Senior Quantity Surveyor

HS2 Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Lindner Prater Ltd is seeking a dedicated Surveyor to provide professional surveying duties across our contracts, combining office work with on-site visits. You will support the Commercial team, implement strategy, and contribute to project profitability while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role involves evaluating bids, preparing reports, managing contracts, and ensuring accurate cost control throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Robust surveying experience in a reasonably sized company or similar sector.
• HND/ONC in construction studies or equivalent.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• RICS Membership and CSCS card.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support the Commercial team and implement the company's commercial strategy.
• Act as a project team member to provide commercial input and ensure contract terms are understood.
• Analyse project requirements and resource allocations to optimise outcomes.
• Assess subcontractor bids for quality and cost-effectiveness.
• Prepare monthly reports, cost value reconciliations and cash flow forecasts.
• Check main and sub contracts for compliance and maintain up-to-date contract correspondence.
• Collate and execute sub contract documentation before site works commence.
• Attend required meetings, including monthly MPR.
• Document variations and maintain an accurate project summary.
• Manage variation process and ensure timely valuation for payments.
• Ensure timely payment of suppliers and control costs.
• Own cost-to-complete reporting and protect project profit margins.
• Report cash recovery and expenditure; keep project cash positive where possible.
• Identify variations and maintain detail for client project teams.
• Identify commercial risks and mitigate exposure.

Skills

Computer literacy

JCT/NEC contracts knowledge

Surveying experience

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

HND/ONC in construction studies or equivalent

Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

RICS Membership

CSCS

Tools

Job description

Job reference REQ000052 Date posted 27/10/2026 Application closing date Blank Location Blank Salary Blank Package Blank Contractual hours 40 Basis Full Time Job category/type Lindner Prater Ltd Attachments Blank

Job description

Join Lindner Prater, a leading Tier 1 contractor delivering specialist construction solutions on the one of Europe's largest and most ambitious infrastructure projects. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly skilled team contributing to a nationally significant project, working to the highest standards of health and safety, quality and operational excellence. At Lindner Prater, you'll be part of a business with a strong reputation for technical expertise and quality delivery, with the opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to a project that will shape the future of UK infrastructure.

Job Purpose

To provide professional and complete surveying duties for the Company's contracts to meet both Company and Client specified requirements, contributing effectively to the profitability of the business. This role involves a combination of office-based tasks and on-site visits.

• Support the Commercial team and implement the company's commercial strategy.
• Actively participate as a member of the project team on each assigned project to ensure commercial input is provided to meet the contract requirement and that contractual terms are understood by the project team.
• Analyse project requirements and resource allocations, identifying inefficiencies and recommending adjustments to optimise project outcomes. Evaluate data trends and historical project performance to inform future resource planning and allocation strategies.
• Assess subcontractor bids, their competence and manage the selection process to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness
• Contribute to and comply with the project requirements to meet required budget and profit.
• Provide current project commercial information for company reporting requirements - monthly progress reports and cost value reconciliations as well as cash flow forecasts.
• Prepare reports regularly or on an ad-hoc basis as required, that are accurate, transparent and include all potential commercial risks and opportunities.
• Check contract documents (Main Contract and Sub Contract) and ensure compliance, as well as ensuring all contract correspondence is up to date.
• To be responsible for the collation and execution of all sub contract documentation prior to supply chain commencing on site.
• Attend all requisite meetings as required, to include the monthly MPR meeting.
• Document variations and ensure an accurate record is maintained, providing an accurate summary to the company and the main contractor as required.
• Document all necessary transactions and activities, creating a valuation file for each project with all supporting information recorded as necessary.
• Manage the variation process with the main contractor and ensure detailed and substantive submittals are made to reach agreement
• Progress agreement of the variation account through the project lifecycle to protect the business profit margins and manage the project risk profile.
• Produce accurate monthly valuations with sufficient information to secure payment for work carried out and apply for payment in a timely manner
• Ensure the timely payment of our suppliers, sub-contractors and that costs are managed and reported accurately and transparently.
• Own the project cost to complete and validate planned against actual on a regular basis to ensure the business profit margins are protected.
• Accurately report the individual project cash recovery and expenditure situation on a regular basis, ensuring that the project is cash positive as soon as is practicable.
• Identify and maintain a list of variations from tender to contract close out, coupled with the appropriate level of detail as required by the client's project team.
• Identify commercial risks on projects, as well as protecting and limiting the Company's exposure both contractually and legally.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to manage commercial risks effectively.
• Ability to analyse the impact of cost decisions on safety, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and standards.
• Control and use contract documents including the application and/or notification of early warning notices, variations, extensions of time and project acceleration documents to minimise and / or mitigate loss, expense, delay and disruption.
• Complete the project's final account in line with required timelines, together with all supporting documentation as necessary to gain authorisation to submit the account from the Commercial Director.
• Support the buying team where required, for example in the purchasing of complex manufactured items, to agree accounts and ensure commercial viability of the product for the project.
• Manage or mentor those members of the commercial team assigned to the project, promoting great performance, positive morale and providing robust development opportunities.
• Perform 12 hours of CPD per annum to ensure continuous professional development within your role.
• Undertake other duties, ad hoc projects and mandatory training as required by the business.
• Act in accordance with company policies and procedures, particularly with reference to Equality and Diversity policies, procedures and practices
• To behave in a manner that supports the company's stated vision and values and ensure other team members do like-wise.

To act in accordance with the company's Health, Safety and Environmental policies, procedures and practices, and specifically to

• Take care of your own health and safety, and that of others who may be affected by your actions at work
• Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare
• Use personal protective equipment as issued by the Company as appropriate to your work
• Only use work equipment, as instructed and trained.
• Be aware of, and understand emergency procedures in the event of a fire or an accident

Report all accidents, incidents and near misses.

Person Specification

Professional / Technical Skills and Experience

Computer literate

Good knowledge of products the company installs

Good knowledge of JCT and NEC Contracts.

Robust experience in surveying in a reasonable size company in the same or a comparable sector.

Educational / Professional Qualifications

HND or ONC in construction studies or equivalent

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Equivalent

RICS Membership

CSCS

Interpersonal Skills

Excellent communications and interpersonal skills at all levels.

High business ethics - honesty, respect for the individual, culturally unbiased.

Focus on company values.

Team Orientation

Individual thinker capable of actively contributing to the delivery of team performance.

Ability to operate in a collaborative manner to ensure other parties are fully engaged.

Technical Understanding

Strong customer focus and excellent customer service skills

Excellent commercial skills

Personal Effectiveness

Strategic thinking skills.

Excellent analytical skills.

Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced construction environment.

Experience of working under pressure.

Strong concern for order and quality.

Robust attention to detail.

Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise

Self-motivated.