Senior Quantity Surveyor

Foresight Search Ltd

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Swindon office 2 days, Winchester 2 days – home 1 day

Salary: £90,000 + £6,000 car allowance + package

Sector: Main Contractor / Healthcare Construction

Start Date: ASAP / Immediate

Senior Quantity Surveyor – The Company

Our client is an expanding construction business backed by a highly successful Healthcare development group, currently building a specialist in-house contracting division focused on technically complex projects.

The business delivers ultra high-end healthcare and medical developments across the South of England, with projects typically ranging between £50m and £70m in value.

With a strong pipeline of secured schemes and long-term investment behind the business, this is an excellent opportunity to join at an exciting stage of growth and play a key role in shaping the commercial function moving forward.

Senior Quantity Surveyor – The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially strong Senior Quantity Surveyor to take responsibility for a major £70m Winchester-based healthcare project.

Working closely with operational and leadership teams, you will oversee the commercial management of the scheme from procurement through to final account.

The role offers a hybrid working arrangement with approximately 1-2 days remote working each week.

Typical duties & responsibilities:

* Commercial management of a major construction project

* Subcontract procurement and package management

* Preparation of valuations and applications for payment

* Cost reporting and forecasting

* Variation management and commercial change control

* Managing subcontractor accounts and final accounts

* Supporting project cashflow and commercial strategy

* Attending client and commercial meetings

* Managing commercial risk and contractual compliance

* Working closely with operational teams to support project delivery

Senior Quantity Surveyor – The Person

* Previous experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within main contracting

* Experience on large-scale projects ideally £20m+

* Ideally experience working for a Tier 1 main contractor

* Healthcare or technically complex M&E project experience beneficial

* Strong contractual and commercial knowledge

* Excellent reporting and negotiation skills

* Ability to manage projects independently

* Good communication and stakeholder management skills