Senior Quantity Surveyor

ADEO Global Consulting Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

Pension Scheme

24 days holiday + Bank holidays

Free onsite Parking

Referral Programme

Company Events

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

ADEO Global Consulting Ltd seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its multi-disciplinary team in Somerset and surrounding areas. The role involves managing budgets, cash flows and sub‑contract accounts, with responsibility for final accounts and cost/value reconciliations.

You will lead a small QS team, deliver on client briefs, and support junior staff while ensuring professional, business-like conduct and confidentiality across projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor.
• Experience managing medium projects independently (1–5 million).
• Able to produce CVRs against budget.
• Excellent time management and teamwork.
• Mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Prepare contract budgets and cash flows.
• Control sub-contract accounts and valuations.
• Measure subcontractors’ work and assess variations.
• Prepare final accounts and cost/value reconciliations.
• Attend site meetings and liaise with MQS on claims issues.
• Manage a small team of QSs and perform appraisals.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Budgeting

CVR reporting

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: Somerset & Surrounding Areas UK.

Adeo are a highly reputable cost consultancy established over 27 years, providing commercial support services to the Civils Sector throughout the life cycle of a project or framework, from design inception and procurement to final account agreement.

Operating throughout the UK, we have a multi-disciplined in-house team of Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, Planners, Project Managers, Risk Specialists and Claim Consultants giving you access to specialist skills and expertise. With options for a fully managed service provision or a single discipline, we deliver a tailored resource solution to meet your project needs.

Mission Statement

ADEO aim to provide a comprehensive range of totally managed, professional, multi-disciplined commercial support services within the construction industry.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of contract budgets and cash flows
• Control of sub contract accounts including :
• Measuring of sub-contractors work Checking sub contractor’s submissions
• Preparation of final accounts
• Quantification and evaluation of variations
• Preparation of cost and value reconciliations
• Attend site meetings
• Preparation of material schedules
• Preparation of monthly valuations
• Liaise with MQS on claims issues
• Be totally familiar with the client brief and act in accordance with that
• Undertake jobs and responsibilities in a professional and business-like manner
• Honour client and Adeo business confidentialities
• To manage a small team of QS’s.
• To carry out appraisals with the MQS or appropriate line manager

Requirements

• Have a minimum 5 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor before you can be considered for a Senior QS position.
• Demonstrated that you are able to manage medium sized projects independently (1 – 5 million).
• Able to produce a report of actual performance (CVR’s) against budget on projects.
• Able to maximise reclaimable value on a project.
• Excellent team player whilst also holding the ability to work independently on own initiative
• Excellent time management skills, with ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to encourage and support junior members of the team.
• 24 days holiday + Bank holidays!
• Pension Scheme
• Sick Pay
• Wellness/ Wellbeing initiatives (including counselling sessions!)
• Free onsite Parking
• Referral Programme
• Company Events
• Closed over Christmas and New Year

Why work for ADEO?

Adeo is a dynamic company committed to supplying commercial efficiency into our client’s business. Our client portfolio includes both contractors and consultancies across the industry spectrum. Our highly skilled professionals fully integrate with our client’s team to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions to a broad spectrum of challenges faced during the construction process.

You’ll have the opportunity to shape your career and work on a variety of projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to our client’s projects. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career whist maintaining your work/life balance.

Equality, Diversity & Reasonable Adjustments

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that disabled applicants and applicants with health conditions are not disadvantaged during recruitment.

If you require a reasonable adjustment or any additional support to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know. This may apply at any stage of the process, including the application, telephone conversation, interview or assessment.

As part of our initial recruitment process, we will contact shortlisted applicants by telephone. If you require any reasonable adjustment or support to participate in the recruitment process, please let the recruiter know during this initial conversation. You do not need to disclose a diagnosis or provide medical information in order to request an adjustment.

All requests will be treated sensitively and confidentially. We will work with you to identify appropriate adjustments and, where reasonable, put these in place.

We are committed to assessing all candidates fairly against the requirements of the role and will not make assumptions about an individual's ability based on a disability or health condition.

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