Quantity Surveyor NEC
Listed on 2026-11-04
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Construction
Quantity Surveyor, Civil Engineering
NEC Quantity Surveyor - Rail & Civils
Location:
North London office (4 days) + Heathrow (1 day per week)
Rate: £500 per day (freelance) or £70,000-£80,000 + benefits (permanent)
Contract:
Freelance or Permanent - full time
Apex Search and Selection is partnering with a well-established, fully accredited rail and civil engineering contractor based in North London. With 25+ years of industry experience, they deliver minor railway works, surveys, monitoring and civils packages for major infrastructure clients including Network Rail, National Highways, TfL and HS2-related schemes. They're growing their commercial function and need an NEC specialist to take ownership of live contracts, including works at Heathrow.
Therole
You’ll be the commercial lead across a portfolio of NEC contracts, working closely with project and delivery teams to protect margin and keep the contract administration tight. Four days a week you’ll be based in the North London office, with one day a week at Heathrow working alongside the site team and client.
Key responsibilities- Full NEC3/NEC4 contract administration (Options A, C and
E) - Managing compensation events, early warnings and programme submissions through CEMAR
- Preparing and agreeing applications for payment, valuations and final accounts
- Cost/value reconciliations, forecasting and monthly commercial reporting
- Subcontract procurement, valuations and final account agreement
- Change management, quotations and assessment of entitlement
- Building strong commercial relationships with clients and supply chain on site at Heathrow
- Proven QS experience on NEC contracts within rail, civils or wider infrastructure
- Hands-on experience using CEMAR (strongly preferred)
- Contractor-side commercial experience, ideally Network Rail, TfL, aviation or highways
- Confident managing the full CE process from notification to implementation
- Degree or HNC/HND in Quantity Surveying or similar (MRICS/working towards desirable)
- Able to commute to North London and travel to Heathrow weekly
- £500 per day freelance, or £70k-£80k permanent salary plus benefits
- Long-term pipeline with a respected, safety-first contractor
- A visible role with genuine influence over the commercial function
- Mix of office-based commercial work and live site exposure at Heathrow
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