Norrie Johnston Recruitment - Global Executive Search & Interim Management
Senior Quantity Surveyor
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Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Flexible / Hybrid – London, South East & surrounding regions
Regular site travel and periodic team meetings
About the opportunity
Our client is a well-established, highly regarded, successful, and profitable privately owned main contractor working with major blue-chip corporate customers across commercial construction, distribution / logistics, industrial, refurbishment, and retail projects.
With significant secured work and a strong pipeline of further opportunities, they are now seeking to add further experienced commercial talent to their team, reporting directly to the Commercial Director.
The precise title and scope can reflect the successful individual’s experience. Whilst Senior Quantity Surveyor is likely to be the sweet spot, we are equally interested in experienced Quantity Surveyors and hands-on Commercial Managers who bring the right breadth of construction experience and commercial capability.
The company’s projects are varied, ranging from multiple smaller repeat-customer projects and refurbishments through to substantial new-build and redevelopment schemes.
These are important roles within a growing business and offer considerable autonomy, attractive remuneration, and excellent longer-term prospects.
As the business and commercial team continue to grow, there should also be opportunities for successful individuals to broaden their remit and, if desired, take on greater mentoring and team leadership responsibility.
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The culture, ethos, and values of the company and its people are important attractions. The successful individual will work closely with an experienced, pragmatic, and supportive Commercial Director whom we know well.
The Role
Take commercial ownership of construction projects, including:
- Scoping projects alongside the delivery team
- Cost planning, budgeting, and commercial reporting
- Procurement and tendering
- Subcontractor management
- CVRs, valuations, and variations
- Contract administration, including JCT / Design & Build / NEC
- Value engineering and commercial risk management
- Client and stakeholder liaison
- Final accounts
- Working closely with operational and project delivery teams
- Supporting and mentoring less experienced commercial colleagues where appropriate
Person Profile
The successful individual is likely to:
- Have substantial Quantity Surveying / commercial management experience within construction
- Have a strong main contractor background
- Be capable of taking commercial responsibility for projects with a high degree of autonomy
- Have experience across one or more relevant sectors such as commercial construction, industrial / logistics, distribution, refurbishment, or retail
- Be comfortable commercially managing projects of differing sizes and complexity
- Be commercially astute with strong procurement, cost-control, and contractual capability
- Be a highly effective communicator, comfortable managing clients and other stakeholders
- Be comfortable working flexibly between home, project sites, and periodic team meetings
- Be willing to travel regularly to sites across London, the South East, and elsewhere as projects require
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Previous retail experience is advantageous but is not essential.
More important is broad main-contractor construction experience, strong commercial capability, and the ability to take ownership and successfully deliver projects.
Remuneration
An attractive and flexible package is available to secure the right individual, including competitive basic salary, car allowance, discretionary annual bonus, and benefits, including healthcare.
Application
Please provide your CV as soon as possible.
You may include a short cover letter note at the top of page 1 of your CV. We would also appreciate a brief summary of your relevant project and sector experience, an indication of the remuneration you would consider, and your notice period / earliest availability.
Note
NJR advises the organisation on the basis of an exclusive consulting assignment.
Any third-party applications and correspondence will be forwarded by our client to NJR, as their retained advisor, for review, and no commercial consideration will be available for unsolicited introductions.
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