Senior Quantity Surveyor

Gold Group; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Belfast is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a dynamic commercial team. In this role, you'll manage commercial aspects of high-value capital projects, ensuring robust cost control and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in quantity surveying and NEC contracts. The position offers a competitive salary and attractive benefits, including a company car.

Benefits

Company car or £5,000 car/travel allowance

25 days leave + bank holidays

Contributory pension

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, ideally at Senior level.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Full commercial oversight across multiple capital projects.
• Managing cost plans, forecasting, budgets, valuations, and change control.
• Leading commercial reporting and ensuring strong financial governance.
• Building effective working relationships with clients and supply chain.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Cost management

Stakeholder management

NEC contract expertise

Education

Relevant degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Capital Projects Framework

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Salary: £50,000 - £72,000 + Car Allowance & Full Package

I'm delighted to be supporting a long-standing client in their search for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team in Belfast. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to take a lead role on a major 5-year capital works framework, providing full end-to-end commercial management across a portfolio of high-value projects in the region.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be based from the client's modern Belfast offices and play a key role in shaping commercial strategy, ensuring robust cost control, and acting as a trusted partner to both internal teams and external stakeholders across a wide range of capital projects.

Responsibilities

• Full commercial oversight across multiple capital projects within a long-term framework.
• Managing cost plans, forecasting, budgets, valuations, and change control.
• Leading commercial reporting and ensuring strong financial governance.
• Building effective working relationships with the client, supply chain, and wider project teams.
• Applying your NEC contract expertise to manage compensation events, risk, and contract administration.
• Supporting junior team members and contributing to continuous improvement across the framework.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor, ideally at Senior level, on capital, infrastructure, or utilities projects.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, self-driven approach with the ability to work autonomously.
• Based in Belfast and comfortable travelling across Northern Ireland when required.
• Relevant degree qualification (Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management).

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary £50k-£72k (DOE)
• Company car or £5,000 car/travel allowance
• 25 days leave + bank holidays
• Contributory pension
• Private healthcare

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will also be offered a role that includes exposure to a long-term framework providing job security, career progression, an excellent work life balance and varied project exposure.

If you're a driven Senior Quantity Surveyor looking for a long-term, career-defining role on a major programme of works, I'd love to hear from you. Apply today or contact Matt Clegg at Gold Group for a confidential discussion.

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