Senior Quantity Surveyor

Dŵr Cymru; Rhiwderin; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

34 days annual leave

Pension contributions

Health CashBack

Online GP service

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is seeking a Senior Commercial/Cost Manager to lead a regional engineering team across Wales. The role focuses on commercial and cost management for a varied portfolio of capital projects, requiring collaboration with project managers and contract partners.

You will drive monthly valuations, validate contract values, and provide trusted commercial guidance. A degree in Quantity Surveying and NEC contract experience are essential, with hybrid working and a 37-hour week.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or working towards a relevant qualification.
• Around 5 years' experience in utilities contracts or construction cost management.
• Experience with NEC contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team, creating a positive, collaborative working environment.
• Provide professional commercial and cost management support across multiple projects.
• Build strong relationships with Project Managers, providing trusted commercial advice and guidance.
• Prepare works orders and support contract administration.
• Work with framework contractors to validate contract values and target costs.
• Carry out monthly valuations of completed works, supporting effective commercial control.

Skills

Team leadership

Cost management

Contract administration

Valuations

Relationship building

NEC contracts

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Working towards relevant professional qualification

Job description

Base

Wales - Regional (South and North base locations available). Hybrid working with minimum of 3 days a week in the office or on site.

Job Requisition Number 9439

Work Type Permanent 37 Hours / Week

Job Function Operational

Salary Range £52,793.00 -£62,032.00

Base Wales - Regional (South and North base locations available). Hybrid working with minimum of 3 days a week in the office or on site.

23:59 on 29 November 2026

What you’ll be responsible for

Are you commercially minded and ready to take the next step in your career?

We’re looking for someone who enjoys working collaboratively, building positive relationships and using their commercial expertise to help deliver complex capital projects.

Joining our Engineering team, you’ll play an important role in providing commercial and cost management expertise across a varied portfolio of projects.

You’ll also have the opportunity to support and develop others, share your knowledge and work alongside experienced colleagues across the business.

You Will

• Lead and support a team, creating a positive, collaborative working environment.
• Provide professional commercial and cost management support across multiple projects.
• Build strong relationships with Project Managers, providing trusted commercial advice and guidance.
• Prepare works orders and support effective contract administration.
• Work collaboratively with framework contractors to validate and agree contract values and target costs.
• Carry out monthly valuations of completed works, supporting effective commercial control.

About You

We’re interested in hearing from people with a strong commercial background who are keen to develop their career with us.

To Be Successful, You’ll Need

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a similar relevant discipline, or be working towards completing a relevant qualification.
• Relevant experience within utilities contracts, construction cost management or a similar commercial environment. Around 5 years’ experience would be beneficial, but we’re also interested in hearing from candidates who can demonstrate the right skills and experience.
• Experience of working with NEC contracts.

Good to know

• Driving & travel: A full driving licence is required, with travel to different locations in line with business needs.
• Hybrid working: You’ll work a minimum of three days per week from an office or site, with a choice of office locations across Wales offering flexibility around where you can be based.
• Flexible working: We want to attract the right person to our team. If the working pattern doesn’t quite work for you, please don’t let that put you off applying . We’re happy to discuss flexible working at interview and have some flexibility around the working pattern for the right candidate.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found here!

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Who we are

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.

To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.

We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.

In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.

Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT

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