Senior Quantity Surveyor

The Clancy Group; Hawley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage subcontractors and oversee commercial activities. The ideal candidate will have strong commercial experience and technical construction knowledge, with a focus on client management and subcontract procurement. This role offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits including healthcare and pension.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Pension

Holiday allowance starting from 24-26 days

Employee benefits programme with discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience within a contractor setting.
• Proven ability to motivate others and support shared goals.
• Strong background in managing a range of contracts, including complex arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Managing subcontractors and overseeing subcontract accounts.
• Supporting the Commercial Manager and contributing to the wider commercial team.
• Managing client disputes and undertaking internal commercial audits.
• Maintaining and updating the commercial risk register.
• Overseeing weekly valuations and verifying measurement accuracy.
• Leading cost analysis and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Conducting contract reviews and analysing rates.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Managing subcontract procurement

Technical construction knowledge

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

£65,000 - £75,000

Dartford

We’re Ambitious!
That’s why we’re keen to hear from determined and motivated people like you, to help deliver commercial excellence for our clients and ourselves!

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, strategic, and charismatic Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team. In this key role, you will be an integral part of the commercial function supporting our UKPN contract.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved with:

• Managing subcontractors and overseeing subcontract accounts
• Supporting the Commercial Manager and contributing to the wider commercial team
• Managing client disputes and undertaking internal commercial audits
• Maintaining and updating the commercial risk register
• Overseeing weekly valuations and verifying measurement accuracy
• Leading cost analysis and cost-reduction initiatives
• Conducting contract reviews and analysing rates
• Producing CVRs across all projects

We would love to hear from you if…

You are someone with a positive, can‑do attitude and a collaborative approach, who thrives within a team environment and consistently aims for high standards. You will bring significant commercial experience within a contractor setting, ideally with exposure to self‑delivery in an infrastructure environment, and a proven ability to motivate others and support the delivery of shared goals.

You will have a strong background in managing a range of contracts, including complex contractual arrangements, supported by solid technical construction knowledge. Experience in a client‑facing position would be highly beneficial, alongside confidence in managing subcontract procurement and contract administration in line with industry best practice.

We are looking for someone with highly developed commercial awareness and clear, demonstrable experience operating at Senior Quantity Surveyor level. Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential, as you will be working closely with a range of stakeholders across the business. You should also be well‑organised, diligent, and able to work under pressure without compromising attention to detail.

Finally, you will be confident in project commercial management and comfortable overseeing and guiding others within the commercial environment, bringing both professionalism and a supportive leadership style to the role.

We are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well‑known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.