Location
Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Connect Plus Services (CPS) team, supporting the M25 London Orbital Motorway project. CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis, responsible for operating and maintaining the M25—Europe’s busiest motorway. Delivering over £100m of annual investment alongside planned and reactive maintenance, this is a complex and high-profile network requiring strong commercial leadership and effective delivery. If you are looking to progress your career in highways and infrastructure, this role offers the opportunity to work within one of the UK’s most challenging and dynamic environments.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in leading the commercial management of civil engineering works, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, within budget, and in line with contractual requirements. You will be responsible for managing cost, value and risk, while supporting and developing a small team of commercial professionals. You will work closely with project teams, clients and stakeholders to drive commercial performance and maximise value.

Key responsibilities:
- Prepare activity and resource schedules and analyse tender documentation
- Monitor and audit costs to ensure compliance with subcontract terms
- Critically assess, estimate and negotiate with subcontractors and third parties
- Review complex programmes (including Time-Location) and support delay and disruption analysis
- Monitor and report on commercial performance across main and subcontract accounts
- Provide commercial insight and reporting to senior project stakeholders
- Manage commercial relationships with clients and key stakeholders
- Administer contracts, including issuing notices, certificates and managing change
- Lead on cost value reconciliation (CVR) and earned value reporting
- Assess variations and changes in accordance with contract conditions
- Prepare, submit and negotiate claims where required
- Produce accurate cost and value forecasts for projects

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

Experience
- Degree (BSc or MSc) in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Experience within civils, highways or infrastructure environments
- Strong NEC contract knowledge and commercial management experience
- Proven ability to lead commercial delivery and manage project performance
- Experience managing or mentoring junior commercial team members
- Strong stakeholder engagement and client-facing experience

About you
We are looking for a commercially astute professional who can lead, influence and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications
- Membership of RICS, ICES or a similar professional body (or working towards) is desirable