Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sector: Civils, Rail, Aviation

Location: Swanley, Kent (Southern Region)

What We Offer

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Company car or car allowance
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Up to 3 volunteer days
• Company contributory pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Medicash Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
• Strong internal support structure enabling personal and professional development, with clear pathways for progression
• Ongoing learning opportunities
• A safe and inclusive working environment
• Employee forums that ensure every voice can be heard

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Southern Region commercial team. This is a pivotal role within the business, offering the opportunity to take ownership of the commercial and financial management of a portfolio of civils, rail and infrastructure projects across the South East.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will play a key role in driving project profitability, managing commercial risk, maintaining strong client and supply chain relationships, and supporting the development of junior commercial team members. You will be responsible for ensuring commercial best practice is applied across all stages of project delivery, from procurement and contract administration through to final account settlement.

About The Business Unit

Our business unit is fast-paced and diverse, delivering a wide range of civil engineering projects across sectors including rail (bridges, embankments, stations, platforms and tunnels), aviation infrastructure, Environment Agency schemes and Local Authority frameworks.

We deliver both standalone tendered projects and long-term framework agreements for key clients throughout the South East. Typical projects include bridge reconstruction and replacement, station enhancement works, accessibility improvements, structural refurbishments, aviation civils infrastructure and major multidisciplinary civil engineering schemes.

The Role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor within the Southern Commercial team, your responsibilities will include:

• Taking commercial responsibility for multiple projects, ensuring successful financial and contractual outcomes
• Leading the preparation and submission of applications for payment, variations, compensation events and final accounts
• Producing accurate monthly Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs), forecasts, cash flows and commercial reports
• Providing proactive commercial support to operational teams to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget
• Identifying, managing and mitigating commercial risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle
• Managing subcontract procurement, negotiations, contract placement and final account settlements
• Administering NEC and bespoke forms of contract, ensuring contractual compliance and entitlement recovery
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and supply chain partners
• Leading commercial negotiations with clients and stakeholders
• Ensuring contractual notices, reporting requirements and submissions are completed accurately and on time
• Supporting tendering and estimating activities where required
• Mentoring, coaching and developing Quantity Surveyors, Assistant Quantity Surveyors and Trainee Quantity Surveyors
• Working closely with the Commercial Manager to support business objectives, project performance and continuous improvement initiatives
• Contributing to the identification and implementation of commercial best practice across the business

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Proven experience operating as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within a civil engineering, rail or infrastructure contracting environment
• A degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline
• Strong experience managing the full commercial lifecycle of complex infrastructure projects
• Excellent knowledge of NEC contracts and associated commercial processes
• Experience in managing subcontract procurement, commercial negotiations and final accounts
• Strong financial reporting, forecasting and cost management skills
• The ability to identify and mitigate commercial risks while maximising project opportunities
• Experience leading, coaching and supporting junior commercial team members
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• A proactive and collaborative approach with a strong focus on delivering successful project outcomes

Why Join Us?

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a growing and well-established infrastructure business delivering critical projects across rail, aviation and civil engineering sectors. You'll have the autonomy to influence project performance, develop future talent within the commercial team, and play a key role in the continued success of the Southern Region.

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

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