Quantity Surveyor

Galliford Try Group; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Private medical scheme options

Job summary

Galliford Try Group in Leicestershire is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support commercial activities for infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will contribute to the procurement process, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with standards.

Key responsibilities include assisting with budget planning and supplier engagement, while maintaining risk registers and financial records. Candidates should have strong commercial awareness, analytical skills, and experience in construction or telecoms.

This role offers flexibility with a predominantly office-based working arrangement and various benefits to support career development.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction, telecoms or similar sectors.
• Strong commercial awareness and confident working with data.
• Detail-focused and proactive.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-construction commercial activities including budgets.
• Monitor risks, budgets, procurement progress and supplier performance.
• Assist with procurement planning and supplier engagement.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Analytical skills

Knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Ability to obtain DV security clearance

Job description

Role Title: Quantity Surveyor

Business Unit: Digital Infrastructure

Location: Leicestershire

Role Purpose

Support the commercial and pre‑construction delivery of regional infrastructure projects within a major programme. Working with the Commercial Manager and team, you'll contribute from award through to contract signing, mobilisation and handover. Reporting to the Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll assist with commercial control, procurement, cost planning, data analysis and risk management, ensuring compliance with company and client standards.

You’ll help maintain accurate records, support supplier engagement and quotation analysis, and contribute to building robust cost and commercial information for successful project delivery.

Working Arrangements

Galliford Try offers flexible working. Due to the secure nature of this role, it is predominantly office-based.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support pre‑construction commercial activities including budgets, cost plans, tenders and submissions
• Monitor risks, budgets, procurement progress and supplier performance
• Maintain trackers, forecasts, risk registers and financial records
• Assist with procurement planning and supplier engagement
• Prepare enquiries and analyse quotations for value, compliance and risk
• Produce comparisons, recommendations and maintain clear procurement records
• Support contract reviews, identifying risks, gaps and obligations
• Assist with supplier agreements and ensure alignment with main contract terms
• Maintain contractual documentation and records
• Support cost, value and margin reporting
• Help identify risks, allowances and procurement gaps
• Produce reports on progress, budgets and commercial risk
• Take part in training and continuous professional development
• Support team knowledge sharing where needed

About You

• Experience in construction, telecoms or similar sectors
• Knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills
• Confident working with data, procurement and cost planning
• Collaborative, proactive and detail‑focused
• Experience on defence/MoD projects (desirable)
• Able to obtain DV security clearance (essential)

Benefits

Galliford Try is committed to the wellbeing of its people. We offer a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

We invest in high‑quality training for employees at all levels, from leadership development frameworks to apprenticeship programmes. Our Career Paths initiative gives individuals tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office‑based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full‑time, reduced hours or flexibly; this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process. We encourage you to confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make your application a positive experience.

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability who meets the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

Contact

Skyemarie Bree – [e-mail]