Highway Senior Quantity Surveyor

Carrington West; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private medical insurance

Group life assurance

Increasing annual leave

Job summary

Carrington West is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for highways infrastructure based in Featherstone, Wakefield. You will own commercial outcomes from pre-contract through final account, ensuring robust contracts, accurate forecasting and effective cash flow management.

You will work with operational and estimating colleagues, driving value, managing change, and protecting margins across civil projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Strong experience in civil engineering/infrastructure.
• Good knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Understanding of estimating from first principles.
• Experience managing highways infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial aspects of highways projects from pre-contract to final account.
• Collaborate with estimators to protect margins and optimise pricing.
• Oversee cost control, cash flow, and project reporting.
• Prepare and agree compensation events and CE/CEMAR registers.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and support value engineering.
• Produce budgets, forecasts and commercial reports with teams.

Skills

NEC contracts knowledge

Commercial reporting

Cash flow management

Contract administration

Education

BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying

Tools

CEMAR

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Highways Infrastructure

Featherstone, Wakefield | £70,000 dependent on experience + car allowance + private medical insurance

If you are an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor looking to take greater commercial ownership across highways and civil engineering projects, this is an opportunity to join a business where your judgement, contract knowledge and commercial input will have a genuine impact.

You will receive a salary of £70,000, dependent on experience, alongside a car allowance, private medical insurance, life assurance and increasing annual leave. You will also have the opportunity to work closely with senior commercial and operational colleagues while continuing to develop your career within highways infrastructure.

The business

My client operates within the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, delivering projects with a strong focus on quality, commercial control and client satisfaction.

They are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor who can bring strong NEC contract knowledge, sound commercial judgement and a proactive approach to managing cost, risk and project performance.

Your role

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the commercial management of highways infrastructure projects from pre-contract stages through to final account.

You will work closely with operational, estimating and commercial colleagues to ensure projects remain commercially robust, contractual obligations are managed effectively and opportunities to improve margin and cash flow are identified.

You will be doing the following:

• Working closely with the Pre-Contract Manager to identify and support new opportunities
• Liaising with estimators to support competitive pricing while protecting margin objectives
• Responding efficiently to client requests during pre-contract stages and supporting a smooth transition into project delivery
• Feeding lessons learned from live projects back into future estimates and tenders
• Managing project cash collection, including applications for payment and resolving client queries
• Managing change control, including preparing and agreeing compensation events and maintaining CE registers and/or CEMAR
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities and supporting value engineering initiatives
• Producing project budgets, forecasts and commercial reports in collaboration with operational teams
• Supporting project teams to deliver works efficiently and within agreed budgets
• Reviewing contract terms and identifying commercial and contractual risks
• Supporting contract negotiations and managing documentation including bills of quantities, scopes of work and terms and conditions
• Ensuring contractual obligations are understood and appropriately managedSupporting the resolution of commercial disputes and claims where required
• Monitoring project performance and advising on variations, compensation events and changes in scope
• Managing project cash flow, invoicing, interim valuations and final accounts
• Providing clear financial and commercial reporting to senior management, highlighting risks, opportunities and project performance

What you will need

To be considered for this Senior Quantity Surveyor opportunity, you should have:

• A BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying, or an equivalent qualification
• Strong Quantity Surveying experience within civil engineering or infrastructure
• Good working knowledge of construction contracts, particularly NEC forms of contract
• An understanding of estimating from first principles
• Experience commercially managing highways infrastructure projects would be highly beneficial
• Strong contract administration, cost management and commercial reporting skills
• The ability to build productive relationships with clients, operational teams and other stakeholders
• A proactive, organised approach to commercial risk and project delivery

Salary and benefits

• Salary: £70,000, dependent on experience
• Car allowance
• 25 days' annual leave, increasing by 0.5 days per year to a maximum of 28 days
• Group Life Assurance: 4x basic salary
• Private Medical Insurance

Location and career development

This role is based in Featherstone, Wakefield.

You will be joining a business where you can take meaningful commercial responsibility, contribute directly to the performance of highways projects and continue developing towards more senior commercial leadership positions.

For a Senior Quantity Surveyor who enjoys combining hands-on project management with broader commercial responsibility, this offers the opportunity to make a visible contribution within an established infrastructure environment.

FOOTNOTE:

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.

Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Jordan Townley at Carrington West on 023 9431 4917 or email [e-mail] for more information.

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