Senior Quantity Surveyor in Luton, Bedfordshire

Senior Quantity Surveyor

£80,000–£85,000 depending on experience + car allowance

Permanent | Full-time | 37.5 hours per week
Hours worked within a 7.30 am–5.30 pm window. Most office-based staff work 8.30 am–5.00 pm, with site teams starting and finishing earlier.

Benefits

• Car allowance and mileage rate

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays

• Contributory pension

• Non‑contributory life cover

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Construction

A long-established, family-owned building contractor is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its commercial team. You’ll take the commercial lead on construction projects valued up to £15m, working closely with project management teams from procurement through to final account.

The business has over 150 years of history, delivering projects across the commercial, education, industrial, heritage, blue light and leisure sectors. Its work covers the Home Counties, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire and North London.

The company operates through two divisions: Small Works & Frameworks, delivering projects up to £1m, and Main Contracts, delivering projects up to £15m. This Senior Quantity Surveyor role covers day-to-day quantity surveying and commercial management, including subcontract procurement, upstream and downstream change control, and monthly cost value reconciliation (CVR) reporting.

The role

• Manage contract sums, cost plans and monthly cost reconciliation/CVR reports.
• Review contract terms, client procedures and procurement strategies.
• Manage subcontract procurement, from preparing enquiries and analysing returns to negotiating packages.
• Manage monthly client applications, certifications and subcontractor payments.
• Manage variations and instructions, including pricing and value recovery.
• Monitor programmes, delays and disruption to support future recovery.
• Issue contractual notices correctly and on time.
• Manage commercial risks and opportunities throughout each project.
• Agree final accounts and complete all commercial duties.
• Maintain strong working relationships with clients, consultants and subcontractors.

What you’ll need

• Experience leading the commercial management of construction projects.

• Experience procuring subcontractors and negotiating subcontract packages.

• Experience managing multiple subcontract accounts at the same time.

• Working knowledge of JCT/NEC forms of contract.

• Experience producing monthly cost reports and CVRs.

Qualifications & Requirements

• In‑date CSCS card supported by a recognised qualification (NVQ, HNC/HND, degree or equivalent)

• HND or degree in Quantity Surveying or a commercially related discipline

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with a contractor 

• Competent using Microsoft Office

Security, Vetting & Right to Work

• Must have full right to work in the UK

• Must have been continuously resident in the UK for the past 5 years to meet client vetting requirements

• Must be willing to undertake DBS, BPSS or client‑led security checks where required

• Must be willing to discuss any matters relevant to vetting as part of the process

• Must be able to maintain the vetting standards required for regulated sites

To apply
Apply with your CV for this permanent Senior Quantity Surveyor position.