Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location – Manchester
Purpose of the role
Galliford Try is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Infrastructure team, supporting the delivery of a new £15m local authority infrastructure project in Manchester city centre. You’ll play a key role in managing the commercial performance of civil engineering schemes, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
What will you be doing:
- Ensure a safe working environment
- Produce and negotiate subcontract documentation, including terms, prices, and programme
- Manage subcontract works packages, including interim assessments and change management
- Produce and issue all commercial notices to both the Client and Subcontractors as required by the contract
- Oversee and manage changes in a timely manner, including Compensation Event Quotations
- Produce, submit, and agree monthly applications with the Client per contract terms.
- Liaise with operational and engineering staff to maintain required site records
- Produce detailed monthly reports, Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR), and maintain a ‘Cost Plan’ with expenditure tracking and forecasting
About you:
- Good appreciation of NEC contracts
- Strong IT skills including Excel, Word and Contractual and Cost Management Systems (CEMAR, Oracle)
- Relevant degree or equivalent and/or experience of working in a relevant commercial environment
- Experience of working on large single or multiple smaller schemes
- CSCS appropriate
- First‑class time and outcome management skills
- Professional qualification such as MCIOB or MRICS, ideally Incorporated member, working towards full membership (Desirable)
Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Competitive family leave policy
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options and employee assistance programme with free 24/7 support
- Paid yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
Additional Information
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full‑time, part‑time and/or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
We encourage you to apply anyway
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Disability Statement
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a long‑term health condition or disability that meets the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also discuss any adjustments required for your interview.
A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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