🚨 Senior Quantity Surveyor – Rail / Infrastructure

We’re looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a project team supporting the delivery of major infrastructure works. This role will focus on post-contract commercial management across a range of engineering work packages, helping to keep projects on track from both a cost and delivery perspective.

💼 Role: Senior Quantity Surveyor
📍 Location: UK (project-based / hybrid depending on site)
📅 Type: Full-time

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing post-contract commercial support across assigned work packages

• Managing costs across subcontract, materials, plant, and direct labour

• Supporting change control and managing variations

• Acting as the main commercial contact for work package managers and project teams

• Providing contractual and commercial support to project managers and engineers

• Forecasting costs, managing budgets, and tracking performance against plan

• Identifying and managing risks across work packages

• Producing and contributing to internal and external commercial reports

• Making sure processes and documentation meet required standards

• Building strong relationships with finance, delivery teams, subcontractors, suppliers and clients

• Maintaining clear, auditable commercial records

What we’re looking for:

• Strong experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in a contractor-side environment

• Background in rail, construction, engineering, defence or similar project environments

• Degree qualified (or equivalent), ideally working towards RICS, IACCM or similar

• Confident managing both subcontract and direct labour costs

• Experience handling variations, forecasting and cost reporting

• Strong commercial awareness and good contractual knowledge

• Comfortable working independently and managing deadlines

• Confident communicator, able to deal with stakeholders at all levels

• Good working knowledge of Excel, Word, Project and Outlook

This is a solid opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to delivery — working across multiple packages, influencing commercial decisions, and helping projects land successfully.

👉 Interested? Apply now to join as a Senior Quantity Surveyor

 

ASHRA