Job Description
This is a rare opportunity to join a leading, well-established construction consultancy appointed to a major framework supporting National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade - the largest transformation of the UK’s electricity transmission network in generations.
You will be working on the Grimsby to Walpole project, a landmark 140km overhead line scheme connecting Northeast Lincolnshire to North Norfolk. The project plays a critical role in reinforcing the UK’s electricity network and enabling the connection of new energy sources, including offshore wind, solar, battery storage, interconnectors, and subsea links from Scotland.
With a programme extending into the early 2030s, this role offers exceptional project longevity, stability, and career exposure within nationally significant infrastructure.
About the Project - Grimsby to Walpole
The Grimsby to Walpole proposals form a key part of The Great Grid Upgrade, designed to:
* Increase grid capacity to support renewable energy
* Improve energy security and long-term network resilience
* Enable cleaner, home-grown electricity to reach homes and businesses
The scheme replaces and reinforces parts of the existing electricity network, originally built in the 1960s, which no longer has the capacity to meet modern energy demands across the East Midlands and beyond.
Indicative programme timeline:
* Pre-application and consultation: 2024–2025
* Planning & DCO process: 2026–2028
* Construction phases: 2028–2033
* Full operation: by 2033
This is a once-in-a-generation infrastructure programme with genuine national impact.
The Role
As a Quantity Surveyor, you will support the commercial delivery of this major transmission infrastructure project, working closely with senior commercial and project leadership within a collaborative consultancy environment.
You will be involved across key stages of the project lifecycle, contributing to robust cost management, commercial reporting, and stakeholder coordination on a complex, long-term scheme.
Key responsibilities include:
* Supporting cost management and commercial control across all project phases
* Assisting with cost forecasting, reporting, and change control
* Supporting procurement and contract administration activities
* Working closely with project teams, clients, and supply chain partners
* Contributing to risk management and value assurance processes
* Maintaining strong commercial governance on a nationally critical project
* Attending site approximately 2 days per week (locations across the project route)
About You
* Quantity Surveying experience within infrastructure, utilities, power, or major civil engineering projects
* Consultancy or client-side background preferred
* Strong commercial awareness with high attention to detail
* Confident communicator, comfortable engaging with multiple stakeholders
* Ambition to develop within large-scale, high-profile infrastructure programmes
* Full clean UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
Why Apply?
* Work on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes
* Long-term project security with a hybrid working model
* Exposure to nationally important energy and renewables infrastructure
* Supportive consultancy environment with strong framework presence
* Opportunity to build a standout CV project within the energy transition space
Get in touch to apply, or for a confidential, no-obligation conversation to find out more.
Email Freya.Handley@vertical-recruitment.co.uk