Senior Quantity – Civils/Highways

Overview

In this Senior Quantity Surveyor role you will manage costs for civils and highways projects, guiding commercial strategy and value delivery. You will lead a small team, mentor peers, and coordinate with clients and stakeholders to protect commercial performance. You’ll analyse rates, manage variations and claims, and support procurement and programme planning. The role combines hands-on cost control with people leadership to drive project success and professional growth within a modern contractor setting.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• pension contributions
• career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Order information and verify data systematically
• Manage civils projects including section 278 and 38 works around 3 million in value
• Critically appraise, estimate and negotiate with third parties
• Assist with delay and disruption programmes
• Monitor subcontract activities and measure progress
• Analyse commercial progress and report to senior project staff
• Manage commercial aspects with customers and stakeholders for own area
• Prepare procurement programme and assist with strategy development
• Analyse rates and prices, agree variations and compensation events
• Prepare, submit and negotiate claims
• Prepare internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
• Manage HR/People aspects for direct and indirect reports
• Mentor and develop others toward professional qualification
• Produce plans for team goals and recruitment of lower grades
• Undertake constructability analyses using construction programmes

Key requirements

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
• Membership of RICS, ICES or CIOB or working towards

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• mentoring
• cost management
• procurement planning
• contract programmes (Time-Location)

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