Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this Senior Quantity Surveyor role, you will lead a team of QS professionals and provide commercial assurance across a diversified project portfolio. You drive value for money, cost control, and robust governance from pre- to post-contract stages. You will advise delivery teams, manage tender reviews, and monitor financial performance to support informed decision-making. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on risk management, contractual compliance, and shaping commercial outcomes across complex programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Quantity Surveyors, providing direction and growth opportunities.
• Provide commercial assurance across major projects and programmes.
• Offer commercial and contractual guidance to project and delivery teams.
• Review, challenge and negotiate tenders to secure robust outcomes.
• Ensure payments are assessed, certified, and paid according to contracts.
• Assess and manage changes, variations, EOTs and financial impacts.
• Support budget management and expenditure optimisation.
• Collect and maintain commercial data to support reporting and decisions.
• Audit and agree project accounts with solid financial controls.
• Monitor contractual compliance and identify risks or non-performance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement corrective actions.
• Identify and manage commercial and contractual risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Support resolution of claims and disputes with senior commercial colleagues.
• Provide commercial insight and assurance to senior stakeholders across the portfolio.

Key requirements

• Extensive experience managing a portfolio of projects from a commercial perspective (pre- and post-contract).
• Recent experience leading or managing a team of Quantity Surveyors.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent commercial discipline.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, cost management and commercial governance.
• Experience negotiating with contractors and suppliers on commercial matters.
• Proven track record with variations, EOTs, claims and dispute resolution.
• Strong understanding of project and contractual risk and mitigating exposure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with influencing ability.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgement; ability to challenge assumptions and drive value for money.
• Self-motivated, resilient, able to operate in a complex project environment.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel when required.

• communication
• stakeholder management
• influence
• contract administration
• cost management
• commercial governance

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