Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager

CBS SELECTION; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property development firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager for a significant residential project in Bristol. You will coordinate all aspects of the delivery team through to the agreement of Final Account, ensuring project milestones are achieved. A minimum of 10 years experience is essential, ideally within a commercial building or sub-contractor environment. This is a fixed-term role requiring on-site presence until 2027.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Remuneration package based on experience

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a commercial building or sub-contractor environment.
• Proven ability to procure and manage sub-contract works.
• Strong understanding of project milestones and payment clauses.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with clients and supply chain throughout scheme life cycle.
• Drive the project to completion, ensuring milestones are met.

Skills

Reading drawings

Contractual negotiation

Risk management

Change management

Job description

Overview

Our client is a reputable and dynamic Specialist Property Developer with a track record of delivering high value residential and commercial schemes throughout the UK. They require an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager to join their Delivery team on a circa £35M Fifteen Storey Block Residential Tower development project in Bristol. The role is on site until 2027 and is a fixed-term assignment to drive the project through to completion over the next 18 months, coordinating with the client, design team and supply chain through to agreement of Final Account.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the client, design team and supply chain throughout the life cycle of the scheme through to agreement of Final Account.

Qualifications and Experience

• Ability to read drawings and understand works specifications.
• Minimum of 10 years with a recognised commercial building/sub-contractor, ideally as a Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor.
• Able to effectively procure and place specialist sub-contract works packages.
• Ability to minimise risk to margin and achieve project milestones against contractual payment clauses.
• Understanding of an effective change management and variation control strategy.
• Engagement with and commercial management of local supply chain.

Contract Details

• Fixed term role on a minimum 18–24 month project starting November 2025.
• Competitive base salary and remuneration package, dependant on experience.
• Location: Bristol; on-site project delivery.

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