Your newpany
You will be joining a well‑established civil engineering and specialist foundations contractor with a strong reputation for delivering technically challenging projects across the UK. The organisation operates in a fast‑paced,mercially focused environment where autonomy is encouraged and high‑qualitymercial management is central to project success. With a strong pipeline of work and continued growth, the business is now seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to strengthen itsmercial team and support ongoing expansion.
Your new role
In this role, you will take full ownership of themercial life cycle across a portfolio of piling and civils projects, ensuring robust financial control, effective subcontractor management and strong contractual protection. Working closely with project managers, engineers and site teams, you will act as a keymercial decision‑maker, driving best practice, maintaining accurate reporting and ensuring the business ismercially safeguarded at every stage. Your responsibilities will include:
1. End‑to‑end order management — from initial instruction through verification, approvals and final account.
2. Cash flow, valuations and applications — ensuring timely submissions and proactive management of payments.
3. Subcontractor management — overseeing variations,pliance, payments and day‑to‑day coordination.
4. Cost control and forecasting — maintaining accurate logs, budgets andmercial reports.
5. Contract administration — issuing notices, managing change and protecting thepany’s position.
6. Project collaboration — ensuring clearmunication between site and office teams.
7. Independent decision‑making — acting proactively and decisively without micromanagement.
What you'll need to succeed
8. Proven Senior QS experience within piling, civils or main contracting, with the ability to manage fullmercial responsibility.
9. Strongmercial acumen and confidence in protecting margin, challenging costs and negotiating effectively.
10. Excellent dispute‑resolution skills, able to manage difficult conversations professionally and reach positive oues.
11. High levels of organisation with disciplined logging, tracking, reporting and document control.
12. Contract administration expertise across NEC or JCT forms, including notices, change control and risk management.
13. Subcontractor management capability — variations, payments,pliance and day‑to‑day coordination.
14. Strong cost control and forecasting skills, ensuring accurate budgets andmercial reporting.
15. Clearmunication and collaboration with site teams, engineers and project managers.
16. A proactive, solutions‑driven mindset,fortable working independently and making confidentmercial decisions.
What you'll get in return
You will join a dynamic business that values independence,mercial sharpness and fresh ideas. You will have the freedom to take ownership of your work, influence processes, and play a key role in driving project performance.