure to a major regional scheme with a clear path to broader highways and civil engineering opportunities. You will shape commercial delivery in a high-profile infrastructure setting and mentor others to raise capability.

Pay / Benefits

• 60,000 – 70,000 basic salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Hybrid working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Private healthcare

Responsibilities

• Full commercial management from procurement to final account
• Lead cost reporting, forecasting and financial performance reviews
• Subcontract procurement, administration and commercial management
• Manage change control, variations and compensation events under NEC contracts
• Prepare and agree client applications, valuations and final accounts
• Identify, manage and mitigate commercial risks and opportunities
• Provide leadership and development to junior commercial team members
• Build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and supply chain partners
• Support the Commercial Manager in achieving business and project objectives
• Drive commercial best practice across the project team

Key requirements

• Experience at Senior Quantity Surveyor level in highways, civil engineering or infrastructure
• Strong commercial and contract knowledge, ideally NEC forms
• Proven track record delivering infrastructure project outcomes
• Experience leading or mentoring junior commercial staff
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ambitious to progress to senior commercial leadership roles

• stakeholder management
• communication
• mentoring/people development
• NEC contracts knowledge
• cost reporting and forecasting
• change control and variations

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