Senior Quantity Surveyor

ZipRecruiter; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK highways service provider is seeking a Commercial Manager for highway maintenance projects. The role involves overseeing budgeting, subcontractor management, and ensuring road infrastructure remains in top condition. The company prioritizes employee growth and offers a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Focus on mental, physical, and financial wellbeing

Qualifications

• Previous commercial experience in highways or an infrastructure-related sector.
• Ability to handle large volumes of data.
• Demonstrable experience in contract management.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing commercial control of highway maintenance projects.
• Managing subcontractor payments and change controls.
• Preparing month-end reports.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Data handling

Subcontractor management

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering

Job description

Job Description

Your new company

We are working with the UK's leading highways service provider, working with a diverse range of partners, including organisations and local authorities responsible for maintaining the road network. With a legacy spanning over 90 years, it has played a crucial role in delivering road, bridge, and tunnel projects, managing everything from major infrastructure schemes to routine maintenance and operations.Collaboration is at the heart of its approach, fostering partnerships with clients, supply chain partners, and industry peers to drive innovation in transport infrastructure. By leveraging research and technology, it continuously seeks solutions to enhance road safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Its expertise extends to surface dressing, full resurfacing projects, and minor defect repairs, ensuring that roads remain in optimal condition for communities across the UK.

Your new role

This role involves overseeing the commercial control and governance of highway maintenance projects for Transport for London's high-speed road network in North London. Responsibilities include managing reactive incident response, winter services, planned maintenance, and preventative works to ensure roads and associated assets like drainage, lighting, and road markings remain in top condition.With an annual budget of approximately £20 million, this position supports critical infrastructure to keep traffic flowing efficiently. The company is committed to employee growth, collaboration, and wellbeing, providing a workplace that fosters career development and prioritises mental, physical, and financial health.

Your Day to Day:

• Subcontract management; procurement/Task Order Instructions, payments, and change control
• Pricing of works and agreeing prices with the client
• Change control management
• Revenue claims and WiP management
• Month-end reports; CVR's, revenue claims, and WiP / debt management
• Attend client meetings
• Support and guide junior members of the Commercial team
• Support the commercial forecasts based on client annual budgets with regular updates to the forecast based on client spends

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering is preferable Previous commercial experience in highways or an infrastructure-related sector
• High level of commercial awareness
• Experience of pricing Civil/Highways works
• Ability to handle large volumes of data given the nature of highway maintenance works
• Demonstrable experience in the control and management of all subcontractor elements
• Detailed contract experience using the NEC form of contract and various options

What you need to do now

If you're interested in working for a progressive and highly successful multidisciplinary contractor that can offer you security, progression, challenges, future career path, quality pay with flexible working, please apply for this job, and we will reach out to you and set up a meeting.

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