Senior Quantity Surveyor in Peterborough, East Midlands

Drive commercial excellence and deliver major water sector projects as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in a collaborative, high-performing team.

Overview
We are supporting our client in strengthening their Commercial team with a Senior Quantity Surveyor. The successful candidate will report directly to the Managing Quantity Surveyor and will play a key role in providing commercial oversight across multiple project work packages.

The role sits within an integrated delivery team and will be accountable for:

• Commercial and cost management of projects.
• Acting as the commercial conscience of the team, supporting delivery management and site teams.
• Ensuring operations are carried out efficiently, controlling costs, maximizing value, and maintaining high standards of quality and safety.
• Maintaining compliance with all governance procedures and frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor robust cost plans aligned to project scope.
• Ensure accurate reporting in line with the commercial calendar and cost breakdown structures (CBS).
• Support estimating to provide robust cost estimates, risk allowances, and data transfer to procurement systems.
• Prepare, manage, and administer subcontracts in accordance with contract requirements.
• Work closely with the Procurement team to develop and monitor procurement strategy.
• Attend site regularly to provide guidance, commercial challenge, and escalation where necessary.
• Monitor actual costs against baseline, value of work done, and outturn, reporting as required.
• Ensure all project documentation, GRNs, and contractual records are accurate and up to date.
• Support risk mitigation, contract administration, change management, and cost assurance audits.
• Present, influence, and negotiate with stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Foster a collaborative team culture, including mentoring and performance management where applicable.

Essential Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, able to influence and negotiate across teams and stakeholders.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale projects to programme, budget, and quality standards.
• Experience managing costs through a complex Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• NEC contract experience.
• Knowledge of water/wastewater processes.
• Driving licence and relevant CSCS card.
• Ability to organise workload, plan proactively, and support/empower team members.

Desirable:

• Degree in engineering, management, or cost discipline.
• Chartered surveyor status or working towards it.

Employee Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working
• Car / car allowance (role dependent)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (+5 days available to buy)
• Pension contribution
• Life assurance and private medical insurance
• Additional perks such as cycle-to-work scheme, discounts, and Kids Pass

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.  We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for any Quantity Surveyor looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for First Recruitment Group, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

This position is being managed by First Recruitment Group, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.

All round workforce agency covering Recruitment, Payroll and Workforce Management. We are a global recruitment agency specialising in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Power, Water, Rail, Construction, Technology, Aerospace & Defence, Chemicals and Corporate sectors. Our specialist consultants help clients to recruit high quality candidates into temporary, contract and permanent roles at all levels. We proudly support a partnership culture by collaborating and adding value to build lasting client and candidate relationships.

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