Senior Quantity Surveyor

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.  We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment. 

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

We are seeking a commercially focused professional to support the effective management of valuations, contract administration and cost control across multiple projects. In this role, you will produce accurate contract-compliant valuations and applications, monitor certifications, payments and cash receipts, and manage contractual notices and correspondence. You will also review valuation quality, resolve disputes and non-compliance issues, and provide guidance to junior colleagues to ensure high standards of commercial delivery.

You'll play a key role in managing cost and financial performance, validating financial data, maintaining accurate accruals and supporting margin improvement. Working closely with supply chain partners, subcontractors and project teams, you will oversee subcontract administration, support cost planning activities, and contribute to risk and opportunity assessments. You'll ensure reporting is accurate, timely and aligned with company requirements, helping to drive informed commercial decision-making.

The successful candidate will maintain accurate commercial records, registers and supporting documentation while producing cashflow, cost/value and revenue forecasts. You will prepare and present regular CVR reports, monitor KPI and SLA performance, and provide insight into project risks, opportunities and trends. We are looking for someone who takes ownership of their performance, works collaboratively, embraces feedback, demonstrates strong organisational skills, and consistently reflects our values and commitment to excellence.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in a Quantity Surveying role within the construction or infrastructure sector.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts.
• Good commercial awareness with an understanding of cost management processes.
• Strong numerical, analytical and financial management skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and commercial management systems.
• Experience of subcontract administration and supply chain management.
• Ability to identify, assess and escalate commercial risks and issues.
• Well-organised with the ability to manage workloads, meet deadlines and maintain accuracy.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across operational, finance and procurement teams.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent experience); professional membership or working towards RICS/CICES is desirable.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
  
• Private health care – single cover
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.