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Highways Senior Quantity Surveyor
Job summary
A major highways contractor is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor based in Liverpool. In this role, you will ensure commercial control on a significant highways framework, managing profitability and cost controls while mentoring junior staff. Candidates should have a degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent and proven experience in a contracting environment. The position offers up to £75,000 salary along with comprehensive benefits including 25 days holiday, pension, and development opportunities.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within a contracting environment.
- Substantial post-degree experience in a commercial department.
- Confidence in training and coaching junior staff.
Responsibilities
- Manage applications for payment and credit control.
- Oversee costing, forecasting, and commercial reporting processes.
- Produce and maintain CVRs and CTCs.
- Support the contract delivery team to ensure profitability.
- Train and mentor an Assistant Quantity Surveyor.
Skills
Education
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Liverpool
If you want a Senior Quantity Surveyor role where you're trusted to run the commercial detail properly with the support to develop your career and the benefits that genuinely add value this is a strong opportunity. You'll be working on a major highways framework in Liverpool, supporting delivery teams to protect margin, improve cashflow, and maintain robust commercial control.
You'll be joining an established contractor delivering significant highways works on a long-term Liverpool framework. The environment is collaborative and delivery-focused, with clear commercial governance and a culture that values accuracy, integrity, and teamwork.
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, as Senior Quantity Surveyor you will support the contract delivery team to ensure profitability, cash management, cost control, and accurate reporting across schemes. You will be doing things such as:
- Managing applications for payment and credit control processes to optimise income.
- Managing costing, forecasting, and commercial reporting processes.
- Running the change control system and ensuring variations are captured and agreed.
- Inputting into the management of project risk from a commercial perspective.
- Producing and maintaining CTCs and CVRs.
- Managing the full subcontract cycle from procurement through to final account.
- Providing clear commercial advice to the Project Team.
- Supporting dispute resolution where required.
- Maintaining strong communication within the Project Commercial Team and wider Project Team.
- Supporting training plans and contributing to tendering activity when required.
- Training and mentoring an Assistant Quantity Surveyor.
- Working away from home 1-2 nights per week and travelling to projects around the UK as needed.
- Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within a contracting environment.
- Degree‑qualified, or HND/HNC equivalent.
- Working towards a recognised professional qualification.
- Substantial post‑degree experience in a commercial department.
- Working knowledge of construction industry conditions of contract.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft packages, particularly Excel.
- Confidence in training, coaching, and supporting junior staff.
- A collaborative, professional approach that builds trust with clients and the supply chain.
- Salary up to £75,000
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Pension
- Learning and development opportunities
- Employee assistance and wellbeing support
- Liverpool-based highways framework
- Working away from home 1-2 nights per week
- Travel to multiple UK projects as required
- Clear progression routes into Managing Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Manager roles.
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