Senior Quantity Surveyor

  • Pinnacle Recruitment
  • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  • Jun 18, 2025
Full time Construction Quantity Surveyor Civil Engineer

Job Description

Pinnacle Recruitment are currently looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Cambridge to work on Environment Agency Schemes.

Salary - 60,000 - 65,000

Duties

  • Support and mentoring of junior staff.
  • Maximise profitability on contracts.
  • Monitoring contract costs against budgets.
  • Identifying potential risks and evaluate options for control.
  • Preparation of estimates.
  • Procurement of sub-contractors, including preparation of subcontract documents.
  • Assessment and certification of interim and final payments to subcontractors.
  • Preparation and agreeing main contract variations.
  • Assist in the preparation of documents for resolution of disputes (adjudications / arbitrations and the like).
  • Ensure all work complies with quality, safety and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedure.

Requirements

  • Ambitious individual with great communication skills, who is confident with a flexible approach.
  • Demonstrate innovative approaches to problem solving and the ability to negotiate across the various levels of any construction environment.
  • Handle the financial and mathematical demands of the role by possessing impressive numeracy and IT skills.
  • Must have experience working on civil engineering schemes including Flood Protection with a main contractor.
  • Experience as a SQS working with the NEC form of contract.