Quantity Surveyor

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Dartford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work

Enhanced leave

Discretionary bonus

Company car and fuel card

Job summary

M Group is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to support live utilities contracts, focusing on commercial management, cost reporting, and subcontractor oversight. This role offers exposure to multiple workstreams and a clear path toward Senior Quantity Surveyor within a dynamic infrastructure environment.

You will engage with internal and client teams to drive value, margin improvement, and robust commercial controls, while developing broader commercial experience within a large-scale water

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Quantity Surveying role within utilities/infrastructure or similar environment.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts and general contract awareness.
• Strong Excel skills and good understanding of cost reporting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the commercial management and administration of a live utilities contract, including cost reporting, forecasting and performance analysis.
• Assessing and managing subcontractor accounts, ensuring accurate valuation and timely resolution of commercial issues.
• Supporting the preparation and submission of applications for payment and client reporting.
• Identifying value opportunities, cost efficiencies and opportunities to improve margin and commercial processes.
• Working closely with operational teams to support delivery and ensure robust commercial control across the contract.
• Clear career progression opportunities, with support to develop the role towards Senior Quantity Surveyor level.

Skills

NEC contracts

Excel

Subcontract management

Communication

Teamworking

Time management

Take ownership

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

You’ll join a fast-paced utilities contract at the heart of a large-scale water infrastructure programme, where your commercial input will directly support live delivery and help shape key decisions across multiple workstreams. This is a great opportunity to build broad commercial experience, work closely with operational and client teams, and play a visible role in delivering essential services for customers and communities.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting the commercial management and administration of a live utilities contract, including cost reporting, forecasting and performance analysis
• Assessing and managing subcontractor accounts, ensuring accurate valuation and timely resolution of commercial issues
• Supporting the preparation and submission of applications for payment and client reporting
• Identifying value opportunities, cost efficiencies and opportunities to improve margin and commercial processes
• Working closely with operational teams to support delivery and ensure robust commercial control across the contract
• Clear career progression opportunities, with support to develop the role towards Senior Quantity Surveyor level

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Quantity Surveying role within utilities/infrastructure or similar environment
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts and general contract awareness
• Strong Excel skills and good understanding of cost reporting and forecasting
• Experience of subcontract management and commercial administration
• Strong communication and teamworking skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• A tenacious, self-motivated approach, with the confidence to take ownership
• Good time management skills, with a proactive mindset and the ability to prioritise effectively and execute at pace

What’s in it for you?

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.