Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this role you will support the Environment and Water portfolio as a Quantity Surveyor. You’ll drive pre-contract tender activity, advise on award reports, and ensure robust estimates aligned with scope and risk. Post-contract you’ll manage commercial performance, budgets, and forecasts while administering NEC-based contracts and using CEMAR. You will build strong client relationships and contribute to internal business development, helping deliver sustainable water and environmental projects. This role offers exposure to cross-functional teams and impact across projects from initial tendering to final account.

Pay / Benefits

• Pension matched up to 7%
• Life insurance
• Annual professional institution subscription
• Annual bonus scheme
• Flexible/ Agile working
• Enhanced parental leave

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-contract tender process, including assessment, queries, and award recommendations
• Develop robust estimates aligned to scope with risk allowances
• Administer contracts in line with NEC3/4 ECC requirements (A/C/E) and manage communications, payments, compensation events, and programmes
• Maintain proactive cost management, budgets, forecasts, and final account activity
• Produce accurate commercial reporting and support mitigations for project and programme risk
• Foster strong client relationships and contribute to internal business development
• Administer contracts via CEMAR and manage stakeholder expectations
• Make timely, well-reasoned decisions aligned with client needs and team capabilities

Key requirements

• NEC3/4 ECC main Option A, C or E extensive experience for delivery, administration and management
• Demonstrated post-contract commercial management from award to final account (budget control, forecast-to-complete, payment assessments, compensation events)
• Experience with contract management software such as CEMAR
• Stakeholder management
• Willingness to travel to client sites in North West England

• stakeholder management
• client relationship building
• proactive problem-solving
• NEC3/4 ECC contract administration
• cost management and budgeting
• forecasting and final accounts

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