Quantity Suveryor

This is a Permanent , Full Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 GMT .

The Vacancy Quantity Surveyor — Rail & Civil Engineering

Location: Cumbernauld
Employment type: Permanent

Overview

Join a busy, fast-paced commercial team delivering high‑profile rail and civil engineering projects for Network Rail, local authorities and private developers. This role is an excellent opportunity to develop your commercial skills and progress your career while supporting slabtrack, Civils Asset Management and building asset management frameworks.

Business unit and typical projects

• Multi‑disciplinary civil engineering portfolio including roads, bridges, footbridges, tunnels, underbridges, embankments, flood alleviation and rail platforms.
• Live programmes include Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework ().
• Client base:
  Network Rail, Local Authorities, environmental bodies and private developers.

The role — key responsibilities

You will be an integral part of the commercial team, supporting Commercial Managers and Senior Quantity Surveyors across multiple contracts.

• Support commercial management of multiple sites to deliver projects on time and to budget.
• Prepare and review estimates, tenders and pricing submissions.
• Resolve pricing queries and maintain client liaison.
• Collate site cost information through close liaison with Site Managers.
• Manage subcontractor commercial relationships and payments.
• Lead change management, early warnings and contractual variations.
• Administer contracts (NEC and Network Rail contract forms).
• Produce CVRs and complete final account settlements.

Skills and experience required

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor in a civil engineering or contracting environment.
• Relevant qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management (HNC/HND/Degree).
• Practical experience with NEC or bespoke Network Rail contract forms.
• Rail experience is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong communication skills, commercial judgement and the ability to work in a high‑volume, deadline driven environment.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience.
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• Up to 3 volunteer days per year.
• Company contributory pension scheme and life insurance.
• Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards.
• Structured support, consistent learning and clear internal progression pathways.
• A safe working environment and active employee forums to ensure your voice is heard.

The Company Why Amco Giffen?

Why Amco Giffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. Amco Giffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

Amco Giffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at Amco Giffen

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

Amco Giffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non‑membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job.

Anyone who meets the requirements of the job…