QS/ Senior QS

Role: Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor
Company: Main Contractor
Location: Sevenoaks HQ (4 days office / 1 day on-site)
Salary: £60k - £75k + Package

About the Role

A busy and growing Main Contractor is looking to appoint a strong Quantity Surveyor - or a Senior Quantity Surveyor, depending on experience - to join their commercial team based at their Sevenoaks headquarters. With several partnership projects being secured for Q1 next year and an increasingly active pipeline, the business is preparing for a busy period ahead and needs a commercially solid QS who can take ownership of projects from start to finish.

This is a hands-on role working directly with the Commercial Manager, providing daily and weekly support to project teams, and acting as the first point of contact for commercial matters. The ideal candidate will be confident, well-rounded, proactive, and able to handle day-to-day commercial responsibilities efficiently while maintaining strong cost control.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects end-to-end, from pre-construction through final accounts

• Lead Pre-Construction activities

• Carry out Value Engineering

• Draft, prepare and issue contracts

• Lead and develop Scopes of Work

• Manage professional fee budgets

• Oversee and manage accounts contractually when required

• Prepare and issue monthly applications to external clients

• Support and mentor junior members of the surveying team

• Provide consistent daily and weekly support to project teams as the first commercial point of contact

• Present monthly CVRs to the leadership team

• Work on traditional build and timber frame projects, including houses and apartments

Requirements

• Strong QS background, ideally from a Main Contracting environment

• Experience of managing full project lifecycles

• Confident, assertive, and able to deal with day-to-day commercial matters efficiently

• Firm but fair approach, with a strong understanding of cost control

• Comfortable presenting reports to senior leadership

• Able to work 4 days per week from Sevenoaks and 1 day on-site

• Experience with traditional build and timber frame projects (preferred)

What s On Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Long-term pipeline of work with multiple new partnership projects starting Q1

• Supportive commercial team with clear progression opportunities

• Direct reporting line to the Commercial Manager

• Opportunities to contribute to improved processes and commercial controls

• Stable, growing contractor with ongoing investment into systems and teams

If you re a confident, proactive QS who wants to join a busy and well-structured main contractor - and you have the experience to take a project from pre-con through to completion - we d love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation.

Role: Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor
Company: Main Contractor
Location: Sevenoaks HQ (4 days office / 1 day on-site)
Salary: £60k - £75k + Package