Senior Quantity Surveyor

  • Lanesra Technical Recruitment
  • South Hanningfield, Essex
  • 22/09/2026
Full time Construction

Job Description

Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Chelmsford with hybrid working available

Salary Guide: 65k - 75k (Neg DOE), car allowance and excellent benefits package or (Apply online only) per day inside IR35

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

They are delivering a number of water infrastructure projects across Essex & Suffolk.

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their commercial team with a Senior Quantity Surveyor for their Essex and Suffolk (Northumbrian Water) framework.

You will report directly to the Commercial Lead, and you will be expected to take responsibility got several key accounts on a large project or the overall financial control of smaller projects.

Responsibilities: Applications, valuations/cost value reconciliation.

Cost control and forecasting. Prepare and feed information for monthly reports: value, cost, profit/loss, cash flow.

Supply chain management.

Assisting with Risk and Value Management to optimise solution. Mentor and regularly review with the project team.

Contract Management - including all relevant contractual forms, methods of budgetary control and relevant software applications.

Prepare subcontract enquiries negotiate and set up contracts.

Ensure all notifications/documents are kept up to date

Ensure all safety risk situations are brought to the attention of site management.

Ongoing liaison with site team, subcontractor(s) and clients' representative(s)

Provide contractual advice to the site team as and when required.

Experience: Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

ARICS or studying for APC

Experience working with a main contractor

Experience working within Water Sector (preferred)

Knowledge of NEC contracts

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance (subject to role and level of position)

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc

Key Words:

Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveying

QS

SQS

Senior QS

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Managing Quantity Surveyor

Managing QS

MQS

Commercial

Construction

Contracts

Contractual

Conditions of Contract

Sub-Contracts

NEC

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Water Sector

Water Industry

Sewage

Wastewater

Waste Water

Utilities

Infrastructure

Rail

Highways

Power

Energy

Nuclear

Oil

Gas

Petrochemical

Renewables

Procurement

Valuations

Variations

Claims

Final Accounts

Veolia

Thames Water

South East Water

Veolia

AMP 7

AMP 8