Senior Quantity Surveyor - Civil Engineering

Pay: £70,000.00-£75,000.00 per year

Job Description:

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Groundworks & Civils

Salary: £70,000 + vehicle, fuel card & benefits

Location: South West (Somerset / Devon / Cornwall patch)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Harbron Recruit is exclusively retained to find an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor for a long-established, family-run groundworks and civils contractor. Our client has been delivering projects across the South West for over 30 years and works with national housebuilders and tier-one main contractors on residential developments up to £10m+.

Following a number of recent project starts and a strong forward order book, they're now hiring a Senior QS to take ownership of the commercial performance of multiple live projects.

This is a full-cycle commercial role with real autonomy. You'll report directly to the commercial lead and work closely with the directors of the business. Not a corporate, top-heavy commercial team — a business where the QS runs their own patch and gets credit for delivering projects from tender to final account.

It's also a role with genuine scope to shape and improve the commercial systems and processes as the business grows.

What you'll be doing:

• Full commercial ownership of live groundworks projects from tender through to final account
• Cost plans, estimates and bills of quantities
• Pricing and procuring subcontract packages, plant, labour and materials
• Managing monthly applications, valuations and payment certificates
• Reviewing contract terms; managing variations and compensation events
• Producing monthly CVRs and forecasts
• Settling final accounts and managing retentions
• Resolving commercial disputes early

What we're looking for:

• Proven Senior QS experience within groundworks, civils or housebuilder subcontract environments
• Strong working knowledge of S38/S278 highways, foul and surface water drainage, and plot works
• Confident running multiple live projects simultaneously
• JCT and/or NEC contract experience
• Strong Excel skills and confidence building commercial reports and reconciliations from scratch
• HNC/HND/Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
• Full UK driving licence

You’ll thrive here if you want ownership of your projects rather than being one cog in a large commercial team, prefer working in a business where the directors know your name, and want the chance to influence how the commercial function evolves as the company grows.

What's on offer:

• £70,000 base salary
• Company vehicle + fuel card
• Pension
• Holiday plus bank holidays
• Mobile and laptop
• Realistic progression to Commercial Manager
• A stable, growing family business with proper work-life balance