Managing Quantity Surveyor

Millbank Holdings Limited; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Millbank Holdings Ltd is seeking an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to join a major industrial project in Hull. You will take leadership of the commercial function, overseeing measurement, valuation, cost forecasting and recovery of project costs to support successful delivery.

You will work closely with project leadership, commercial and delivery teams, providing guidance on NEC3/NEC4 contracts and managing subcontractor accounts, change management and final accounts.

Qualifications

• Significant quantity surveying or commercial management experience on major engineering, construction, energy or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC3/ NEC4 contracts, including NEC Option B.
• Experience measuring, valuing, forecasting and managing commercial aspects on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day responsibility for the commercial management of the project.
• Maintain understanding of scope, pricing, contract requirements and commercial assumptions.
• Provide commercial guidance to project and delivery teams.
• Identify and mitigate commercial risks, opportunities and contractual issues.
• Lead measurement and valuation of completed works per contract requirements.
• Prepare and manage payment applications and ensure accurate valuations.
• Maintain cost forecasts, cost-to-complete and EAC reporting.
• Lead subcontractor and supplier commercial management and final accounts.

Skills

Quantity Surveying experience

NEC3/ NEC4 contracts

NEC Option B

Measurement & valuation

Cost control & forecasting

Contract management

Interpret drawings & bills

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Job description

Do you have significant Quantity Surveying or commercial management experience within major engineering, construction, energy or infrastructure projects, with strong knowledge of NEC3 or NEC4 contracts?

Have you led the measurement, valuation, cost forecasting and commercial management of complex projects, including subcontractor accounts and change management activities?

Are you looking for an opportunity to take full commercial ownership of a major industrial project where your expertise will directly influence project performance, profitability and successful delivery?

The Opportunity

Due to ongoing project delivery requirements, our client is seeking an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to join a major industrial project in Hull. This is an opportunity to take a leading commercial role on a complex programme, ensuring accurate measurement, valuation, forecasting and recovery of project costs while supporting successful project delivery.

Working closely with project leadership, commercial and delivery teams, you will provide commercial oversight across all stages of the project lifecycle. This role offers significant responsibility, exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence commercial outcomes on a high value engineering and construction project.

Key benefits include working on a major industrial development, genuine ownership of commercial performance, a collaborative project environment and the opportunity to lead and develop commercial team members.

Your duties and responsibilities will be

• Take day to day responsibility for the commercial management of the project.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of the project scope, contract requirements, pricing structure and commercial assumptions.
• Provide commercial advice and guidance to project and delivery teams.
• Identify and escape commercial risks, opportunities and contractual issues.
• Lead the measurement and valuation of completed works in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Ensure quantities are accurately measured and supported by relevant records, drawings and calculations.
• Maintain robust measurement and valuation records to support commercial entitlement.
• Reconcile contract quantities, measured quantities, completed works, applications and forecast quantities.
• Identify and assess quantity growth, reductions and associated commercial impacts.
• Prepare and manage applications for payment, ensuring accurate valuation and contractual recovery.
• Monitor certified values, cash received and outstanding balances.
• Own and maintain detailed cost forecasts, cost to complete assessments and estimate at completion reporting
• Reconcile actual and committed costs against budgets and project performance.
• Identify emerging cost trends and support mitigation actions.
• Support and contribute to change management activities, ensuring the commercial implications of scope changes are accurately assessed.
• Ensure compensation events and approved changes are reflected in forecasts, applications and commercial records.
• Lead the commercial management of subcontractors and suppliers.
• Manage subcontract applications, valuations, variations, liabilities, accruals and final accounts.
• Maintain contemporaneous records to support measurement, change control and contractual entitlement.
• Support procurement activities and commercial assessment of subcontract and supply packages.
• Manage commercial risks and opportunities and support recovery strategies where required.
• Produce accurate commercial reports covering cost, value, change, risk, forecast and project performance.
• Provide leadership, support and guidance to Quantity Surveyors and commercial team members.
• Drive commercial close out activities and support timely agreement of final accounts.

You will have the following qualifications & experience

• Significant Quantity Surveying or commercial management experience within engineering, construction, energy or infrastructure projects.
• Strong practical knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 contracts.
• Experience working under NEC Option B contracts.
• Demonstrable experience in the measurement and valuation of complex construction projects.
• Strong understanding of compensation events and change management processes.
• Experience managing subcontractor accounts from procurement through to final account.
• Strong cost control, forecasting and financial reporting capability.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, scope documents, bills of quantities and commercial schedules.
• Experience using contract management and project financial systems.
• Degree qualified, or equivalent, in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.

It’s great if you also have the following

• Membership of RICS or progress towards a professional qualification.
• Experience on large scale industrial, process, energy or infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading and mentoring commercial teams.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and earned value principles.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering and construction environments.

The setting for the role

This role is based full time on site in Hull, working within a major engineering and construction project environment. You will collaborate closely with project management, engineering, construction, planning, procurement and commercial teams to ensure effective commercial performance throughout the project lifecycle. The position offers significant stakeholder engagement, leadership responsibility and the opportunity to influence the successful commercial delivery of a complex industrial programme.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.