Senior Quantity Surveyor

Galliford Try Group; Leicester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Galliford Try in Leicester is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for the Oak Specialist Services unit. You will take commercial responsibility, manage forecasts, and lead subcontractor administration on façade projects, from pre-contract to final account.

You will oversee cost planning, procurement strategy, and monthly reporting, while negotiating subcontracts and variations and ensuring regulatory compliance and site safety.

Qualifications

• Senior quantity surveying experience on large-scale construction projects.
• Strong cost planning and forecasting capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage subcontractor accounts and variations.
• Experience with NEC or JCT contract forms.

Responsibilities

• Lead project commercial management of façade projects from pre-contract through final account.
• Oversee cost planning, value engineering, and procurement strategy.
• Prepare and maintain cost plans, budgets, and forecasts; produce CVRs and cashflows.
• Negotiate subcontract accounts, variations, and loss & expense submissions; ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Cost planning

Forecasting

Procurement strategy

Subcontract negotiation

Contract administration

Payments & variations

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

NEC/JCT contracts

CVR reporting

Cashflow forecasting

Job description

Leicester

What you will be doing

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team at Galliford Try within our Oak Specialist Services Business Unit.

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Oak Specialist Services

Leicester

The SQS will take commercial responsibility in line with agreed scope for allocated project delivery, ensuring robust financial management, accurate forecasting, contract compliance, and successful subcontractor administration across the identified singular project noted above.

Commercial Leadership

• Lead project specific commercial management of façade projects from pre-contract through final account.
• Oversee project cost planning, value engineering, and procurement strategy.

Cost & Financial Management

• Prepare and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and cost-to-complete forecasts.
• Produce monthly CVRs, cashflows, and commercial reports.
• Identify commercial risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies throughout the project lifecycle.

Contract & Claims Management

• Administer NEC, JCT or other relevant contract forms for both main contract and subcontract agreements.
• Prepare, submit, and agree applications for payment and variations.
• Lead negotiation of subcontract accounts, claims, extensions of time, and loss & expense submissions.
• Ensure compliance with building safety regulations and supporting documentation required on façade schemes.

Subcontract Procurement & Management

• Lead procurement of specialist façade subcontractors, including tender packages, evaluations, and recommendations.
• Evaluate subcontract performance, variations, notices, payments, and commercial correspondence.
• Build strong relationships with façade supply chain partners while maintaining commercial control.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Attend progress meetings, commercial reviews, and senior leadership forums.
• Work closely with project delivery teams to drive programme, quality, and cost alignment.

What We Can Offer in Return

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Wharton on [e-mail].

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.