Senior Quantity Surveyor


Company:	Randstad CPE
Salary:	£65,000 to £85,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cheltenham, GL52 5HG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Oct 2026
Closing date:	13 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Major Tier 1 contractor are looking to expand their team with a Senior Quantity Surveyor in the Infrastructure division, supporting the successful delivery of their new £300m highways project in South West England. Scope of works include enabling earthworks, widening to the existing road, new link road and various structures.

If you're looking for your next step in your career and want to be apart of a prestigious project , this is the perfect opportunity for you .

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will work closely with your line manager to manage the commercial administration,reporting and performance on a single large project or several smaller schemes.

What will you be doing:

Ensure a safe working environment

Main contract administration - with primary focus on change management (compensation event quotations) and the internal reporting

Ensure works are compliant with the contract and the business management procedures

Produce and negotiate Subcontract documentation, including terms, prices, and programme

Manage subcontract works packages, including interim assessments and change management

Produce and issue all commercial notices to both the Client and Subcontractors as required by the contract

Oversee and manage changes in a timely manner, including Compensation Event Quotations

Produce, submit, and agree monthly applications with the Client per contract terms.

Liaise with operational and engineering staff to maintain required site records

Produce detailed monthly reports, Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR), and maintain a 'Cost Plan' with expenditure tracking and forecasting

About you:

Good appreciation of

NEC contracts

Experience of working on

major civil engineering schemes

Strong IT skills including Excel, Word & Contractual and Cost Management Systems (CEMAR, Oracle)

Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities.

Professional qualification such as MCIOB or MRICS, ideally Incorporated member or working towards full membership

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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