Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Civils & Infrastructure

Location: Northampton - Hybrid (Site / Office / Home-Based with flexibility)
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 + Car Allowance
Bonus: 10% Guaranteed
Benefits: Private Healthcare + Pension, 26 days holiday + more extensive benefits

The Company

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with strong NEC contract experience. The role offers a high level of flexibility, with a hybrid working arrangement split between site visits, office attendance and remote working. The company is a leading Tier 1 contractor with a strong reputation for delivering complex, high-value construction and civil engineering projects across the industrial, logistics, residential, and infrastructure sectors. The business is known for it’s, delivery-focused approach and consistently works on some of the largest and most significant schemes in the UK.

This is a highly autonomous, mobile role offering real ownership across multiple live projects, working across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and civils schemes.

The Opportunity

This is not a traditional desk-based QS position. You will operate in a roaming commercial role, supporting several projects simultaneously and taking full ownership of commercial delivery across your assigned portfolio.

You will be trusted to manage your workload independently, work closely with operational teams on site, and play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered profitably and in line with contractual requirements.

The role offers a high level of flexibility, with a hybrid working arrangement split between site visits, office attendance and remote working.

Key Responsibilities

• Full commercial management of civils and infrastructure projects under NEC forms of contract

• Managing cost control, forecasting, CVRs and monthly reporting across multiple projects

• Administering change control, compensation events and contractual notifications

• Preparing and agreeing valuations, applications for payment and final accounts

• Supporting procurement strategy and subcontract management

• Working closely with operational teams to ensure commercial and programme alignment

• Identifying and managing commercial risk and opportunity across live projects

• Ensuring contractual compliance and robust record keeping under NEC requirements

• Liaising with clients, stakeholders and delivery teams to maintain strong commercial relationships

About You

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within civils and/or infrastructure projects

• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts (essential)

• Experience managing multiple projects or a portfolio of works

• Confident working autonomously in a mobile / site-based role

• Strong commercial acumen with excellent contractual awareness

• Effective communicator with the ability to influence site and client teams

What’s on Offer

• Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience

• Car allowance or company car

• 10% guaranteed bonus

• Private healthcare

• Hybrid working with genuine flexibility

• High level of autonomy and trust

• Exposure to major UK infrastructure and civils projects

• Clear long-term progression within a growing commercial team

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially strong Senior QS looking for greater autonomy, variety and ownership across a portfolio of high-profile infrastructure projects.