Managing Quantity Surveyor

VolkerWessels UK; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension

Life Assurance

Private medical care

Flexible working opportunities

Training and development opportunities

Cycle to Work

Employee Assistance programme

24/7 Virtual GP service

Job summary

VolkerFitzpatrick is seeking a commercially astute leader to deliver complex infrastructure projects in a collaborative environment. The role supports projects valued from tens to hundreds of millions of pounds, requiring NEC3/NEC4 expertise, and a track record of building and leading commercial teams. A degree in QS or related field and professional membership (or progress toward chartership) are preferred. The package includes extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Significant experience at Senior Quantity Surveyor or Managing Quantity Surveyor level.
• Strong knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 forms of contract.
• Proven experience managing commercial teams and developing people.
• Track record delivering projects valued from tens to hundreds of millions of pounds.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to identify risks, opportunities and value-enhancing solutions.
• Experience of framework delivery environments and collaborative contracting models.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or related discipline.

Skills

Senior Quantity Surveyor experience

NEC3/NEC4 knowledge

Commercial team leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk/opportunity/value solutions

Framework delivery

Contracting & negotiation

Commercial acumen

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation's life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

About you

We are looking for a commercially astute and proactive leader who thrives in a collaborative infrastructure environment and has a passion for delivering complex projects successfully.

Ideally, you will have:

• Significant experience operating at Senior Quantity Surveyor or Managing Quantity Surveyor level within major infrastructure, civil engineering or utilities projects.
• Strong knowledge of NEC forms of contract, particularly NEC3 and NEC4.
• Proven experience managing commercial teams and developing people.
• A track record of successfully delivering projects with values ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of pounds.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to identify risks, opportunities and value‑enhancing solutions.
• Experience of framework delivery environments and collaborative contracting models.
• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
• Membership of RICS, ICES or a similar professional body (or working towards chartership).

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

Additional information

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.