Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Salary: £55,000 £65,000
Location: Belfast
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Overview

Alpinefox Recruitment is supporting a leading civil engineering contractor in their search for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working on complex, high-value civil engineering projects, and wants to be part of a progressive, collaborative team.

If you re a confident QS with strong commercial acumen and the ability to lead, influence and deliver - this could be the next step you ve been waiting for.

What You ll Be Doing

• Preparing, negotiating and analysing budgets and cost plans.

• Ensuring all subcontractors are fully pre-qualified and compliant.

• Procuring subcontractors and preparing relevant order documentation.

• Assessing and certifying subcontractor interim payments, including issuing Payer/Pay-Less notices.

• Providing advice on contractual and legal matters, identifying and mitigating commercial risks.

• Producing and presenting monthly Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs).

• Building, maintaining and strengthening relationships across project and commercial teams.

• Allocating, overseeing and evaluating work carried out by yourself and others.

• Supporting the wider commercial team and mentoring Quantity Surveyors.

• Ensuring effective communication between commercial and operational site teams.

• Attending site regularly as required.

What We re Looking For

• Degree-qualified Quantity Surveyor (or equivalent).

• Strong civil engineering project experience.

• Excellent working knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract.

• High-level commercial awareness and contract understanding.

• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

• Highly organised, able to prioritise and meet deadlines.

• Excellent numerical, IT and problem-solving abilities.

• Willing to travel to sites across the region.