Senior Quantity Surveyor – A46 Walsgrave Highways Upgrade

Octavius Infrastructure; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car scheme

Private Healthcare

Pension & Life Assurance

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Hybrid working where possible

Ongoing personal and professional dev

Job summary

Octavius Infrastructure is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial performance of a high‑value earthworks package (£17–18m) as part of the £130m A46 Walsgrave Junction upgrade near Coventry. You will own cost reporting, change control and sub‑contractor management, reporting to the Managing QS.

The role sits within a collaborative delivery team, with close engagement to operations and engineering, and a strong emphasis on hands‑on delivery across an office/site environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a QS/Senior QS in civil engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong earthworks/groundworks package experience.
• Experience with main contractor or subcontractor environments.
• Good knowledge of NEC contracts (Option C).

Responsibilities

• Own the commercial performance of a package from early stages through to delivery.
• Manage subcontractors, cost reporting and forecasting.
• Administer change control and provide clear commercial insight to the project team.
• Collaborate with the wider commercial team to deliver the scheme.
• Spend the majority of time in office/site environment (circa 4 days per week).

Skills

Quantity surveying

Civil infrastructure

Earthworks/groundworks

Cost reporting

Change control

NEC contracts

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management

RICS/CICES membership desirable

Job description

Octavius Infrastructure is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial performance of a high‑value earthworks package (£17–18m) as part of the £130m A46 Walsgrave Junction upgrade near Coventry. You will own cost reporting, change control and sub‑contractor management, reporting to the Managing QS.

The role sits within a collaborative delivery team, with close engagement to operations and engineering, and a strong emphasis on hands‑on delivery across an office/site environment