Senior Quantity Surveyor - Design Change Leader

Smart 4 EPC; Twickenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart 4 EPC is seeking a highly experienced Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial assessments and manage design change across major infrastructure programmes. The role requires strong NEC contract knowledge, change management capability, and collaboration with design and delivery teams.

You will drive commercial outcomes, support negotiations with clients and partners, and ensure timely, well-founded change control and governance across projects at Heathrow.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior quantity surveying or change management on major infrastructure programmes.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts, compensation events and change mechanisms.
• Ability to interpret designs, scope docs, technical reports and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial assessment of design development and design change across HS2 programmes.
• Prepare and manage change submissions, compensation events, instructions, and variation proposals.
• Support negotiations with clients, delivery partners, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Engage with design managers and project managers to translate complex engineering issues into commercial narratives.
• Present commercial positions and change strategies to senior leadership; manage governance across programmes.

Skills

Commercial negotiation

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Design understanding

Cost planning

Risk management

Education

MRICS or MCICES

Job description

Smart 4 EPC is seeking a highly experienced Quantity Surveyor to lead commercial assessments and manage design change across major infrastructure programmes. The role requires strong NEC contract knowledge, change management capability, and collaboration with design and delivery teams.

You will drive commercial outcomes, support negotiations with clients and partners, and ensure timely, well-founded change control and governance across projects at Heathrow.