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ROLE: Senior Quantity Surveyor
HOURS: 40 hours a week
LOCATION: Rosyth
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor who will support the South Region of Scotland on the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) Contract with the Ministry of Defence. The role reports to the Principal Commercial Manager and is accountable for all contractual and commercial issues involved in managing the delivery of the South Area Billable Works programme.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Maintain governance policies, commercial transparency, and robust commercial practices.
2. Prepare subcontractor enquiry documentation, assess commercial tender returns, and coordinate technical appraisals.
3. Produce and issue subcontract order documentation.
4. Price, negotiate, and agree contract variations with subcontractors and the client.
5. Support budget preparation, cash flow forecasting, overhead reviews, and monthly reporting.
6. Work collaboratively with Contractors.
7. Maintain and forecast subcontractor accounts; measure value and agree variations.
8. Build productive relationships with clients, consultants, and end users.
9. Maintain high quality project documentation and update as required.
10. Conduct audits and inspections of supply chain agreements.
11. Provide commercial advice and support to the Operations Team.
12. Support the development and mentoring of junior commercial staff.
13. Oversee multiple contracts in line with Main Contract procedures and KPIs, including forecasting and budget control.
14. Monitor project performance, mitigate risk, and manage potential commercial disputes.
15. Work with senior leadership to support wider business growth and development.
16. Manage Billable Works ranging from £25, to £5,,, including new builds, refurbishments, and defence‑specific projects.
17. Travel extensively throughout Scotland, including MOD sites across the Central Belt, Southern Scotland, and some sites in the North of England.
18. Complete SC security clearance as part of the role.
19. Benefit from an attractive salary, electric car or car allowance, private medical insurance, 25 days' holiday, pension scheme, performance incentivisation (non‑contractual), and retail discounted offers.
20. Work within the FDIS contract which is in year 4 of a 7‑year agreement to deliver Hard FM services and a significant £70–£80M Billable Works programme.
Required Qualifications:
21. Minimum 5 years' experience in a Quantity Surveying role, ideally delivering projects of similar complexity and value.
22. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
23. Exceptional organisational, commercial, and administrative abilities.
24. High attention to detail with a methodical approach.
25. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); experience with Asite or similar platforms is advantageous.
26. Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
27. Strong team player with an initiative‑taking, collaborative mindset.
28. Professional approach with strong stakeholder management skills.
29. Strong contract administration experience.
30. Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines (as stated in your original wording).
31. Professional approach with strong stakeholder management skills (as repeated in your original wording).
What's in it for you?
32. A virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household, offering expert advice by video or phone.
33. Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme, including the option to access up to 50% of earned pay before payday for a small fee, plus competitive loans.
34. Access to Choices, our flexible lifestyle benefits platform—purchase up to five extra days' holiday, buy critical illness insurance, dental cover or technology products at an affordable cost.
35. High street discounts from thousands of well‑known retailers, gyms and more via our MiDeals platform.
36. Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
37. Life cover of up to four times your salary.
38. Enhanced pension contributions, a save‑as‑you‑earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (with potential to be awarded free shares).
39. Mitie Stars recognition scheme, offering monthly cash prizes and a £10, annual top award.
40. A diverse variety of training and development opportunities to support your career progression.
41. Join the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, with 80, employees supporting clients across banking, critical government sites, hospitals, and schools since .
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Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shradha Singh at .