Senior Quantity Surveyor – Water & Civil; Bristol

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Wessex Water

Bristol

Galliford Try are looking to hire a Senior Quantity Surveyor in the Bristol area to lead the commercial delivery across the Wessex Water AMP 8 framework. If you thrive on responsibility, enjoy mentoring others, and want to work on projects that matter, this is your chance to make a difference. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll take ownership of commercial performance across multiple projects, ensuring governance, profitability, and stakeholder satisfaction.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will work closely with your line manager to support the commercial administration, reporting and performance of a major project or portfolio of smaller schemes. You will play a key role in cost control, contract and change management, risk mitigation and maintaining a positive cash position. You will also contribute to pre‑construction activities, procurement, contract reviews and commercial governance.

• Leading the preparation and negotiation of subcontract documentation, terms, and pricing.
• Managing subcontract packages, interim assessments, and change control.
• Issuing commercial notices and handling compensation events in line with contract requirements.
• Producing and agreeing monthly client applications and detailed cost reports (CVRs).
• Identifying and managing risks and opportunities to maximise margin.
• Driving achievement of business targets for cash, profit, and return on capital.
• Building and maintaining strong client and stakeholder relationships for repeat business.
• Supporting estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise.
• Managing and developing commercial teams, ensuring their growth and wellbeing.
• Attending progress and risk meetings with clients and subcontractors.
• Applying best practice and governance to deliver value and uphold our principles of “Doing the right thing.”

• Strong knowledge of standard forms of contract and construction processes.
• Excellent IT skills (Excel, Word, and cost management systems such as CEMAR, Asite, Orbit).
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A track record of negotiation and final account settlement.
• Professional qualifications (MCIOB or MRICS) or working towards full membership (desirable).
• Experience in civil engineering environments (Highways, Rail, Water, Aviation).
• Exposure to large-scale projects or multiple smaller schemes.
• CSCS certification (as appropriate).

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 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 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.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high‑quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office‑based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit their needs as well as those of their wider team.

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
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also…