Principal Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this role you lead the commercial team within a growing nuclear-focused delivery programme, ensuring contract compliance, performance targets and high-quality commercial outputs. You’ll manage procurement activities across large and complex contracts, while developing the team and driving continuous improvement. You collaborate cross-functionally within Sellafield’s commercial and project controls framework to support strategy, risk assessment and contract close-out. This role offers exposure to multi-million-pound procurements and a chance to influence outcomes across major programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial project team to meet standards and expectations
• Ensure contract compliance and provide advisory input to Commercial Manager
• Deliver internal and external commercial reporting and targets
• Oversee procurement activities from strategy development to contract close-out
• Procure and manage multiple framework contracts and bespoke procurements
• Provide procurement and pre-contract advice to the buying team
• Support continuous improvement in quantity surveying quality and performance
• Build strong working relationships and collaborate under the Collaborative Management Plan

Key requirements

• Experience in the nuclear industry or other regulated industry preferred
• Detail-oriented with strong character
• Strong NEC Contract Experience
• Ability to manage delivery of internal and external commercial targets
• Broad knowledge of category management, procurement processes and wider commercial issues
• Willingness to regularly work from the office within daily commuting distance

• detail orientation
• leadership
• collaboration
• NEC Contract experience
• procurement strategy development
• price analysis

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