Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Senior Quantity Surveyor needed to lead commercial and financial controls on a £76m DFE education project in Suffolk. You will be site-based with occasional office visits, driving profitability while maintaining strong client and supply chain relationships. The role embeds you in a leading private main contractor’s Eastern division, offering leadership of projects from procurement through to dispute resolution. This is a permanent, full-time position with a clear impact on project delivery and value engineering.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year
• 8 bank holidays and Christmas Eve
• Group Personal Pension Scheme
• Private Health Insurance (subject to qualifying period)
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Eye care voucher scheme

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely reporting on project finances
• Manage risk and EOT/Delay claims under the contract
• Maintain strong commercial controls to maximise profitability while protecting client and supplier relationships
• Lead and develop the project team and collaborate with Contracts Manager/Operations Director
• Oversee procurement and subcontract orders per the procurement schedule
• Negotiate contract terms and drive value engineering with key stakeholders
• Settlement of disputes and proactive issue resolution
• Foster strong relationships with clients and supply chain to achieve project targets
• Identify and mitigate risks to delivery and quality standards
• Support site delivery and contribute to overall project objectives

Key requirements

• Tier one Main Contractor experience
• DFE School experience preferred
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead procurement and commercial processes
• Experience in financial control and variation management

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder management
• financial control
• commercial management
• procurement management

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