Senior Quantity Surveyor

Fawkes and Reece; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a Senior Quantity Surveyor eager to advance their career with a leading Tier 1 contractor. This role involves managing commercial resources, mitigating risks, and ensuring financial performance on various projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Quantity Surveying and a keen understanding of construction methods. Join an innovative firm that values your expertise and offers a competitive salary, private medical coverage, and generous holiday entitlement. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the construction industry, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Private Medical

26 days holiday

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• BSc or HND in Quantity Surveying preferred.
• Experience in construction methods and contract forms.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial resources to maximize gross margin.
• Prepare monthly cost/value reports and commercial reports.
• Authorize contracts and manage cash flow.

Skills

Commercial Management

Risk Management

Contract Negotiation

Financial Forecasting

Construction Methods

Health and Safety Compliance

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying

HND in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Reference: SQS Redhill_1746534945
Posted: May 6, 2025

A brilliant opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor with Department of Education (DfE) experience looking to advance your career with this Tier 1 contractor delivering new build, design and build and refurbishment solutions to both the public and private sector throughout the South-East.

About the role of Senior Quantity Surveyor

• You will manage the commercial resources of the assigned project to maximise planned gross margin through the placement and control of contracts and subcontracts.
• To assess, review and mitigate commercial and contractual risks and implement our clients policies for risk management.
• To support the authorisation and submission of project variations.
• To authorise the placement of contracts, subcontracts, material and plant orders.
• To maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers.

The responsibilities of a Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Provide commercial input including financial and contractual performance forecasts to the management team. Help ensure that business targets and KPI's are exceeded
• Preparation of monthly cost / value reports for area, together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
• Production of commercial reports together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members
• Physical measurement of works and agreement of same with client and subcontractors
• Agreement of certification and payment of subcontractor accounts - monitoring of such accounts against forecasts

Requirements for Senior Quantity Surveyor

• BSc or HND (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying preferred
• Ability to work on site where necessary
• Awareness and experience of construction methods, technology, standard forms of measurement and forms of contract, and health and safety requirements

What we offer for this Senior Quantity Surveyor role

• Salary up to £85K
• Private Medical
• 26 days holiday
• Pension Scheme

If you want to hear more about this Senior Quantity Surveyor role please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or contact Aaron Bauckham in our Brighton Office on [e-mail] or call on 07752 467544.