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Senior Quantity Surveyor
United Infrastructure
Thame, GBR
Full-time
Senior
Onsite
Discovered 4 weeks ago
Full Job Posting
Key Responsibilities
- Commercial Leadership & Governance
- Lead and manage the pre-construction commercial function, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and control across all projects
- Own and oversee divisional budgets, cost plans, and financial forecasting
- Establish and maintain robust commercial processes, controls, and reporting standards
- CVR & Financial Management
- Take full accountability for the Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) process across the pre-construction portfolio
- Ensure timely, accurate reporting of cost position, risks, opportunities, and forecast outcomes
- Challenge assumptions, cost movements, and commercial risks to protect business margins
- Provide clear financial reporting and insight to senior leadership
- Team Leadership & Development
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Quantity Surveyors
- Set objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development
- Ensure appropriate resource allocation and workload balance across projects
- Cost Planning & Pre-Construction Support
- Lead the development and validation of detailed cost plans and budgets
- Support bid and tender processes, ensuring competitive and commercially sound submissions
- Drive value engineering initiatives and cost optimisation strategies
- Work closely with design and pre-construction teams to ensure alignment between scope and budget
- Procurement & Supply Chain Management
- Oversee pre-construction procurement strategies and package scoping
- Support early supply chain engagement to inform pricing, risk management, and buildability
- Ensure compliance with procurement governance and commercial best practice
- Risk & Opportunity Management
- Identify, manage, and report commercial risks and opportunities across all schemes
- Ensure risk allowances, contingencies, and commercial positions are robust and defensible
- Support mitigation strategies to protect cost certainty and programme outcomes
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a key commercial interface with internal teams, clients, and supply chain partners
- Present commercial updates and financial positions to senior stakeholders
- Support collaborative working across design, construction, and operational teams
- About You
- Proven experience in a Quantity Surveying role, ideally within pre-construction
- Strong knowledge of CVR processes, cost planning, and budget management
- Experience managing and developing commercial teams
- Skilled in commercial strategy, risk management, and financial reporting
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities
- Experience within [construction / main contracting] is highly desirable
- What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Opportunity to lead a critical commercial function within a growing division
- Clear career progression and leadership exposure
- A collaborative, high-performing team environment
- Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in a Quantity Surveying role, ideally within pre-construction
- Strong knowledge of CVR processes, cost planning, and budget management
- Experience managing and developing commercial teams
- Skilled in commercial strategy, risk management, and financial reporting
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities
- Experience within [construction / main contracting] is highly desirable
About United Infrastructure
Civil & Infrastructure Construction2500 employeesFounded 2014
Delivering critical infrastructure to communities across the UK.
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