Quantity Surveyor

UK Power Networks; United States; Remote; USD 82,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

UK Power Networks in London is seeking a Quantity Surveyor with commercial acumen to manage high-value contracts within the Capital Programme. You will lead commercial activities, review tender submissions and ensure contractual compliance under NEC3 frameworks.

Reporting to a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will collaborate with programme, design, planning, and procurement teams while maintaining cost reporting and risk registers to support project delivery that keeps London connected.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in quantity surveying or a relevant business discipline.
• Experience managing complex, high-value and varied contracts.

Responsibilities

• Review contractor ADP and tender submissions, tender documentation and activity schedules; participate in interviews and tender analysis.
• Manage contract set-up, pricing, delivery, scope change, compliance and disputes; ensure reporting requirements are met.
• Agree or reject CENs, CEQs and maintain Work Order Tracker dashboards; manage risks and opportunities.
• Prepare dispute documentation and recommend proportionate resolution strategies; work with legal advisers when required.

Skills

Contract management

Tender analysis

Cost reporting

Risk management

Education

Quantity surveying degree

Tools

Unifier

NEC3 knowledge

Job description

Join UK Power Networks as a Quantity Surveyor in London with a competitive salary of £68,144 plus 3% bonus and London Weighting and use your commercial expertise to help deliver the capital projects that keep London connected.

Reporting to a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Commercial Lead, you will manage high-value construction contracts across the London Power Networks portfolio within a collaborative Capital Programme team.

You will provide professional quantity surveying support across long-term Capital Programme and Procurement Delivery contracts, acting as commercial lead or supporting larger projects. Working with programme, project, design, planning, consents and administrative colleagues, you will manage contract set-up, pricing, delivery, scope change, compliance and disputes while ensuring projects meet contractual and reporting requirements.

Your duties will include reviewing contractor ADP and tender submissions, tender documentation, activity schedules and presentations; attending interviews; completing tender analysis and fixed-rate comparisons; and managing your commercial workload. You will assess applications, Early Warning Notices and Compensation Events, raise payment recommendations and certificates, prepare correspondence and update project risk registers to ensure only legitimate costs are certified.

Using Unifier and linked cost-reporting systems, you will agree or reject CENs, agree CEQs and maintain Work Order Tracker dashboards. You will manage risks and opportunities, maintain potential-cost schedules, advise colleagues on NEC3 and bespoke contracts, support purchase-order increases and governance documents, contribute to annual rate reviews, review subcontract compliance and ensure change-control procedures are followed.

You will resolve contractual issues with commercial and project colleagues, prepare dispute documentation, recommend proportionate resolution strategies and work with legal advisers where required. You will also follow company procedures, report non-conformance, produce high-quality reports, challenge decisions appropriately, maintain effective partner relationships and support junior colleagues.

You will be degree-qualified in quantity surveying or a relevant business discipline, with experience managing complex, high-value and varied contracts and practical knowledge of NEC conditions.