Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this Senior Cost Manager role, you will steer cost control on major infrastructure schemes, ensuring accurate forecasts, budgets and final accounts. You’ll work within our North East team to deliver cost certainty and value through effective governance and change management. You will collaborate with client and contractor teams to drive programme performance and commercial outcomes. This is a growth-focused leadership position that pairs hands-on cost management with development opportunities in training and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting aligned to budget and project objectives
• Proactively manage cost variance, cash flow and timely contractor payments
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams to deliver deliverables, KPIs and value engineering
• Effectively manage contract changes within governance and best practices
• Advance forecast accuracy and budget robustness; offer sound commercial guidance to stakeholders
• Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed; lead project commissions as needed

Key requirements

• Excellent communication
• Contract Management (NEC3, Option C preferred)
• Cost Management
• Change management and control
• Valuation
• Risk Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Pricing
• Reporting
• Collaborative approach and best-for-project attitude
• People management
• Identifying and driving efficiencies through the project life cycle
• Knowledge of procurement routes, value management and value engineering
• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Professional body membership or equivalent (preferred)
• Collaborative
• Communication
• Sharing best practice
• NEC3 (Option C)
• Cost management and forecasting
• Contract change management

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