Overview
Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: RAF Fairford On-site
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £65000 + Company Car/Car Allowance
Lead Commercial Excellence in High-Impact FM and Construction Projects
A dynamic and commercially focused Senior Quantity Surveyor is sought for a key role supporting facilities management and construction activities on the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate. This is a unique opportunity to apply your commercial expertise in a high-profile, complex environment, helping to deliver essential services across a diverse and challenging portfolio.
What Youll Do
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will provide strategic commercial oversight for core services and billable works, ensuring compliance, cost efficiency, and robust financial management. Youll deliver cost modelling, risk assessments, pricing strategies, and support the resolution of supply chain queries. Managing change in accordance with the USVF contract and ensuring accurate milestone payments and final accounts will be central to your responsibilities.
Youll collaborate with internal teams Area Managers, Project Managers, and fellow Commercial professionals as well as client-side stakeholders including MOD and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) representatives. Building and maintaining strong, professional relationships will be crucial to your success.
Your role also contributes to wider organisational goals such as health and safety compliance, sustainability, utility reduction, and promoting best commercial practices across the estate. Youll support dispute resolution, assist in risk management meetings, and help ensure alignment with frameworks like BS11000 (Collaborative Business Relationships).
What Youll Need To Succeed
* HND/Foundation Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience
* Strong background in commercial roles within FM or construction environments
* In-depth knowledge of cost control, risk management, and dispute resolution
* Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and negotiation skills
* Ability to work across multi-site operations and within high-security, regulated environments
* Flexibility to travel and a proactive, collaborative approach
Desirable
* Experience working on MOD or similar defence contracts
* Training in carbon reduction or utilities management
* CPD-accredited learning or membership of a relevant professional body
What’s on Offer
* Company car or car allowance
* 25 days annual leave
* 6% matched pension contribution
* Life assurance (2x annual salary)
* Single private medical insurance
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Contract
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
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