Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Kent
Permanent
Salary: £70,000
Introduction
Are you a passionate and dynamic Senior Quantity Surveyor looking for your next permanent role? This is an exciting opportunity to join a long-established civil engineering business with nearly 40 years of experience delivering highways, infrastructure, and maintenance projects across Greater London. With a reputation built on quality, reliability, and customer focus, this company continues to grow and innovate within the industry.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team based in East London. You'll be responsible for managing commercial projects from pre-contract through to completion, ensuring profitability, compliance, and client satisfaction. This is a key leadership role where you'll guide surveyors, support senior commercial managers, and help drive commercial success across projects.
Key Responsibilities
·Provide leadership to Quantity Surveyors and support the wider commercial team
·Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and client counterparts
·Oversee commercial projects from pre-contract stage through to final accounts
·Manage sub-contracts including tendering, awarding, and monthly payment assessments
·Produce accurate forecasts, CVRs, and final accounts
·Ensure all internal and client processes are followed to minimise commercial risk
·Accurately value completed work and ensure timely cash collection
A company car or car allowance is included in the role, so a full UK driving licence (with no more than 6 penalty points) is required.
The Ideal Candidate
To be successful in this role, you will have:
·Essential: Degree in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Surveying
·Essential: NEC TSC contract experience and knowledge of ICC Term Contracts
·Strong commercial awareness with excellent negotiation skills
·Good interpersonal and problem-solving skills
·Strong numeracy, analytical, written, and presentation skills
·A process-driven approach with the ability to work across multiple stakeholders
This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded professional to step into a senior role on critical infrastructure projects, shaping both delivery and long-term client relationships.
 
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
 
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Patrick Gray at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information.
 
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