Senior Quantity Surveyor
Job in
Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk County, IP1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-27
Listing for:
Civil Works Alliance
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-27
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Operations Management, Regulatory Compliance Specialist -
Management
Operations Management, Project & Program Management, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Help Shape the UK’s Energy Future Senior Quantity Surveyor Opportunity with the Civil Works Alliance (CWA), Supporting Sizewell C
As part of the CWA (Civil Works Alliance), you will support the building of Sizewell
C. Sizewell C will be a 3.2‑gigawatt power station generating low‑carbon electricity for around 6 million homes and will play a key role in our energy future, supplying reliable, clean electricity for at least 60 years. This role will be within the Enabling and Earthwork Section.
- Has a good knowledge of and adheres to the Company’s GMCEs, BMS and other governance. Including SZC systems, processes, and governance
- Orders information and systematically checks data
- Maximises digital opportunities
- Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
- Critically appraises, estimates, and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
- Planning
- Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time‑Location,
- Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
- Project Management
- Monitors subcontract activities, measures and responds appropriately
- Analyses the commercial progress and reports to senior project staff
- Manages commercial aspects with Customer and Stakeholders for their area of responsibility
- Procurement
- Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
- Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy
- Commercial Management
- Analyses rates & prices, agreements of variations and or compensation events as required
- Undertakes customer and stakeholder management for their area of responsibility
- Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
- Prepares internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
- Development, Recruitment and Retention
- Maintains own Personal Development Plan
- Manages HR/People aspects for direct and indirect reports (PDRs etc)
- Actively supports the development of others incl. professional mentoring
- Produces plans for team to achieve goals / aspirations
- Supports recruitment of lower grades
- Commercial Management
- Negotiation
- Legal & contracting
- Risk & opportunity management
- Project procurement strategy
- Civil engineering technical solutions
- Related Capabilities
- Project Management
- HSE
- DfMA
- Digital engineering
- Client & stakeholder management
- People management
- Cascades information in a positive way to staff at all levels
- Ability to resolve conflict and build respect between multi‑disciplinary teams
- Encourages inter‑team collaboration as well as with off‑site functions
- Strong communication and excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
- Sets challenging goals for self and others to achieve
- Takes difficult decisions as necessary
- Quality of Service Provision
- Understand economic factors that affect the construction industry
- To manage the feedback of commercial data to Planning and Estimating
- The ability to review tenders and cost data
- To manage the preparation of Target Cost for a Project
- To co‑ordinate the commercial team to ensure programme issues are identified and actioned
- To manage the preparation and review of Earned Value Management
- Manage the preparation of the monthly operating statement and associated commercial reports
- To be able to report and explain the commercial progress to senior teams
- To manage the feedback of commercial data to Planning, Estimating, Marketing and Sales
- Formulation of management plans for resource procurement
- Understanding of disputes resolution including options, structure as well as knowledge of the SCL Protocol
- Chain management and procurement techniques, estimating and surveying functions
- Management and reporting of Commercial Risk and Opportunity
- Management of disallowed cost
- Experienced in the recruitment and development of talent within the business
- Ability to provide…
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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