Quantity Surveyor; United Utlities

Lanes Group is one of the UK's leading utility services providers, with almost 5,000 employees delivering essential services nationwide. As one Lanes Group, we combine specialist expertise, innovation and a customer-first approach to provide industry-leading solutions across the sectors we serve. With annual revenues exceeding £650 million, we are a growing business that offers exciting opportunities, a collaborative culture and the chance to make a real impact.

Join us and be part of an organisation that values diversity, invests in development and helps people build successful careers.

Purpose of the role:

We are looking for a commercially focused Quantity Surveyor to take ownership of allocated work streams across our United Utilities contract.

This is a high-volume, low-value contract environment where accuracy, pace, strong process control and attention to detail are essential. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the end-to-end Quantity Surveying process across several work streams, ensuring works are commercially controlled from instruction and delivery through to valuation, Application for Payment, WIP management, query resolution and final account.

The role will require someone who can work confidently with Operations, Planning, Finance, Administration and client representatives to ensure works are valued correctly, costs are captured accurately, payments are progressed, and commercial entitlement is protected.

Location:

Leyland

Hours:

40 Hours per week

Salary:
Up to £45,000 (Dependent on experience)

Benefit:

Company Car/Car Allowance

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the QS process across allocated work streams.
• Manage works from instruction/completion through to valuation, Application for Payment, payment resolution and final account.
• Ensure each workstream is commercially controlled, accurately reported and progressed in line with contract requirements.
• Manage a high volume of low-value jobs, ensuring pace, accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Ensure all works are valued correctly using the appropriate schedule of rates, agreed pricing mechanism or commercial process.
• Identify and resolve commercial issues that could delay billing, payment or final account agreement.
• Maintain strong audit trails and supporting evidence across allocated work streams.

Applications for Payment and Revenue Recovery

• Prepare, review and submit accurate Applications for Payment for allocated work streams.
• Ensure submissions are complete, accurate and supported by the required evidence.
• Review completed works to ensure all chargeable activities, materials, plant, subcontractors and variations are captured.
• Progress client queries, rejections and unpaid items in a timely manner.
• Work with Operations and Administration teams to obtain missing photos, measures, job notes, completion details or supporting information.
• Track reasons for rejected or delayed items and support actions to reduce repeat issues.
• Ensure revenue is recognised accurately and in line with commercial governance.

WIP and Final Account Management

• Own and manage WIP across allocated work streams.
• Review aged WIP regularly, challenging and progressing outstanding items.
• Identify blockers preventing billing, approval or payment and drive actions to resolve them.
• Monitor outstanding AFPs, queried items, rejected items and unpaid values.
• Support final account agreement across allocated work streams, ensuring values are accurate and well evidenced.
• Escalate aged, high-risk or recurring issues where required.

Cost Control, CVR and Margin Management

• Monitor cost, value and margin performance across allocated work streams.
• Manage CVR reporting for allocated work streams, ensuring revenue, cost, margin, WIP, risk and opportunity positions are accurate and clearly understood.
• Review job-level costs, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and other direct costs.
• Challenge incorrect cost allocations and work with Finance and Operations to resolve coding or cost issues.
• Ensure all valid costs and chargeable items are captured within submissions.
• Identify trends in cost movement, productivity, non-recovery or operational inefficiency.
• Provide clear…