Senior Quantity Surveyor

About United Infrastructure

United Infrastructure is a rapidly expanding business focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. Our team of specialists delivers innovative solutions to complex client challenges.

Utility Infrastructure — Our specialists design, build, and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power, and telecoms infrastructure for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Social Infrastructure — Our specialists revitalise homes and communities through retrofit, refurbishment, and maintenance work.

At United Infrastructure, we are committed to making every interaction a positive and inclusive experience. If there is anything we can do to support you, remove barriers, or make the process more accessible, please let us know — we want this to be the best possible experience for you.

We are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Social Infrastructure team in Dartford. This long‑term role involves leading commercial activities on a partnering framework, ensuring the commercial success of projects while adhering to administration procedures, and promoting a collaborative environment with clients and the subcontract‑supply chain.

Experience working on social housing contracts, including planned works and repairs. A strong background in commercial lead roles within social housing, planned and responsive repairs.

• Validation Pricing and Monthly Client Cost Advice
• Take lead responsibility for validation pricing activities.
• Review validation survey outputs and advise the client monthly on costs, valuations and forecasted spend.
• Ensure pricing submissions are accurate, commercially robust and aligned to agreed commercial processes and contract agreements.
• Provide clear commentary on cost movements, risks, opportunities and recovery positions.
• Planning Applications - Procurement, Payments and Claims
• Take commercial ownership of planning application SOW procurement activities.
• Manage procurement process for planning application works/packages, including enquiry, comparison and recommendation.
• Administer payments and claiming from the client in line with agreed TCMs and contractual/commercial requirements.
• Produce and maintain planning application forecasts, including cost-to-complete and cash forecasts.
• Track and reconcile planning application spend against budgets and approved allowances.
• Open Book Reconciliation, Audit and Cost Allocation Control
• Lead on compiling reconciliation and audit information for internal and client review.
• Ensure subcontractor costs are correctly allocated by team members against the correct IDs/cost codes.
• Compile, maintain and run the sideways sheet to provide a live monthly reconciliation position.
• Update adjustments and corrections in a timely manner to maintain accurate reporting.
• Identify where subcontractor claims or costs have not been recovered and elevate / redirect queries to the responsible QS or SQS.
• - Sole QS Responsibility
• Act as sole Quantity Surveyor for Planned Maintenance Leaseholder Recovery.
• Manage commercial activities on these programmes from cradle to grave, including procurement through yearly close out.
• Prepare and maintain valuations, variations, final accounts and supporting records as required.
• Update forecasts regularly and manage cash flow/cash management across each programme.
• Support operational staff with day‑to‑day commercial queries and contractual/commercial advice.
• Maintain commercial records to support transparent reporting and recovery.
• Manage commercial function on programme.
• Ensure allocations and budgets are maintained and monitored against actual expenditure.
• Identify and report any deviations from budget, including causes, impact and recommended corrective actions.
• Support operational teams to ensure commercial controls remain effective across service delivery.
• Subcontract and Supply Chain Commercial Management
• Prepare subcontract enquiries, analyse quotations and support package procurement.
• Value, negotiate and process subcontract applications/payments…