Quantity Surveyor - Highways

4Recruitment Services; Chavey Down; Hybrid; GBP 151,536,000 - 172,200,000; Full time

Job summary

4Recruitment Services is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor for Oxfordshire highways term maintenance. The role provides commercial support to the NEC Contract Manager and Service Manager, administering task orders under NEC4 Term Service Contract (TSC), Option A.

The candidate will review quotations, prepare estimates, monitor costs, and maintain financial records, while ensuring value engineering opportunities and timely commercial decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience on highways term maintenance contracts.
• Experience with NEC4 TSC Option A.
• Strong cost estimating and rate build-up skills.
• Ability to review quotations and assess costs.
• Knowledge of measurement, price lists and cost build-ups.
• Ability to challenge contractor submissions and provide recommendations.
• Collaborative approach while protecting the client position.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor Task Order quotations.
• Prepare and check estimates and cost plans.
• Review quantities, price list items, rates and build-ups.
• Build new rates for items not in the Price List.
• Assess contractor payments, valuations and changes.
• Monitor budgets, expenditure and forecasts.
• Maintain commercial records and audit trails.
• Support commercial meetings and NEC timescales.

Skills

Cost estimation

NEC4 TSC

Contract cost control

Job description

Quantity Surveyor - Highways

Location: Oxfordshire

Rate: £55 per hour Umbrella

Working Arrangement: Hybrid 1 day per week In the office

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial support to the NEC Contract Manager and delegated Service Manager in administering the Oxfordshire highways term maintenance contract. The role will support the delivery of maintenance and improvement works through Task Orders under the NEC4 Term Service Contract (TSC), Option A.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess Contractor Task Order quotations.
• Prepare and check estimates and cost plans.
• Review quantities, Price List items, rates and cost build-ups.
• Build up new rates where items are not included in the Price List.
• Review Contractor payment applications and valuations.
• Assess compensation events and other contract changes.
• Review and challenge Contractor costs, preliminaries and risk allowances.
• Undertake independent Service Manager assessments where required.
• Monitor Task Order budgets, expenditure and forecasts.
• Maintain cost reports, cashflow forecasts and commercial trackers.
• Review claims and supporting cost evidence.
• Undertake or verify site measurements where required.
• Identify value engineering and cost-saving opportunities.
• Support RFQ, Early Warning and commercial meetings.
• Monitor NEC contractual and commercial timescales.
• Maintain clear commercial records and audit trails.

Requirements

• Previous experience working on highways term maintenance contracts is desirable.
• Experience working with NEC4 TSC Option A is desirable.
• Strong experience preparing cost estimates and rate build-ups, including agreeing new rates with Contractors and supporting Service Manager assessments.
• Experience reviewing Contractor quotations and assessing costs.
• Experience with compensation events and change control.
• Strong understanding of measurement, rates, Price Lists and cost build-ups.
• Ability to effectively challenge Contractor submissions and provide clear commercial recommendations.
• Ability to work collaboratively while protecting the Client's commercial position.

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. We are an equal opportunity agency