Quantity Surveyor

Avove Utilities; Brighouse; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Employee assistance program

Volunteering days in the community

Job summary

Avove Utilities is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their Commercial team, focusing on the Yorkshire Water account. This permanent position involves a home and office working split from Brighouse.

Your responsibilities include compliance with systems, financial reporting, project cost management, and administration of contracts. The ideal candidate has a commercial background with a relevant degree or RICS accreditation, excellent communication skills, and a strong customer-focused approach.

Join us for a rewarding career that offers 24 days holiday, a pension scheme, and various lifestyle benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience within the utilities sector is advantageous but not essential.
• Knowledge of Framework Agreements and NEC3 or NEC4 contracts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Avove systems and commercial procedures.
• Assist with financial reporting of subcontract orders.
• Manage project costs and prepare financial statements.
• Administer construction contracts and manage subcontractors.
• Maintain accurate commercial records and support payment applications.

Skills

Strong relationship building

Excellent communication skills

Customer-focused approach

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant degree qualification

Working towards RICS or equivalent

Job description

Working here isn’t just a job. You can advance your career at Avove, and we’ll reward you with a range of benefits that recognise great work. We provide full training and continuous development to help you reach your potential. We strive to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves. Join us and take the next step towards a fulfilling career.

We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team, working on our Yorkshire Water account. This is a permanent role and will include a home working and office-based split, based from Brighouse.

What Will Your Day Look Like

• Working within the Commercial Team to ensure full compliance with Avove systems, processes, and commercial procedures
• Working to strict internal and contractual deadlines, including those set out in Framework Agreements and NEC contracts
• Assisting with the creation, monitoring, and financial reporting of subcontract orders, ensuring accurate cost control
• Supporting the Commercial Lead in managing project costs, including preparation of financial statements and weekly/monthly reports
• Assisting in the procurement and administration of construction contracts and the ongoing management of subcontractors
• Collating and maintaining accurate commercial records, including variations, claims, extensions of time, and final accounts
• Working closely with internal stakeholders and project teams to support payment applications, subcontractor administration, and commercial close-out of contracts

About You

This role is ideal for someone with a commercial background. Experience within the utilities sector would be advantageous but is not essential. A relevant degree qualification, or working towards RICS or an equivalent professional accreditation, is desirable, along with knowledge or experience of working under Framework Agreements and NEC3 or NEC4 contracts. You will be a strong relationship builder with a customer‑focused approach, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage your time effectively, work to strict deadlines, and collaborate successfully within a team.

What’s In It For You

• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Family friendly policies
• A selection of lifestyle benefit options
• Financial wellbeing programme
• Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
• We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising

About Us

We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting‑edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected. We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water, power and telecommunications sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward. We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, Scottish Power Energy Networks.

We are an equal opportunities employer

We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.