Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will own the commercial performance of complex structural steel projects from award to final account. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to protect margins, manage contractual obligations, and ensure full entitlement. This role offers exposure to technically demanding projects across the UK and a clear path to leadership within a specialist construction business.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary package
• 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays
• group personal pension scheme
• Medicash
• Life Assurance
• Employee assistance support

Responsibilities

• Manage the commercial performance of structural steelwork and construction projects
• Establish budgets, cost plans, and commercial controls
• Monitor performance and forecast final costs and margins
• Prepare CVRs, cost reports, and cash-flow forecasts
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities early
• Provide regular commercial reporting to senior management
• Collaborate with Project Managers and operations to meet commercial objectives
• Identify value engineering opportunities and cost savings
• Review contract documentation and ensure commercial obligations are met
• Protect company contractual position and entitlement
• Manage variations, claims, and extension of time
• Prepare, submit, and negotiate payment applications
• Review and agree client valuations
• Manage contractual correspondence and notices
• Identify and resolve potential disputes
• Support contract negotiations and assess risks on new projects
• Procurement & Subcontract Management duties including enquiries, quotations analysis, negotiations, ordering, and performance monitoring
• Maintain alignment of procurement decisions with budgets and programme
• Client & Final Account Management including developing contractor relationships, negotiating final accounts, and closing projects efficiently

Key requirements

• Proven commercial management experience on live UK construction projects
• Experience from contract award through final account
• Strong cost control, forecasting and commercial reporting
• Experience managing variations, valuations, payments, and final accounts
• Strong contract administration and negotiation skills
• Experience managing subcontractors and suppliers
• Excellent understanding of commercial risk and margin protection
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational ability
• Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills
• Structural steel experience would be advantageous
• Background with steelwork contractor, specialist subcontractor or major contractor would be relevant
• Solid understanding of UK construction contracts (advantageous: JCT, NEC, subcontract agreements, framework agreements)
• Degree/HNC/HND in relevant fields (or MRICS advantageous)
• Relevant industry experience considered with qualifications

• Strong communication
• Stakeholder-management
• Attention to detail
• Cost control and forecasting
• CVRs and cash-flow forecasting
• Valuations and payment applications

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