Senior Quantity Surveyor

We're looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a specialist self-delivery contractor delivering a major reinforced concrete package.

The contract operates under NEC4 Option E (Cost Reimbursable) – and

this is an administration-heavy commercial role.

The value is in ensuring the volume of work being delivered is captured, evidenced, substantiated and recovered.

The Role

You'll take ownership of day-to-day commercial activity and applications, including:

Preparing and managing applications for payment

Capturing and substantiating Defined Cost

Maintaining detailed labour, plant, material and subcontract records

Reconciling actual costs against applications and forecasts

Ensuring supporting evidence is complete and audit-ready

Identifying and mitigating Disallowed Cost exposure

Managing Early Warnings and Compensation Events

Capturing and substantiating change as it happens

Maintaining strong contemporary records

Responding to client queries and assessments

Commercial management of subcontractors and suppliers

Cost forecasting and commercial reporting

Working closely with site teams to ensure commercially important information isn't missed

Who We're Looking For

Strong NEC3/NEC4 experience

Ideally Option E / cost reimbursable experience

Major civil engineering, FRC or infrastructure background

Strong understanding of Defined Cost and cost substantiation

Exceptionally organised and administratively strong

Comfortable managing significant volumes of commercial information

Meticulous attention to detail and record keeping

If you dislike detailed administration, reconciliation and evidence gathering, this role probably isn't for you.

However, if you're the type of QS who wants the commercial records watertight and understands that under Option E, good cost capture directly impacts recovery,

this is a significant role on one of the UK's major infrastructure projects.

This is an off-payroll engagement and hybrid working is available (3/4 days on-site, 2/1 off-site)