Freelance Quantity Surveyor - Water Project (Hybrid)

ABS Commercial Solutions; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Immediate start

Job summary

ABS Commercial Solutions is seeking an experienced Freelance Quantity Surveyor to support a United Utilities clean water mains replacement project across Lancashire and Cumbria. The role focuses on change control and commercial management, with attendance at the Fulwood office initially and hybrid remote work thereafter.

The successful candidate will manage change, Compensation Events and subcontractor performance across ~150km of mains replacements, with potential extension into 2027.

Qualifications

• Strong quantity surveying experience.
• Strong change control experience.
• Compensation event experience.
• Commercial management experience.
• Subcontractor management experience.
• Ability to work independently and hit the ground running.

Responsibilities

• Manage change across the project
• Manage and progress Compensation Events
• Work through Early Warnings
• Maintain and progress the Compensation Event register
• Review and apply contractual change
• Measure completed works
• Manage commercial applications and associated quantum
• Support final accounts
• Manage subcontractors and subcontractor change
• Review and progress outstanding commercial matters
• Support the commercial management of the supply chain
• Ensure change and Compensation Events are progressed through to sign-off

Skills

Quantity surveying

Change control

Compensation events

Commercial management

Subcontractor management

Independent / self-starter

Job description

ABS Commercial Solutions is seeking an experienced Freelance Quantity Surveyor to support a United Utilities clean water mains replacement project across Lancashire and Cumbria. The role focuses on change control and commercial management, with attendance at the Fulwood office initially and hybrid remote work thereafter.

The successful candidate will manage change, Compensation Events and subcontractor performance across ~150km of mains replacements, with potential extension into 2027.