Senior Quantity Surveyor

United Infrastructure Ltd; Thame; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career progression

Leadership exposure

Collaborative team

Job summary

United Infrastructure is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor/Commercial Lead to steer pre-construction commercial activity across multiple projects in the UK. You will own budgets, cost plans, CVR processes, and reporting, while leading a team of quantity surveyors and ensuring robust governance and value engineering.

Join a dynamic, expanding business delivering critical infrastructure in utility and social sectors, with opportunities for leadership development and cross-project

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Quantity Surveying role, ideally within pre-construction.
• Strong knowledge of CVR processes, cost planning, and budget management.
• Experience managing and developing commercial teams.
• Skilled in commercial strategy, risk management, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the pre-construction commercial function, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and control across all projects
• Own and oversee divisional budgets, cost plans, and financial forecasting
• Establish and maintain robust commercial processes, controls, and reporting standards
• Take full accountability for Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process across the pre-construction portfolio
• Ensure timely, accurate reporting of cost position, risks, opportunities, and forecast outcomes
• Challenge assumptions, cost movements, and commercial risks to protect business margins
• Provide clear financial reporting and insight to senior leadership
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Quantity Surveyors
• Set objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development
• Ensure appropriate resource allocation and workload balance across projects
• Lead the development and validation of detailed cost plans and budgets
• Support bid and tender processes, ensuring competitive and commercially sound submissions
• Drive value engineering initiatives and cost optimisation strategies
• Work closely with design and pre-construction teams to ensure alignment between scope and budget
• Oversee pre-construction procurement strategies and package scoping
• Support early supply chain engagement to inform pricing, risk management, and buildability
• Ensure compliance with procurement governance and commercial best practice
• Identify, manage, and report commercial risks and opportunities across all schemes
• Ensure risk allowances, contingencies, and commercial positions are robust and defensible
• Support mitigation strategies to protect cost certainty and programme outcomes
• Act as a key commercial interface with internal teams, clients, and supply chain partners
• Present commercial updates and financial positions to senior stakeholders
• Support collaborative working across design, construction, and operational teams
• Proven experience in a Quantity Surveying role within pre-construction

Skills

Quantity Surveying

CVR processes

Cost planning

Budget management

Leadership

Job description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

Our company is split into two business areas:

Utility Infrastructure –

Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Social Infrastructure -

Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Equal Opportunities Statement - At United Infrastructure, we are committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. If there is anything we can do to support you, remove barriers, or make the process more accessible, please let us know — we want this to be the best possible experience for you.

Company Description

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

Our company is split into two business areas:

Utility Infrastructure –

Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Social Infrastructure -

Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

Equal Opportunities Statement - At United Infrastructure, we are committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. If there is anything we can do to support you, remove barriers, or make the process more accessible, please let us know — we want this to be the best possible experience for you.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Commercial Leadership & Governance

• Lead and manage the pre-construction commercial function, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and control across all projects

• Own and oversee divisional budgets, cost plans, and financial forecasting

• Establish and maintain robust commercial processes, controls, and reporting standards

CVR & Financial Management

• Take full accountability for Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process across the pre-construction portfolio

• Ensure timely, accurate reporting of cost position, risks, opportunities, and forecast outcomes

• Challenge assumptions, cost movements, and commercial risks to protect business margins

• Provide clear financial reporting and insight to senior leadership

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Quantity Surveyors

• Set objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development

• Ensure appropriate resource allocation and workload balance across projects

Cost Planning & Pre-Construction Support

• Lead the development and validation of detailed cost plans and budgets

• Support bid and tender processes, ensuring competitive and commercially sound submissions

• Drive value engineering initiatives and cost optimisation strategies

• Work closely with design and pre-construction teams to ensure alignment between scope and budget

Procurement & Supply Chain Management

• Oversee pre-construction procurement strategies and package scoping

• Support early supply chain engagement to inform pricing, risk management, and buildability

• Ensure compliance with procurement governance and commercial best practice

Risk & Opportunity Management

• Identify, manage, and report commercial risks and opportunities across all schemes

• Ensure risk allowances, contingencies, and commercial positions are robust and defensible

• Support mitigation strategies to protect cost certainty and programme outcomes

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a key commercial interface with internal teams, clients, and supply chain partners

• Present commercial updates and financial positions to senior stakeholders

• Support collaborative working across design, construction, and operational teams

About You

• Proven experience in a Quantity Surveying role , ideally within pre-construction

• Strong knowledge of CVR processes, cost planning, and budget management

• Experience managing and developing commercial teams

• Skilled in commercial strategy, risk management, and financial reporting

• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities

• Experience within [construction / main contracting] is highly desirable

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunity to lead a critical commercial function within a growing division

• Clear career progression and leadership exposure

• A collaborative, high-performing team environment

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.