Quantity Surveyor

MGroup Water; Haighton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure services provider in the UK seeks an experienced Quantity Surveyor to manage procurement and financial aspects of major water projects. This role requires strong analytical skills, effective negotiation, and a proactive approach to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Join a company dedicated to delivering essential services while enhancing your career through training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Access to retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Private health care and cash plan

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Previous experience with Quantity Surveying preferred.
• Capability and desire to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Full driving licence required for site-based travel.

Responsibilities

• Procurement and management of sub-contractor applications and payments.
• Manage financial aspects of the AMP8 frameworks.
• Drive value engineering and ensure projects remain on budget.

Skills

Experience with Quantity Surveying

Analytic mindset

Effective negotiation skills

Attention to detail

Education

BSc in Commercial Management / Quantity Surveying

Job description

About The Role

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.

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.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long‑term while protecting the environment.

What will you be doing?

As a commercial‑grade Quantity Surveyor you will be responsible for the procurement and management of sub‑contractor applications and payments, overseeing cash flow and aged debt reporting, and managing the financial aspects of the AMP8 frameworks across varied clients including COSTAIN, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water.

You will drive value engineering, manage contractor relationships and ensure projects deliver on time and on budget. Cost management expertise is required to prepare accurate estimates and budgets, monitor expenditure against forecasts and implement cost control measures.

Your day‑to‑day activities will include providing sound commercial advice, participating in change management processes, and ensuring the profitability and success of projects.

This role is about being proactive, strategic and committed to delivering results.

What you'll bring

• Previous experience with Quantity Surveying preferred
• BSc in Commercial Management / Quantity Surveying or other related subject is desirable but not essential if you can demonstrate relevant experience within our sector
• Capability and desire to identify opportunities for improvement
• Analytic mindset with attention to detail
• Full driving licence as there will be an element of site based travel involved within the role
• Effective negotiation skills at both internal and client levels
• Assist with the production and presentation of Monthly CVR's/profit and loss accounts

What's in it for you?

• Matched or 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
• Private health care for you plus 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
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
• Personal Accident Cover

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 army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who share a passion, helping to create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values shape our culture and the way we work: responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet; open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations; together and as one team – the whole is greater than the sum of the parts; 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.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

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.