Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sccsinternational; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sccsinternational, a worldwide consultancy, seeks a senior commercial professional for its Chorley office to lead commercial management and NEC contract services on major UK infrastructure programmes.

The role covers pre and post‑contract support, cost estimates, budgets, financial reporting, and performance forecasting, working with client project teams on a hybrid pattern (three days on site on projects and two days at home).

Qualifications

• Degree in quantity surveying required.
• RICS accreditation preferred.
• Experience with NEC contracts and major infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Pre and post contract commercial support and contract administration.
• Preparation and management of cost estimates, budgets and financial reports.
• Monitoring, forecasting and reporting of project cost and programme performance.
• Administration of NEC contracts with commercial assurance and compliance.
• Management of contract changes with risk and value management.
• Keep clients, contractors and other stakeholders informed throughout delivery.

Skills

Commercial management

Contract administration

Cost estimation

Budgeting

Forecasting

Education

Quantity surveying degree

RICS accreditation (preferred)

Tools

NEC Contracts

Job description

A senior commercial post with the project services arm of a worldwide consultancy, based from its Chorley office and serving clients across the United Kingdom.

The work is commercial management and contract services on major infrastructure programmes in the energy, transport and water sectors, delivered alongside client project teams on a hybrid week of typically three days on projects or at client offices and two at home.

The duties run across the project lifecycle: pre and post contract commercial support and contract administration, the preparation and management of cost estimates, budgets and financial reports, and the monitoring, forecasting and reporting of project cost and programme performance. The contract work is NEC.

The posting names support for the administration of NEC contracts with commercial assurance and compliance, and the management of contract change with risk and value managed through it. Accounts are to be agreed and closed in accordance with the contract terms, cost variance monitored proactively, and clients, contractors and other stakeholders kept informed throughout delivery.

A recognised degree in quantity surveying is required and professional accreditation with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is preferred. The employer also advertises quantity surveyor posts at other grades from the same office and in Carlisle. No salary is published and no closing date is stated.