Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sccsinternational; Banwell; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Galliford Try is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for the Banwell Bypass project in North Somerset. The role manages commercial administration, reporting and performance with responsibility for cost control and contract management on a major highways scheme.

You will prepare and negotiate subcontract documents, issue commercial notices, handle compensation events, and produce monthly cost-value reports.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field.
• Strong communication and cost-management experience on site.
• Knowledge of standard contracts and construction processes.
• CSCS certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial administration, reporting and performance.
• Oversee cost control and contract management.
• Prepare and negotiate subcontract documents (terms, prices and programme).
• Issue commercial notices to client and subcontractors; handle compensation events.
• Prepare monthly client applications and cost-value reports; track against cost plan.

Skills

Communication

Cost control

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

Tools

Excel

Word

CEMAR

Oracle

Job description

Galliford Try is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for the Banwell Bypass project in North Somerset.

The posting describes a highways scheme comprising:

• junctions
• earthworks
• drainage
• structures

The full-time role manages commercial administration, reporting and performance, with responsibility for cost control and contract management.

The surveyor will prepare and negotiate subcontract documents covering:

• terms
• prices and programme
• interim assessments
• changes

Duties include issuing commercial notices to the client and subcontractors and handling compensation-event quotations. The holder will prepare, submit and agree monthly client applications, work with engineering and operational staff on site records, and produce monthly cost-value reports. A detailed cost plan must track and forecast expenditure.

The employer seeks knowledge of standard contracts and construction processes, strong communication skills and competence with Excel, Word and contractual or cost-management systems such as CEMAR and Oracle. A relevant degree or commercial experience is requested. Professional qualifications or progress towards membership are desirable, together with experience on large projects or several smaller schemes and appropriate CSCS certification.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 14-09-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.