Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Façades

North West

Permanent, full-time

£60,000 - £70,000 package

Office-based with travel to project sites across the UK as required.

Winsearch is proud to partner with a growing specialist façade contractor looking to appoint an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to strengthen its commercial team.

This is a senior, hands-on position requiring a proven commercial background within the façade or cladding subcontract sector. You'll take ownership of multiple projects from tender handover through to final account, working with minimal supervision while supporting the development of junior commercial staff.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, you'll manage the commercial performance of several façade projects at different stages.

Packages may include curtain walling, rainscreen cladding, architectural glazing, SFS and fire-rated façade systems.

You'll work closely with design, procurement and project-delivery teams to manage package scope, control change, maintain accurate forecasts and protect the commercial position of the business.

This is not a step-up role. My client needs an established Senior Quantity Surveyor who can manage numerous projects autonomously and produce accurate, high-quality work without routine checking.

• Managing multiple façade projects from tender handover to final account
• Reviewing package scope, contract terms, qualifications and budgets
• Producing CVRs, forecasts and detailed commercial reports
• Managing project costs, cash-flow and anticipated final outcomes
• Administering JCT and NEC contracts in practice
• Issuing contractual notices within required timescales
• Managing variations, compensation events and claims
• Maintaining accurate change, risk and commercial registers
• Leading subcontractor and supplier procurement
• Preparing and issuing tender enquiries
• Reviewing quotations, exclusions and commercial qualifications
• Negotiating subcontract terms, rates and final accounts
• Preparing valuations and applications for payment
• Assessing subcontractor applications and payment entitlement
• Identifying scope gaps, package interfaces and commercial risks
• Working with design teams to capture drawing and specification changes
• Liaising with clients, consultants and main contractor commercial teams
• Attending project meetings and site visits where required
• Managing and mentoring trainees and Quantity Surveyors
• Organising and delegating work across the commercial team

• Proven experience in a similar Senior Quantity Surveyor role
• Demonstrable commercial experience within a façade or cladding subcontractor
• Experience managing curtain walling, rainscreen, glazing or fire-rated façade packages
• Strong practical knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts
• Ability to manage numerous projects concurrently
• Proven ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision
• Strong cost-management, procurement and commercial-reporting skills
• Excellent scope-management and change-control capability
• Experience managing contractual risk
• Strong subcontract procurement and negotiation experience
• Experience managing or mentoring trainees and Quantity Surveyors
• Confident client and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to organise and delegate effectively
• Excellent numeracy, grammar and reporting skills
• Proficiency in commercial software and Microsoft Office
• Based within practical commuting distance of the North West office

• BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying
• Valid CSCS card
• Full UK driving licence
• Direct façade or cladding subcontract experience

• Professional membership or progress towards chartership
• Experience working with Tier 1 main contractors
• Experience across several façade-system types
• Five GCSEs at grades A-C or equivalent

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