Senior Quantity Surveyor

Carrington West; Chipping Warden; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£5,900 car allowance

Travel allowance 33p per mile

Subsistence package

26 days AL plus bank holidays

Matched pension up to 7.5%

Health Care

Job summary

Carrington West is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its commercial team on major HS2 infrastructure projects. You will own the commercial delivery across a portfolio of assets, driving cost control, change management and reporting from day one.

Based at the Chipping Warden office with hybrid working, you will collaborate with operations and support junior colleagues, taking ownership and delivering complex civils packages under NEC contracts.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor on major infrastructure projects.
• Strong NEC/NEC3 Option B contract knowledge.
• Proven ability to manage commercial change and subcontractors.

Responsibilities

• Take commercial ownership of multiple HS2 infrastructure assets from procurement to final account.
• Manage subcontractor packages, ensuring labour, plant and materials are controlled and relationships maintained.
• Lead change management, report liabilities and accruals, administer NEC3 contracts, identify risks and opportunities.
• Mentor junior team members and provide guidance within a collaborative commercial environment.

Skills

NEC contracts

Commercial change management

Subcontractor management

NEC3 Option B

HS2 experience

Infrastructure project delivery

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with a strong background delivering major infrastructure projects for a main contractor? Do you have extensive experience managing NEC contracts, commercial change, subcontractors and taking ownership of projects from day one? Are you looking for an opportunity to play a key role on one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects, delivering critical highways, drainage and finishing works?

Location: Chipping Warden office with hybrid working (minimum 3 days per week in the office) and occasional travel to site.

Salary: up to £75,000 per annum DOE + £5,900 car allowance.

Benefits

• £5,900 car allowance
• Travel allowance paid at 33p per mile
• Subsistence package for candidates further than 50 miles or 2 hours away
• 26 days AL plus bank holidays
• Matched pension up to 7.5%
• Health Care

Role Overview

My client is looking to appoint an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team working on HS2, delivering a varied portfolio of infrastructure works including track drainage, highways, access roads, landscaping, planting and fencing.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a major infrastructure project where you will take ownership of approximately 20 project assets, treating each as its own mini project. Rather than simply managing subcontractors, you will be responsible for the commercial performance of your allocated assets, ensuring successful delivery through effective cost management, change control and commercial reporting.

Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will be expected to operate with minimal supervision from day one, working closely with operational teams while supporting more junior members of the commercial team. The role offers a collaborative working environment with a well-established commercial team and a hybrid working arrangement based from the Chipping Warden office.

This opportunity would suit an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor who enjoys taking ownership, managing commercial risk and delivering complex infrastructure packages under NEC contracts.

Key Responsibilities

• You will take commercial ownership of multiple infrastructure assets across the HS2 project, managing the commercial lifecycle from procurement through to final account.
• You will manage subcontractor packages, ensuring labour, plant and materials are effectively controlled while maintaining strong commercial relationships.
• You will lead change management activities, produce accurate reporting on liabilities and accruals, administer NEC3 Option B subcontracts and ensure commercial risks and opportunities are identified throughout project delivery.
• You will analyse tenders, assist with the procurement and set-up of new subcontract packages, work closely with operational teams to ensure successful delivery and provide guidance and support to junior members of the commercial team.

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a main contractor delivering major infrastructure projects is essential, ideally within a highways environment.
• Candidates must have strong experience working under NEC contracts, ideally NEC3 Option B.
• Proven experience managing commercial change, reporting liabilities and accruals and successfully managing subcontractors.
• You will be comfortable taking ownership of projects with minimal supervision and have experience delivering projects within sectors such as highways, rail, water, nuclear or other major infrastructure environments.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience working on HS2 or other nationally significant infrastructure projects would be advantageous, along with previous experience mentoring or supporting junior Quantity Surveyors.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects, offering long-term career development, genuine responsibility from day one and the opportunity to play a key role in delivering a major civils programme.