Galliford Try
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Senior Quantity Surveyor
Role – Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Home-based with travel to sites across London
We’re seeking a proactive and collaborative Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial delivery of major projects—or a portfolio of smaller schemes—across the London region.
This role blends the flexibility of home-based working with impactful on-site involvement, granting you the autonomy to manage your workload while closely collaborating with operational teams, clients, and key stakeholders to drive project success.
What You’ll Be Doing
As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, your core responsibilities include:
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Championing safety and operational excellence across all project activities
- Leading best practices in health and safety
- Monitoring adherence to health and safety policies
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Managing key commercial and contractual activities:
- Preparing and negotiating subcontract documentation (terms, pricing, programme)
- Managing subcontract work packages, including interim assessments and change management
- Issuing commercial notices to clients and subcontractors in alignment with contractual obligations
- Facilitating effective change management, including preparing Compensation Event Quotations
- Coordinating monthly application for payment submissions and ensuring approvals with clients
- Collaborating with engineering and operational teams to maintain accurate site records
- Presenting Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs) and detailed commercial reports
- Tracking and forecasting expenditure via Oracle-based cost-management systems
- Assessing subcontractor liabilities and monitoring financial performance
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Stakeholder and risk management:
- Leading weekly progress and risk-reduction meetings with clients and subcontractors
- Providing contractual and bid-support insights to estimating and procurement teams
- Applying professional integrity with principles of “doing the right thing” for maximising value responsibly
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About You
We’re looking for a tech-savvy, commercially experienced professional who can lead with sound judgement and strategic thinking. Ideally, you will have:
- A relevant degree or substantial commercial experience within construction/QS
- Experience managing large-scale projects—or multiple smaller projects
- A valid CSCS card (suitable for the role)
- Deep knowledge of standard construction contractual forms (e.g., JCT, NEC, FIDIC)
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, and cost/contract management systems (e.g., CEMAR, Oracle)
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills
- Excellent understanding of construction processes and project delivery approaches
- Exceptional organisational and time-management skills
- Professional membership (MCIOB, MRICS) or working towards it is highly desirable
What We Offer in Return
As a leader in the UK construction industry, we’re an ambitious, values-driven business rolling out a £3.8bn-plus order book, and we’re prepared to invest in your career growth like never before.
- A tailored career development plan, including our leadership development framework and apprenticeship programmes under Career Paths
- Support for mental and physical wellbeing through our Be Well initiative
- Flexible working via our Agile Working programme to suit different professional needs
- Diverse, high-performance teams with exceptional commitment
- Chances to stretch your skills on some of the UK’s most exciting projects
Personal Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance, increasing with seniority
- Discounted access to high-quality goods and services
- Cycle to Work scheme and other employee assistance programmes
- Wide corporate discounts, including savings on professional training
- Regular SAYE share purchase scheme and attractive pension plan
- Support packages such as private medical schemes and ongoing career guidance
- Paid membership to a professional association relevant to your role (e.g., CIOB/RICS)
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About Us
Our mission is to improve lives through responsible infrastructure and construction. We do this by:
- Holding ourselves to strict integrity standards with “Doing the Right Thing” at the heart of everything
- Crafting lasting value for our clients, communities, and the environment
- Empowering teams with growth opportunities
- Driving sustainable practices across our activity
Explore meaningful work on high-impact projects with a company that truly enriches careers and communities.
Note forAgencies: We’re direct-hiring—we’ll streamline processes with our PSL partners when necessary.
HR Contact: For further clarity on this role or other opportunities, email charlotte.gornall@gallifordtry.co.uk
Flexible Applications: Galliford Try embraces working patterns—full-time, reduced hours, or flexible arrangements, depending on personal needs. We welcome all eligible applications, highly encouraging those who don’t meet every listed requirement to be proactive in sharing motivation and adjustments.
We’re a Disability Confident employer, committed to interviewing candidates (who fulfil basic criteria) with long-term health needs or disabilities. Please speak to your Resourcing Partner.
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