Job Description
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: London (Hybrid - site presence 3 days per week) Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: Up to £75,000 + Car/Travel Allowance + Flexible Benefits
Freedom's Major Projects and Connections team has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to play a key commercial role on Project Olympus, a major 13km cable route scheme in London. Reporting to the Lead Quantity Surveyor, you will lead commercial management activities across this high profile project, providing guidance to the wider commercial team and ensuring strong financial and contractual control under NEC forms of contract.
This role requires a highly capable commercial professional with proven NEC experience, strong leadership ability, and expertise in final account negotiation and high value subcontractor management.
Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:
- Lead the administration of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, ensuring robust commercial governance.
- Manage high value subcontractor accounts, including variations, claims, negotiations and final accounts.
- Produce, review and present CVRs, forecasts and commercial reports to senior stakeholders.
- Provide commercial leadership to support QS/SQS colleagues working on the project.
- Maintain accurate commercial documentation and ensure compliance with internal audit requirements.
- Attend site regularly (3 days per week) to support commercial, operational and client needs.
- Manage change control processes, early warnings and compensation events.
- Work collaboratively with engineering, delivery and commercial teams to ensure alignment on cost, risk and programme.
- Build strong working relationships with subcontractors, suppliers and client representatives.
What We're Looking For:
Essential:
- Extensive experience in commercial management or quantity surveying roles on live NEC projects.
- Strong subcontractor management experience, including negotiation and final account settlement.
- Proven CVR, forecasting and cost management expertise.
- Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline (RICSaccredited preferred).
- Strong technical mindset, high attention to detail and excellent work ethic.
- Experience working on cable route, civil engineering, utilities or M&E schemes.
- Ability to mentor and support junior commercial team members.
Desirable:
- Chartered or working towards chartership (RICS).
Benefits:
- Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
- Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
- Personal development programme
Next Steps:
As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.
We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met. About Us:
Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.
Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.
Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.
