Carnell
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Job Purpose
We are looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team. The role involves mentoring and providing guidance to intermediate and assistant quantity surveyors while fostering strong, collaborative relationships with key clients. It requires maintaining rigorous commercial control across all areas of the business and working closely with the operational team to achieve project and framework financial objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Cost Management
- Prepare, review and update detailed cost estimates and budgets for projects
- Monitor project expenditures, analyse variances and implement cost saving measures
- Delivery of the end-to-end commercial process for a project, owning the commercial aspects of the scheme from enquiry receipt, though estimating and delivery and until final account close-out.
- Deal effectively in managing work in progress to achieve project cash flow forecasts.
- Produce and deliver monthly CVR’s to senior managers, producing accurate forecasts of cost and value at completion of the project.
- Submit and agree CE’s in a timely fashion and maintain CE Registers and/or CEMAR.
Contract Administration
- Manage the preparation of contract documents, including bills of quantities and scopes of work.
- Oversee contract negotiations and review terms to ensure compliance with legal and company standards.
- Handle contractual disputes, claims, and variations, providing expert advice to resolve issues effectively.
- Complete timely applications and response to Client queries to achieve project cash flow forecasts
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Client and Stakeholder Engagement
- Respond to Client requests promptly, effectively, and professionally
- To demonstrate the upmost integrity and respect in all aspects of day-to-day commercial management of the business.
- Resolution of any issues arising with the Client in relation to either change events or applications, at all time’s protecting Carnell’s interests whilst at the same time acting collaboratively and protecting relationships with our client
- Represent the company in meetings, ensuring a high level of client satisfaction and trust.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
Team Leadership and Development
- Mentor and support junior and intermediate quantity surveyors, providing guidance and training.
- Foster a collaborative environment to enhance team performance and development.
Other
- Deal with sensitive information with discretion, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Person Specification
Personal attributes
- Team worker
- Confident with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Enthusiastic and passionate
- Excellent organiser with proven time management skills.
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Specific job skills
- Expert MS Office user
- Significant NEC experience
- Flexible – the role will require an element of travel.
Qualifications and Experience
- BSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of NEC Contracts
- Proven successful surveying experience in civil engineering (a minimum of 8 years), ideally with Highways work as an area of expertise
- CEMAR experience a benefit
- Experience of working in organisations that self-deliver.
What We Offer
- A business that genuinely values diversity, inclusion and work-life balance
- Generous holiday allowance
- Pension scheme
- Referral scheme
- Death in service benefit
- Online rewards platform
- Group income protection
Carnell is committed to a diverse, inclusive workforce, offering equal opportunity to all. We create an environment where difference is embraced and individuals flourish.
We value passionate, responsive, innovative, trustworthy, and respectful people.
These behaviors are embedded across the company; they guide us in all actions both on site and in the office.
We are committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of all our employees; not only ensuring that everybody goes home safely but also giving all a good work life balance.
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