Senior Quantity Surveyor

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for commercial management of site activities, supervising junior team members and supporting the Commercial Manager/Project Manager to ensure margins are maintained and risks are  responsible for management of commercial activities on site:
Commercial management for allocated system of works, both main contract and subcontract(s) / suppliers as follows;  CEMAR administration Identification and notification of compensation events. Assessment of the effects of compensation events. Ownership of EWN processes, proactive identification and agreement of mitigations Defect notification and close out. Payment assessments, certificates, pay less notices etc in accordance with prescribed timescales. Support of procurement function in supply chain engagement.

Proactive identification of opportunities to reduce costs and maximise revenue. Explore and realise such opportunities where practicable. Establish and maintain risk registers recording the identification, assessment and mitigations of risk. Assess potential impact and make provision in reporting. Ownership of reporting stream and all subsequent inputs / outputs i.e. budget, forecast to complete, rates, components of costs required to provide the work.  

Recording of in period time and / or cost variations, trend analysis and actions to capitalise and / or arrest. Ensuring back-to-back risk allocation between Contractor and Subcontractors with alignment as to EWN and CE processes. Influence project stakeholders to support the maintaining and increase of forecast gross margin. Coordination and advise supporting members of staff in execution of all of the above.  

Support the in the mentoring and development of junior staff members. Provide advice to other disciplines in ensuring alignment to commercial strategy.  Provide guidance and support to commercial team members support This position is based Full time on site Monday to Friday If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact