Senior Quantity Surveyor

1st Executive Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Executive Ltd. seeks an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead a team of Quantity Surveyors and provide commercial assurance across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects.

The role focuses on value for money, contractual compliance, and strong governance across the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will drive tender reviews, changes, and payments, while maintaining robust financial controls and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing a portfolio of projects commercially (pre- and post-contract).
• Recent experience leading or managing a team of Quantity Surveyors.
• Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying or an equivalent commercial discipline.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, cost management and commercial governance.
• Experience negotiating with contractors and suppliers across commercial matters.
• Experience dealing with variations, extensions of time, claims and dispute resolution.
• Strong understanding of project and contractual risk with ability to mitigate exposure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence senior teams.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to project locations.
• Experience in regulated infrastructure, utilities, construction, engineering or similarly complex environments.
• Professional membership or chartered status with a recognised QS/commercial body.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Quantity Surveyors, providing direction and development.
• Provide commercial assurance across a portfolio of major projects and programmes.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to project and delivery teams.
• Review, challenge and negotiate project tenders to secure robust outcomes.
• Ensure payments are accurately assessed, certified and made per contract.
• Assess and manage changes, variations, and extensions of time and financial impacts.
• Support budget and expenditure management across projects.
• Collect, analyse and maintain accurate commercial data for reporting and decision-making.
• Audit, review and agree project accounts with strong financial controls.
• Monitor contractual compliance across the portfolio and identify risks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement corrective actions.
• Identify and manage commercial risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Support senior colleagues with claims and disputes resolution.
• Provide commercial insight to senior stakeholders across the portfolio.

Skills

Team leadership

Commercial governance

Cost management

Contract administration

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Value for money

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

Professional membership or chartered status

Job description

Contact:

Sally Davis

Contact email:

[e-mail]

Job ref:

6927431_1789718534

Published:

1 day ago

Expiry date:

2026-10-18

Startdate:

ASAP

An established infrastructure organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead a team of Quantity Surveyors and provide commercial assurance across a diverse portfolio of projects.

The role will focus on ensuring value for money, contractual compliance, effective cost control and strong commercial governance across projects at different stages of the lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of Quantity Surveyors, providing direction, support and ongoing development.
• Provide commercial assurance across a portfolio of major projects and programmes.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to project and delivery teams.
• Review, challenge and negotiate project tenders to ensure robust commercial outcomes.
• Ensure payments are accurately assessed, certified and made in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Assess and manage changes, variations, extensions of time and associated financial impacts.
• Support the effective management and optimisation of project budgets and expenditure.
• Collect, analyse and maintain accurate commercial and project data to support reporting and decision-making.
• Audit, review and agree project accounts and ensure appropriate financial controls are maintained.
• Monitor contractual compliance across the delivery portfolio and identify areas of non-performance, risk or potential exposure.
• Work with stakeholders to implement corrective actions where required.
• Identify and manage commercial and contractual risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support senior commercial colleagues with the assessment and resolution of claims and disputes.
• Provide commercial insight and assurance to senior stakeholders across the project portfolio.

Experience Required

• Extensive experience managing a portfolio of projects from a commercial perspective, covering both pre- and post-contract stages.
• Recent experience of leading or managing a team of Quantity Surveyors.
• Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying or an equivalent commercial discipline.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, cost management and commercial governance.
• Experience negotiating with contractors and suppliers across commercial and contractual matters.
• Demonstrable experience dealing with variations, extensions of time, claims and/or dispute resolution.
• Strong understanding of project and contractual risk and the ability to identify and mitigate commercial exposure.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence project and senior management teams.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgement with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive value for money.
• Self-motivated, resilient and comfortable operating in a complex project environment.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to operational or project locations when required.
• Experience within a regulated infrastructure, utilities, construction, engineering or similarly complex project environment.
• Knowledge of working within a formal regulatory, governance or investment framework.
• Professional membership or chartered status with a recognised Quantity Surveying / commercial body.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a sizeable commercial function and work across a varied project portfolio, providing exposure to complex contracts, significant capital investment and multiple delivery environments.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence commercial performance while developing and leading a team of Quantity Surveying professionals.