Quantity Surveyor
Location: Colchester, Whitlingham, Lincoln and Peterborough
Contract: Permanent/Full time
Salary: circa £55,000 dependent on experience and skills
Who are we?
The IOS Contract is a 5-year programme valued at approximately £444 million, delivering specialist water and water recycling projects. This role involves managing projects under the NEC3 contract suite, with a focus on Option E (Pre-Contract Planning) and Option A (Priced Contract with Activity Schedule).
The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Project Manager and delivery teams to ensure robust management of contractual obligations and compliance with Anglian Water’s governance standards. The role is employed by Anglian Water and involves working in partnership with alliance partners Barhale, Kier, and M Group.
What will you be doing as our new Quantity Surveyor?
You will provide commercial management for an allocated programme area of an alliance contract, you will be accountable to the Commercial Lead and responsible for the following:
1. Demonstrating the highest levels of commercial integrity and financial self-assurance
2. Commercial management of the allocated programme area
3. Providing transparent, accurate and timely commercial reporting
4. Adherence to the alliance internal governance to satisfy contractual and legal requirements
5. Constantly striving to employ best commercial management practices
6. Identifying and delivering commercial process efficiencies
7. Identifying, reporting and proactively managing financial and commercial risk
8. Fostering close working relationships with all key stakeholders
9. Engendering a culture of commercial challenge
10. Controlling costs, maximising value and minimising future liabilities
A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours
11. Good understanding of NEC3 forms of contract
12. Working in a complex matrix team environment
13. Thorough understanding of relevant construction and contract law
14. Relevant professional qualification e.g. RICS, CIOB, ICE
15. Relevant degree in construction or commercial management
16. Excellent commercial acumen
17. Willingness to travel across the entire AW Region for meetings
18. Ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders
19. Ability to manage and mitigate commercial disputes
20. Act in a truly collaborative fashion and inspire others to do the same
21. Be proactive in managing allocated programme and promptly escalates issues as necessary
22. Demonstrate resilience if there are setbacks
23. Be accountable and take personal responsibility for resolving problems
24. Constructively challenge decisions and behaviours that do not provide the best outcome
25. Be trusted by all stakeholders to provide clear and unambiguous commercial information
26. Promote a commercial team culture that works and respects & understands the commercial requirements of all stakeholders.
Why Anglian Water?
At Anglian Water, our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure their hard work is recognised and rewarded. Some of our benefits include:
27. Bonus scheme
28. Private healthcare
29. Competitive pension scheme
30. Up to 26 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
31. Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
32. Lots of great benefits including 20% off new EE mobile contracts, discounted cinema tickets and a Cycle2Work scheme
33. Free parking at all offices, site and leisure parks
34. Life Cover at 8x your salary
35. Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
If the opportunity to add value to a commercial team who deliver community- centric and vital projects appeals to your career aspirations, please apply today.
Closing date: 5th January 2026
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