Senior Quantity Surveyor

Solomons Europe; Chester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex allowance of £5,775

Bonus scheme up to 10%

Enhanced family leave

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Matched pension contributions up to 8%

Private medical insurance

In-house APC Counsellor support

Job summary

A leading quantity surveying consultancy is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor in the North East. In this role, you will serve as a trusted commercial advisor, ensuring project management under NEC4 standards. You'll collaborate with stakeholders and drive process improvements. The position offers a competitive salary, a £5,775 flex allowance, and benefits including enhanced family leave and career development support. A degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent is required, along with excellent leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license and access to a car for business travel.
• Experience of mentoring and supervising others in a commercial team.
• Strong understanding of NEC4 contracts and strategies.
• Experience mentoring and supervising others in a commercial team.
• Ideally, professional membership with RICS, CIPS, or ICE or working towards.
• Strong understanding of NEC4 contracts and contract strategies.
• Effective communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively on-site with project teams to deliver success.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic commercial insight on client projects.
• Lead on contract and commercial management.
• Drive process improvements and resolve challenges.
• Identify smarter ways of working and drive process improvements.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve challenges and unlock opportunities.

Skills

Client-focused

Commercially astute

Strong Excel skills

Effective communication

Leadership skills

Ability to foster collaboration

Teamwork

Leadership

On-site collaboration

Education

Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Engineering

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Contract: Permanent, PAYE

Location: Tyne & Wear/ North East

Salary: Highly Competitive salary + Flex Allowance £5,775 & Unique benefits

About Solomons Europe

We are a Chartered Quantity Surveying practice delivering NEC4 excellence across the UK’s most complex infrastructure, energy, and engineering programmes. For more than 25 years, we’ve provided commercial assurance, contract administration, and trusted project support grounded in collaboration and clarity.

Our ambition is bold: to become the UK’s No.1 NEC4 QS Consultancy — the partner clients turn to for certainty, innovation, and commercial leadership, and the workplace where professionals grow, lead, and make meaningful impact.

Our distinction lies in the combination of deep NEC4 expertise and a people‑first philosophy. Through models like Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviours®, we help teams work better together and bring NEC4’s principles of trust, cooperation, and transparency to life on real projects.

If you’re looking for a company that recognises your achievements and invests in your future, you’ll find your place here. At Solomons, every career is a learning journey — supported, structured, and designed to help you deliver work that matters.

Joining us means a career built on clear NEC4 and RICS pathways, one‑to‑one mentorship, and lifelong learning that blends technical mastery with personal development.

The Senior QS Role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be a trusted commercial advisor, shaping outcomes on complex client projects. You will provide strategic commercial insight, lead on contract and commercial management, and work closely with delivery teams, contractors, and subcontractors to ensure every project stays on track and delivers value.

Your role goes beyond traditional consultancy. You’ll identify smarter ways of working, drive process improvements, and collaborate directly with stakeholders to resolve challenges and unlock opportunities. Our clients rely on us as genuine partners—people who combine technical expertise with practical, hands‑on support.

By bringing together NEC4 mastery, RICS professionalism, and Solomons’ behavioural development approach, you’ll operate with confidence, clarity, and credibility. You’ll help create capable, collaborative environments where teams thrive and projects achieve the very best outcomes.

About You

• Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Engineering (HNC/HND considered).
• Full UK driving license and access to a car for business travel.
• Client-focused, commercially astute, and skilled in fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Strong Excel skills and experience of forecasting, Cost Value Reconciliation reporting, and financial reporting.
• Experience of mentoring and supervising others in a commercial team.
• Ideally, professional membership (or working towards) with RICS, CIPS, or ICE preferred.
• Strong understanding of NEC4 contracts and contract strategies, or similar forms.
• Effective communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively on‑site with project teams to deliver success.

Benefits

• £5,775 flex allowance, bonus scheme (up to 10%), enhanced family leave.
• Rest & Recharge perks: exclusive holiday lodge, training and resilience retreat, 25 days leave (plus bank holidays), with buy/sell options.
• Matched pension contributions (up to 8%), private medical insurance, and health cash plan.
• Career development support, featuring NEC4 accredited training, periodical NEC expert training and tailored management and leadership development pathways.
• In‑house APC Counsellor support and sponsorship available.

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Join a forward‑thinking team shaping the future of NEC4 collaborative project delivery. Be part of Solomons Europe and take your career to the next level!

Solomons Europe is an inclusive employer. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

You may have experience of the following roles/sectors: Senior Quantity Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Project Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Claims Consultant, Contract Management, Contract Administration, relocation, NEC3/4®, EPC, APC, RICS, power generation, nuclear, renewable energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, process engineering, civil engineering.