Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor – I. Municipalidad de Recoleta

This challenging and exciting role requires a professional with commercial expertise within the UK civil engineering or infrastructure sectors. You will receive an attractive basic salary plus an extensive benefits package, longevity in secure employment, forward career advancement and hybrid working, with a likely split of 2/3 days per week in the office and 2/3 from home.

Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, secure employment, career development and hybrid working.

• Relevant formal qualifications desirable, but demonstrable practical experience equally acceptable.
• Good working knowledge of the civil engineering or infrastructure sectors.
• Expertise in NEC 3 & 4 and JCT contracts (NEC essential, JCT desirable).
• Knowledge and understanding of pre‑construction and procurement processes.
• Knowledge of multiple construction techniques and the general sequence of events for a wide variety of contracts, schemes and project applications.
• Ability to apply quantity surveying best practice to various projects.
• Basic working understanding of plant, equipment and material.

• Support all commercial activities and financial governance, working closely with the contracts, operations and senior management teams.
• Continually review and challenge existing commercial processes to identify and implement best practice.
• Draw up contracts and sub‑contracts, or ensure contracts have been prepared prior to commencement of works, and review third‑party contracts.
• Assist with pre‑construction commercial activities such as vetting or approval of terms, contract evaluations, sub‑contract procurement and selection.
• Identify risk and opportunities associated with contracts and manage in an appropriate manner.
• Provide commercial and contractual advice to operations teams.
• Notify, prepare and agree on any change, claims or extensions of time that arise.
• Attend client meetings, including project commencement and close‑out appointments.
• Undertake commercial audits for each contract to ensure good practice and compliance with company procedures and client specifications.
• Prepare monthly financial reports, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Provide final account sign‑off and agreement of interim assessments, including early warning notifications, compensation events and extensions of time.
• Perform financial reconciliation and contractual administration.
• Attend and contribute to risk‑management meetings – value engineering, cost versus value, overall progress and general project updates.
• Prepare weekly and monthly CVR reports, including KPI information, estimates of defined costs to complete, and any pain or gain position.
• Prepare and agree on final accounts.
• Prepare and administer sub‑contract documents, including sub‑contract set‑up.
• Administer accounts to final stages.

Our client is one of the UK’s leading specialist infrastructure and heavy civil engineering contractors, renowned for technically advanced and cost‑effective solutions tailored to complex project and client requirements. Their reputation is built on engineering excellence and a commitment to continual innovation, backed by a central technical design and engineering resource. They deliver the full range of foundations, groundworks, site remediation, piling, geotechnical, structural and infrastructural engineering techniques, providing clients with a bespoke service supported by state‑of‑the‑art processes and technologies.

We are committed to equal opportunities. All applicants are treated fairly and appointed solely on suitability for the post, irrespective of race, gender, age, disability, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, marital/civil partnership status, religion/belief or nationality.