Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sccsinternational; Fredericia Kommune; Remote; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

John Sisk and Son in Denmark, based in Fredericia, seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor to take full commercial responsibility on a major data centre project. The post covers procurement, contract management and claims handling on a project in the five to fifteen million euro range.

You will lead commercial strategy, manage NEC/JCT issues, and mentor junior staff, while coordinating with the contracts manager, project manager and construction team on site.

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying or related discipline.
• Training in commercial management, dispute resolution and contract law.
• Experience of design and build and high value multidisciplinary contracts.
• RICS or CIOB chartership desirable.

Responsibilities

• Take full commercial management of the project, working with the contracts manager, project manager and construction team.
• Own commercial and contractual issues and develop junior staff.
• Lead procurement from tender through subcontract selection to final account and forecasts.
• Maintain accurate records for variations, cash flow and valuations and manage claims.

Skills

Commercial management

Negotiation

Contract law

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline

Training in commercial management

Training in dispute resolution

Training in contract law

Tools

NEC contracts

JCT contracts

Job description

John Sisk and Son is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its data centre team in Denmark, based in Fredericia, under requisition 2026-2960 on its own careers board. The advert gives the holder full commercial management of a project, working with the contracts manager, project manager and construction team, and taking ownership of commercial and contractual issues while developing junior staff.

The commercial strand covers the project's commercial strategy, agreed with the managing quantity surveyor, protecting the company's entitlements, leading procurement from tender preparation and subcontract selection to final account, and preparing forecasts, cash flow, reconciliations and valuations, with variations agreed on accurate records. The advert refers to traditional and design and build contracts on projects in the five to fifteen million euro range.

Risk and opportunity registers, and the management of claims and disputes including the preparation of records and the formulation of arguments, sit with the role. The contractual strand asks the holder to interpret and apply contract law, advise in detail on NEC and JCT conditions, draft contractual correspondence and sensitive reports, negotiate complex subcontracts and manage bonds, warranties, guarantees, insurances and letters of intent.

Sisk asks for a degree in quantity surveying or a related discipline, training in commercial management, dispute resolution and contract law, and experience of design and build and high value multidisciplinary contracts, with RICS or CIOB chartership desirable. The post is full time. A salary is listed in the package but no figure is published, and no closing date is given.

How to apply

Applications are made to the employer directly. The link below opens the employer's own posting, which is the only place this vacancy is published and the only place its terms are stated.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 08-09-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.