Lead Quantity Surveyor

Snc-Lavalin; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Linxon Glasgow seeks a Lead Quantity Surveyor to oversee commercial and cost control for large EPC projects under NEC4 frameworks. The role requires a degree in Quantity Surveying or related field, with MRICS/CIOB preferred and a proven track record on major schemes.

You will be responsible for risk management, valuations, and contract administration. The successful candidate will join a global engineering team, driving commercial strategy from pre-contract to post-award, ensuring governance and

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Construction Law, or a related field.
• Professional accreditation (MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial and contractual management of large projects.
• Provide strategic guidance on tendering activities, contract options, and budgets with risk contingencies.
• Maintain QA of construction contracts, oversee data records, and ensure cost management.

Skills

QS experience

EPC contracts

NEC4 knowledge

Risk management

Cost forecasting

Procurement

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Job Title: Lead Quantity Surveyor Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Join us! As a Lead Quantity Surveyor you will play a role involves overseeing our EPC projects' cost control, contract administration, and commercial management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in lump sum EPC contracts and NEC contract frameworks, ensuring projects are executed efficiently and in line with commercial best practices.

What will you do?

Lead the commercial and contractual management of large project ensuring seamless pre-contract and post-contract processes.

Provide strategic guidance on tendering activities, contract options, and budget estimates, incorporating risk and contingency allowances.

Maintain quality assurance of construction contracts by overseeing contractor data records, providing commercial support, and ensuring effective cost management.

Participate in contract risk reviews, implement strong risk management techniques, and ensure accurate project risk assessment.

Conduct valuations, cash flow management, and payment applications.

Prepare and present commercial reports, cost analyses, and financial statements.

Support change management and variation control processes.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Construction Law, or a related field.
• Professional accreditation (e.g., MRICS, CIOB, or equivalent) preferred.

Experience

• Experience as a QS on large-scale construction projects.
• Experience in EPC and NEC4 contracts (Options A, C, and E).
• Proven track record in commercial and contract management on large, complex projects.
• Strong expertise in risk management, cost forecasting, and procurement processes.

About Linxon

Linxon Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine Hitachi Energy deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon. Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future.

If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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Worker Type Employee
Job Type Regular

At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Linxon is a joint venture company set up by AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy to deliver turnkey electrical AC substation projects. At Linxon, we are the experts for substations related to renewable and conventional power generation, power transmission and transportation solutions. Our responsibility includes project design, engineering, procurement, construction, management and finally commissioning. Our team combines project management expertise and industry leading technology to create a true partner for reliable, sustainable energy solutions.