Senior Quantity Surveyor

Orion Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent Scottish infrastructure company is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their Glasgow team. This role involves managing cost and budgeting on high-value projects while preparing and reviewing contracts and estimates. Candidates should have 5-7 years of experience in a Civils Contractor environment and a degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering. The position offers competitive compensation, secure employment options, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Performance-related bonuses

Private healthcare

Vehicle / Car Allowance

Ongoing professional training

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years' experience as a Quantity Surveyor within a Civils Contractor environment.
• Strong knowledge of contract frameworks such as NEC and FIDIC.
• Experience mentoring junior QS or leading a small team is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of cost management and budgeting across high-value projects.
• Prepare, review, and manage estimates, contracts, and valuations.
• Lead cost and risk analyses to support informed decision-making.

Skills

Cost management

Negotiation skills

Budgeting

Contract management

Leadership

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering

Job description

Orion is working with an increasingly succesful Scottish based Civils & Infrastructure business to source a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join there Glasgow based team. Our client has a long history ofdelivering ambitious projects across the renewables, marine, and power & transmission sectors and with some recent high pofile contract wins added to there already healthy order book of projects, this would be a great time to join the business and elevate your career.

Your Responsibilities

• Take ownership of cost management and budgeting across high-value projects.
• Prepare, review, and manage estimates, contracts, and valuations - directly impacting project profitability.
• Lead cost and risk analyses to support informed decision-making.
• Support project managers with financial reporting and forecasting.
• Build strong relationships through collaboration with clients, subcontractors, and project partners.

What We're Looking For

• 5-7+ years' experience as a Quantity Surveyor, ideally within a Civils Contractor environment.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of contract frameworks (e.g., NEC, FIDIC) and cost management practices.
• Accuracy, independence, and excellent negotiation skills.
• Experience mentoring junior QS or leading a small team is a plus.

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary package with performance-related bonuses.
• Secure employment - permanent contract or consultancy (B2B), depending on your preference.
• The opportunity to work on innovative infrastructure projects in fast-growing sectors.
• Ongoing professional training and clear career progression pathways.
• BenefitsPackage(private healthcare,Bonus, Vehicle / Car Allowance)

Supportive and collaborative team culture where knowledge-sharing is encouraged.

Location: Office based, however due to the remote location of projects there will be a requirement to workaway from home.

Our role in supportingdiversityandinclusion As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment