Senior Quantity Surveyor; Yorkshire Water - R&M

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.

This role will primarily support the successful delivery of Yorkshire Water - WWSA (Repair & Maintenance) activities, providing commercial management and contractual support across a portfolio of reactive, planned and maintenance works. The role will work closely with operational teams, clients and stakeholders to maximise value, manage risk and ensure the efficient delivery of works, whilst maintaining strong commercial governance and contractual compliance.

We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Senior Quantity Surveyor to support commercial performance. This role will play a key part in ensuring robust commercial management, effective contract administration and strong financial control across allocated schemes.

Working closely with operational, delivery, planning, finance and client stakeholders, the Senior Quantity Surveyor will support the successful delivery by maximising value, protecting commercial entitlement, managing risk and ensuring accurate reporting across cost, value, cash, change and contractual performance.

You will bring strong NEC contract knowledge, practical experience within utilities, infrastructure, civil engineering and the confidence to manage Compensation Events, Early Warnings, Applications for Payment, TCEs, WIP and subcontractor accounts.

Location:

Bradford/Leyland

Hours:

42.5 Hours per week

Salary:
Negotiable dependent on experience

• Manage the commercial performance of allocated projects from mobilisation through to final account.
• Support strong commercial governance across assigned projects, ensuring accurate records, audit trails and supporting evidence are maintained.
• Monitor cost, value, cash, margin, risk and opportunity performance across projects.
• Support CVR reviews, commercial reporting and performance meetings, providing commentary on risks, opportunities and required actions.
• Drive cost control, cash recovery, value management and margin protection throughout project delivery.
• Ensure commercial activities align with business objectives, client requirements and contractual obligations.
• Identify improvement opportunities and support the implementation of effective commercial processes and controls.

• Manage and interpret contract requirements, ensuring effective contract administration and protection of commercial entitlement.
• Prepare, validate and manage contractual submissions, ensuring they are accurate, well-evidenced and compliant with contractual requirements.
• Manage change control processes, including variations, compensation events, early warnings and scope changes.
• Support the preparation and assessment of estimates, quotations and change submissions.
• Manage programme impacts and commercial changes through to agreement and close out.
• Maintain accurate contractual records and communications.
• Support dispute avoidance and resolution through proactive commercial and contractual management.
• Ensure project teams understand contractual obligations and commercial processes.

• Manage project cost, value, risk and margin performance across allocated projects.
• Prepare and manage applications for payment and commercial submissions in line with contractual requirements.
• Support accurate cash forecasting, revenue recognition and cost reporting.
• Monitor work in progress, ensuring balances are reviewed and managed appropriately.
• Track and manage cost allocations, variations, change controls and project movements.
• Support accurate billing, cost recovery and audit readiness.
• Provide commercial analysis and reporting to support operational and leadership decision-making.
• Maximise recovery of contractual entitlement while maintaining strong governance and client relationships.

• Apply commercial expertise to support the successful delivery of projects and programmes.
• Work closely with Operations, Delivery, Planning, Finance and Procurement teams to achieve project objectives.
• Understand the commercial and operational drivers impacting project delivery, including labour, plant, materials, subcontractors and programme performance.
• Support project reviews, identifying trends, risks, opportunities and improvement actions.
• Ensure commercial decisions reflect contractual, technical, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Support collaborative delivery while protecting the…