Senior Commercial & Quantity Surveyor - Defence Projects

ASSYSTEM; Scotland; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of major defence projects. The role provides commercial and contractual leadership across the full lifecycle, ensuring cost management, risk control, procurement support, and governance on complex construction and engineering programmes.

Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will help maintain commercial performance, forecast accurately, manage change, and support successful project delivery in a highly regulated

Qualifications

• NEC4 Professional Services experience is preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel to at least intermediate level.
• Ideally degreed qualified in Quantity Surveying.
• Able to manage and prioritise competing priorities.
• Working to high levels of accuracy and contract compliance.
• Ideally prior CEMAR experience.
• Security Clearance will need to be attained for this role.

Responsibilities

• Contract Administration for existing contracts; manage and issue activities.
• Provide commercial advice to the Contract Leads.
• Ensure contract timelines are met (management of CEMAR).
• Process Applications for Payment.
• General communications under the contract.
• Prepare programme submissions and forecast submissions as required.
• Manage change and early warnings.
• Support bid activity for new call-off contracts.
• Cost control and regular reporting.
• Support weekly and monthly progress meetings.
• Liaise with the client CEMAR Supervisor and Learning from Experience.

Skills

NEC contract experience

Excel (intermediate)

Contract compliance

Prior CEMAR experience

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Assystem is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support the delivery of major defence projects. The role provides commercial and contractual leadership across the full lifecycle, ensuring cost management, risk control, procurement support, and governance on complex construction and engineering programmes.

Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will help maintain commercial performance, forecast accurately, manage change, and support successful project delivery in a highly regulated