Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Driving Commercial Excellence Across Complex Projects
At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, at our Warrington site.
The role
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be utilising your commercial expertise in support of the client for a major decommissioning project. This offers an excellent opportunity to further develop within a quantity surveying discipline as part of a growing project.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for overseeing commercial activities, such as contract change and administration, amongst provision of commercial advice and guidance.
1. Partner with Project Managers to deliver all commercial aspects, driving value and mitigating risk.
2. Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, aligning objectives and fostering collaborative goal-setting.
3. Interpret head contract terms and conditions, ensuring effective flow-down to the subcontract supply chain and proactive compliance management.
4. Provide expert commercial support across projects, managing activities such as bid governance, reviews, change management, and contractual notices.
5. Ensure compliance with internal processes and contractual obligations, liaising with Heads of Commercial and customers as required.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home and is based at our Birchwood, Warrington hub.
Essential experience of the Senior Quantity Surveyor:
6. In-depth knowledge of standard contract forms, including NEC3
7. Ability to align business requirements with effective sourcing strategies
8. Solid understanding of commercial administration within regulated industries
9. Proven experience in Quantity Surveying with strong commercial acumen
10. Expertise in supporting projects and delivering change using recognised methodologies
Qualifications for the Senior Quantity Surveyor:
11. Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or have a relevant degree
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at .
What We Offer
12. Generous holiday allowance
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
15. Employee share scheme
16. Employee shopping savings portal
17. Payment of Professional Fees
18. Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
19. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
20. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
21. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
Cavendish Nuclear
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