Job Description
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Highways Surfacing - Birmingham - Up to £75,000 (DOE)
Are you an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with a strong background in highways surfacing looking for the next step in your career? This is an opportunity to join a well-established and growing contractor delivering essential highways surfacing projects across the Midlands. If you are a commercially focused Senior Quantity Surveyor who enjoys working on fast-paced infrastructure schemes and wants to play a key role in project delivery, this role could be the perfect move.
About the company
My client is a respected highways surfacing contractor delivering high-quality road maintenance and resurfacing projects for local authorities and major infrastructure clients. With a strong pipeline of secured work across the Midlands, the business continues to grow and invest in its commercial team.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be joining a collaborative and experienced team that prides itself on delivering projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. The company is known for its supportive culture and commitment to developing its people.
The role and responsibilities
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in managing the commercial performance of highways surfacing projects across the region. You will be responsible for ensuring projects remain financially controlled from tender stage through to final account.
In this Senior Quantity Surveyor role you will be doing the following:
Managing the commercial lifecycle of highways surfacing projects
Preparing, submitting, and agreeing valuations and applications for payment
Managing subcontractor procurement, payments, and accounts
Monitoring project costs, forecasts, and budgets
Identifying and managing commercial risks and opportunities
Preparing and negotiating variations and final accounts
Working closely with operational teams to ensure commercial efficiency across projects
Supporting junior commercial staff where required
Must have skills and experience
To succeed as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will need:
Proven experience working as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor
Essential experience within highways surfacing or highways maintenance projects
Strong knowledge of commercial processes within civil engineering or highways works
Experience managing subcontractor accounts and client valuations
Excellent negotiation and communication skills
Strong financial and commercial awareness
Full UK driving licence
Salary and benefits
Salary up to £75,000 per annum
Salary dependent on experience
Company car or car allowance
Pension scheme
Annual leave entitlement
Supportive and stable working environment
Opportunity to work on major highways surfacing projects
Additional information
Location: Birmingham
Working pattern: Full time, permanent
Strong opportunities for career progression within a growing highways contractor
Ongoing professional development and support within the commercial team
If you are an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor with highways surfacing experience and are looking for a role where you can have a real impact on project success, this could be an excellent opportunity to progress your career.
If this opportunity sounds like the right next step, please submit your CV and a member of the team will be in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
FOOTNOTE:
If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Jordan Townley at Carrington West on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) for more information.
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