Senior Quantity Surveyor Hampton, Middlesex, United Kingdom Posted F

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Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location:
Hampton, Middlesex, London (with travel across project sites)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Thames team, part of Galliford Try.

In this role, you will manage the commercial administration, reporting, and performance on a single large project or several smaller schemes. You’ll play a key part in ensuring financial control, contractual compliance, and successful delivery. This position involves travel across named project locations, so flexibility is essential.

• Ensure a safe working environment and compliance with company standards.
• Produce subcontract documentation, including negotiation of terms, conditions, prices, and programmes.
• Manage subcontract works packages, including interim assessments and change management.
• Issue all commercial notices to clients and subcontractors as required by the contract.
• Manage change in line with contractual requirements, including Compensation Event Quotations.
• Prepare, submit, and agree monthly applications to the client.
• Liaise with operational and engineering teams to maintain accurate site records.
• Produce and present detailed monthly reports and Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs).
• Maintain a detailed cost plan, tracking and forecasting expenditure, including subcontractor liabilities.
• Interpret and evaluate expenditure reports from internal cost systems.
• Lead weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with clients and subcontractors.
• Support estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise.

• Strong understanding of standard forms of contract.
• Excellent IT skills, including Excel, Word, and experience with CEMAR and Oracle systems.
• Solid knowledge of construction processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• First-class time management and organisational skills.
• Experience managing large projects or multiple smaller schemes.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Flexible and willing to travel extensively.
• Professional qualification such as MCIOB or MRICS (desirable), ideally working towards full membership.
• Relevant degree and/or experience in a commercial environment.
• CSCS card holder.

With an impressive order book of over £3.8 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 you 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.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

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 industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

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 your needs as well as those of your…