Job Overview
Are you an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor seeking your next career opportunity?
Have you worked on construction or complex utility projects and thrive under pressure?
If so, we've got the perfect role for you!
We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to support our project construction team by leading and advising on all commercial matters. You will work closely with the Commercial Manager, Project Manager, and Finance & Procurement teams, ensuring all projects are delivered profitably, contractually compliant, and to the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead and manage all commercial aspects of assigned projects.
2. Negotiate and prepare contractual variations with clients and subcontractors.
3. Measure and value works completed on-site, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
4. Prepare and agree monthly payment applications with clients.
5. Assist in tender preparation, cost planning, and bid support.
6. Track design changes and ensure all variations are captured and agreed.
7. Assess subcontractor applications and monitor their performance.
8. Review and report progress against the works programme.
9. Maintain budgetary control and prepare cost-to-completion forecasts.
10. Issue and manage Early Warning Notices (EWNs) in line with contract requirements.
11. Support Project Managers with contractual and commercial advice.
12. Liaise with the Legal team to prepare and review sub-contracts.
What We're Looking For
13. Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related field.
14. 10+ years' experience in a similar role within Utilities, Civil Engineering, Oil & Gas, or M&E industries.
15. Strong commercial acumen and numerical analysis skills.
16. Proven ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
17. Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
18. Sound understanding of standard forms of contract (e.g. NEC, JCT, FIDIC).
19. Flexibility to travel to project sites as required.
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 Pankaj Chaudhary at .