Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor in our Defence practice, you guide commercial decisions on complex programmes for MoD-related projects. You will partner with client and contractor teams to control costs, governance and value delivery, contributing to safer, more efficient defence outcomes. The role sits within a multidisciplinary team delivering high‑profile, technical work across regulated environments. You’ll work with cross‑functional colleagues, harnessing your cost management and governance expertise to keep projects on track and within budget.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• health and well-being support
• flexible working
• international exposure
• strong professional development
• focus on work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Building and nurturing professional relationships with clients and project teams
• Administering contracts per project objectives and policies
• Providing accurate cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion
• Proactively managing cost variance and contract cash flow with timely applications
• Collaborating to deliver KPIs, programme performance and value engineering
• Managing contract change to stay within governance and best practice
• Driving forecast and budget accuracy improvements
• Providing commercial support to stakeholders
• Negotiating and finalising final accounts
• Commission management as needed

Key requirements

• Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
• Experience in infrastructure sectors (rail, air, power, highways)
• Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)
• Change management
• Cost Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Governance processing
• Collaborative approaches
• Line management and commission management
• Excellent MS Office skills
• Strong client-facing communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Client-facing focus
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint

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