Quantity Surveyor

83094 - Quantity Surveyor - LPNThe Quantity Surveyor will report to either a Senior Quantity Surveyor or the Commercial Lead and will work within Capital Programme - based in either our Bidder Street or Newington House offices located in West Ham/Canning Town and Elephant and Castle, London respectively. You will be a permanent employee. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 days remote working.

You will attract a salary of 68,144 plus a bonus of 3% and a London Weighting allowance.

Close Date: 08/11/2026

We also provide the following additional benefits
25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays

Private Medical Cover Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan Tax efficient benefits:
Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes Occupational Health support

Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers’ products

Discounted gym membership Employee Assistance Programme.

Job Purpose To assist the Commercial Manager and work with the wider commercial team in providing professional quantity surveying support to the Capital Programme and Procurement Delivery across several long-term contracts. To manage commercial matters for those contracts and projects with regards to contract set-up, management, pricing, service delivery, scope change and dispute resolution to ensure contract requirements are compliant with standards and co-ordinated to maximise profit delivery.

To support a wider project team, variously comprising Programme Managers;
Project Managers;
Designers; P6 Planners;
Consents Surveyors and Administrators.

Responsibilities:

To be commercial lead, or for larger projects to provide support, on a portfolio of client construction projects.

To comply with all UKPN guidelines, our goals and procedures, and to identify and report areas of non-conformance to the Regional Commercial Manager and wider commercial management team.

Ensure that the project delivery team have acted following the Contract.

Collaborate with all external and company partners to allow the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met in an organised manner, under the guidance of the wider commercial team.

Review and agree ADP/Tender submissions from UKPN’s Contractors and review Tender Documentation produced by UKPN’s Project Managers.

Help prepare activity schedules and the presentation of tender documentation, attending interviews and carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons to fixed rates.

Work with the Portfolio Manager;
Programme Managers, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and P6 Planners to deliver advice and support, to ensure that the projects are managed following the contract and meeting reporting deadlines.

Manage a programme of current workload, in order that all contracts receive the relevant allocation of resource to manage them commercially.

To assist the Commercial Manager and Senior Quantity Surveyor in providing guidance to junior members of staff,Demonstrate belief and understanding to the team and create confidence even when faced with setbacks. .Produce quality reports questioning the decisions and directions of others if necessary.

Assess contractor applications and EWN's and CE's, making recommendations to, raising payment certificates for and preparing general correspondence on behalf of the Project Managers to ensure that only legitimate monies are certified.

Collaborate with the Project Managers to update the risk registers and add in new risks arising from the…