Senior Quantity Surveyor - Infrastructure

Vertical Recruitment Limited; Ringway; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Vertical Recruitment Limited is partnering with a Manchester-based infrastructure team to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor. The role focuses on commercial management across major projects and national programmes, with exposure to energy, utilities, and civil engineering sectors.

You will work in a hybrid setup from Manchester, liaising with clients, Tier 1 contractors and project teams to deliver robust cost management, change control, and accurate forecasting on complex infrastructure schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor in an infrastructure environment.
• Good working knowledge of NEC3 and/or NEC4.
• Experience managing change, compensation events, forecasting and commercial reporting.
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure or capital investment programmes.
• Strong commercial awareness and confidence working with project data.
• Ability to build relationships with clients, contractors and wider project teams.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Manage the commercial aspects of infrastructure projects across the programme lifecycle.
• Prepare valuations, cost reports and financial forecasts.
• Monitor expenditure, cash flow, and budget performance; identify risks and opportunities.
• Support procurement, tender evaluation and contract reviews.
• Provide commercial input at different stages of project delivery and mentoring junior staff.

Skills

Quantity Surveyor

Infrastructure experience

NEC3/NEC4

Change management

Commercial reporting

Client relationships

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management

MRICS desirable

Job description

We're working with an established multidisciplinary construction consultancy that is continuing to expand its Infrastructure team in Manchester.

The business is involved in some of the UK's most significant infrastructure and capital investment programmes, with a particularly strong presence across energy, power, utilities and major civil engineering.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor who wants to build their career within infrastructure, working on complex, long-term programmes that are supporting the modernisation and resilience of the UK's energy and infrastructure networks.

The Opportunity

Joining an established infrastructure team, you'll provide commercial and cost management expertise across major projects and capital investment programmes throughout the North West and wider UK.

The work is varied, with the wider infrastructure portfolio spanning:

• Electricity transmission, distribution and major grid upgrade programmes
• Renewable and low-carbon energy infrastructure
• Utilities and water infrastructure
• Nuclear and highly regulated environments
• Major civil engineering
• Ports, marine and transport infrastructure

A significant proportion of the current workload sits within the energy and utilities market, including major investment into electricity networks, transmission infrastructure, network resilience and the infrastructure required to support the UK's transition towards a lower-carbon energy system.

You'll work closely with clients, Tier 1 contractors, engineers, Project Managers and programme controls teams, giving you good exposure to both the commercial and wider delivery aspects of major infrastructure projects.

What You'll Be Doing

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll take responsibility for the commercial management of your projects and provide advice directly to clients throughout the project lifecycle.

Your role will include:

• Managing costs, budgets, forecasts and overall commercial performance across infrastructure projects
• Working with NEC3 and NEC4 contracts, including compensation events, early warnings and change control
• Preparing valuations, cost reports and financial forecasts
• Monitoring expenditure, cash flow, commercial risk and budget performance
• Supporting procurement, tender evaluation and contract reviews
• Providing commercial input throughout different stages of project delivery
• Working closely with contractors, consultants, clients and wider project teams
• Identifying commercial risks, opportunities and potential efficiencies
• Supporting value engineering, final accounts and commercial close-out
• Supporting and mentoring more junior members of the team

This isn't a role where you'll simply be producing reports in the background. You'll be working closely with project teams and clients, with the opportunity to take real ownership of commissions and become a trusted commercial adviser.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in speaking with experienced Quantity Surveyors who have developed their careers within infrastructure, utilities, power, energy or major civil engineering.

You’ll ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within an infrastructure environment
• Good working knowledge of NEC3 and/or NEC4
• Experience managing change, compensation events, forecasting and commercial reporting
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure or capital investment programmes
• Strong commercial awareness and confidence working with project data
• The ability to build relationships with clients, contractors and wider project teams
• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline

MRICS or progress towards chartership would be beneficial but isn't essential.

Experience within power, utilities or transmission infrastructure would be particularly relevant to the current workload.

Manchester & Hybrid Working

You’ll be based from the consultancy's Manchester office, working on a hybrid basis across home, office and project locations.

There will be a requirement to spend time on live projects and client sites, typically weekly or bi-weekly depending on the commission and project requirements, so you’ll need to be comfortable travelling when required.

The balance gives you the flexibility of consultancy working without losing the hands-on exposure that comes from being close to clients, contractors and project delivery teams.

Why Join?

This is a particularly interesting time to join the infrastructure side of the business.

There is already an established portfolio of work and long-term client relationships in place, alongside continued investment into the team as demand across the UK's energy and infrastructure markets grows.

For someone joining at Senior Quantity Surveyor level, that creates the opportunity to:

• Work on nationally significant infrastructure and energy programmes
• Develop deeper experience across NEC and major capital projects
• Gain exposure to different infrastructure sectors rather than being restricted to one market
• Work directly with major clients and delivery partners
• Take increasing ownership of projects and commercial relationships
• Develop towards Associate and more senior positions as the team continues to grow

The consultancy combines the structure and project exposure of a larger multidisciplinary business with a collaborative team environment where individuals can still have genuine visibility and influence