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Are you an ambitious Senior Quantity Surveyor looking to take ownership of high-profile rail infrastructure schemes?
We are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Rail Framework team. You will play a pivotal commercial role in delivering Access for All (AfA) station upgrades across four key sites in the Greater Manchester region: improving accessibility and leaving a lasting positive impact on public transit.
This role offers a supportive, forward-thinking environment designed to elevate your career, broaden your management responsibilities, and sharpen your major-framework expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Commercial and Cost Management: Drive accurate commercial reporting, forecasting, cost control, and change management (identifying, measuring, and pricing variations) to maximize profitability targets.
- Subcontractor Accounts: Oversee the end-to-end management of supply chain accounts: from procurement and valuations to variations, payments, and final accounts.
- Contractual Compliance: Ensure all operations strictly align with NEC3 contract terms, corporate governance, and business standards.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Delivery, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to provide clear commercial insight and operational support.
- Team Leadership: Line manage, mentor, and develop direct reports, fostering competence and career progression across your commercial team.
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What We Are Looking For
Essential
- Main Contractor Civils/Rail Experience: Proven background in a main contractor environment with a strong track record in procurement and subcontract management.
- Rail and NEC3 Expertise: Demonstrable experience operating within the rail sector and working under NEC3 forms of contract.
- Qualifications: Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent commercial discipline) with an active CSCS card.
- Leadership and Stakeholder Management: Strong team management skills with proven capability in resolving complex accounts and disputes.
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Desirable
- Working towards or holding professional chartership (MRICS, MCIOB, or equivalent).
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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