Senior Quantity Surveyor

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Thames team, part of Galliford Try.

In this role, you will manage the commercial administration, reporting, and performance on a single large project or several smaller schemes. You’ll play a key part in ensuring financial control, contractual compliance, and successful delivery. This position involves travel across named project locations, so flexibility is essential.

What you will be doing: 

• Ensure a safe working environment and compliance with company standards.
• Produce subcontract documentation, including negotiation of terms, conditions, prices, and programmes.
• Manage subcontract works packages, including interim assessments and change management.
• Issue all commercial notices to clients and subcontractors as required by the contract.
• Manage change in line with contractual requirements, including Compensation Event Quotations.
• Prepare, submit, and agree monthly applications to the client.
• Liaise with operational and engineering teams to maintain accurate site records.
• Produce and present detailed monthly reports and Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs).
• Maintain a detailed cost plan, tracking and forecasting expenditure, including subcontractor liabilities.
• Interpret and evaluate expenditure reports from internal cost systems.
• Lead weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with clients and subcontractors.
• Support estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise.

About You: 

• Strong understanding of standard forms of contract.
• Solid knowledge of construction processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• First-class time management and organisational skills, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Experience managing large projects or multiple smaller schemes.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical skills.
• Flexible and willing to travel extensively.
• Professional qualification such as MCIOB or MRICS (desirable), ideally working towards full membership.
• Relevant degree and/or experience in a commercial environment.
• CSCS card holder.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.  

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role