Senior Quantity Surveyor

Summary:

The Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for overseeing all commercial, contractual, and financial aspects of projects and operations. This includes managing costs, contracts, procurement, and commercial risk to ensure business objectives are met while maximising profitability and compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Commercial management:

• Lead commercial strategy specifically on the Sizewell C nuclear project and other smaller projects across the business.

• Ensure robust cost control, forecasting, and reporting.

• Drive margin improvement and value optimisation.

• Review and approve commercial change control and pricing strategies.

Contracts & Risk:

• Manage contract negotiation, administration, and compliance.

• Identify and mitigate commercial risks.

• Ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and company requirements.

• Support dispute resolution and claims management where required.

Financial Oversight:

• Monitor budgets, forecasts, and cash flow performance.

• Provide financial insight to support decision-making.

• Ensure accurate cost reporting and variance analysis.

• Work closely with finance teams to align reporting and controls.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners.

• Collaborate with operations, procurement, and finance teams.

• Represent the commercial function in external stakeholder discussions.

Key Skills & Experience:

Essential

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role

• Strong knowledge of contract management (e.g. FIDIC, NEC, JCT, or equivalent)

• Experience managing budgets, forecasting, and cost control.

• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

Desirable

• Industry experience (e.g. construction, industrial, infrastructure)

• Professional qualification (RICS, CIMA, or similar)

• Experience working in a fast-paced or project-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Finance, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)

Personal Attributes

• Commercially astute with strong business acumen

• Proactive, results-driven, and detail-oriented

• Strong communicator and influencer at all levels

• Leadership mindset with ability to nurture and coach project teams in compliance with the contractual terms.

Working Conditions: Monday to Friday 37.5 hrs a week. Hybrid role with requirements to travel to site and countrywide offices essential. Place of work to be determined on location.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals:

To reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040.
To continuously meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, accountability, maintaining B-Corp Certification.
To be a socially responsible company creating a positive impact to all stakeholders including workers, communities, customers, and our planet.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.

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