Job Type
Sector
Skill
Salary / Hourly £€$
Quantity Surveyor
- City of Preston, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Senior Design Manager
- Brighton, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £80,000/annum
Design Coordinator
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Design Manager
- St. Albans, England
- Permanent
Project Manager
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £54,000 - £68,500/annum
EICA Design and Commissioning Engineer
- Maidstone, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £65,000/annum
Site Agent
- Exeter, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £60,000/annum
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
- Reading, England
- Permanent
- £35,000/annum
Senior/ Principal Hydraulic Modeller
- London, England
- Contract 12 months
Senior Design Manager
- Birmingham, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £85,000/annum
Contracts Manager
- West Sussex, England
- Permanent
- £80,000 - £85,000/annum
Site Agent
- Ipswich, England
- Contract 2 years
Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Nottingham, England
- Contract 12 months
Drainage gang
- Fareham, England
- Permanent
Finishing gang
- Fareham, England
- Contract 5 months
Water Technical Assurance Engineer
- Chelmsford, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £69,000/annum
Senior or Principal Civil Design Engineer
- Manchester, England
- Contract 12 monhts
- £45 - £65/hour
Product Compliance Specialist
- Southampton, England
- Temporary 6 Months+
- £17.89 - £24.49/hour
Welder
- Bridgwater, England
- Permanent
- £28.18 - £29.18/hour
SMT Operator
- Waterlooville, England
- Permanent
- £14 - £17/hour
CNC Machinist
- Havant, England
- Contract 6 Months
Electronics Engineer
- Lymington, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £75,000/annum
Software Engineer - Java
- Worcestershire, England
- Permanent
- £34,000 - £44,000/annum
HCM Consultant -Core HR modules within Oracle Cloud HCM
- Birmingham, England
- Contract 6 months
- £550 - £580/day
Helpdesk Analyst
- Whiteley, England
- Contract 6
- £16.67/hour
ElectronicTechnician
- Essex, England
- Permanent
- Pension
Senior Business Analyst
- Warsaw, Poland
- Permanent
Trade Systems Executive
- Chiswick, England
- Contract 6-12 months
- £350 - £400/day
PMO Planner - BATJP00000888
- London, England
- Contract 6 months
- Inside IR35
Mechanical Fitter
- Plymouth, England
- Contract
- £32.50 - £44.50/hour
Production Planners x 4 - Maritime
- Portsmouth, England
- Contract
- £29.40 - £39.51/hour
Paint Prepper
- Poole, England
- Contract 2 months
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £60,000/annum
Senior Transport Planner
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £35,000 - £55,000/annum
Electrical Project Engineer
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Permanent
- €55,000 - €65,000/annum
Pre-Construction Manager
- Wolverhampton, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £80,000/annum
Electrical Project Manager
- Chichester, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £75,000/annum
Principal Controls Engineer
- Warrington, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £70,000/annum
Planner
- Warrington, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Mission Critical Electrical Lead
- London, England
- Permanent
- £56,000 - £80,000/annum
Asset Manager (Transmission Substations)
- Liverpool, England
- Permanent
- £90,000 - £110,000/annum
Civil Engineer
- Basingstoke, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £60,000/annum
Principal Test Engineer
- City of London, England
- Permanent
- £77,000/annum
Senior Electrical Engineer
- Basingstoke, England
- Permanent
Electrical Design Engineer
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Permanent
- £48,000 - £65,000/annum
Structural Engineer
- Kingston upon Thames, England
- Contract 12 month+
Founding Lead Engineer
- City of London, England
- Permanent
- £80,000 - £120,000/annum
Lead PHP Developer
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Permanent
Power Platform Developer
- Winchester, England
- Permanent
- £54,000/annum
Building Control Surveyor / Senior Building Control Surveyor
- Manchester, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Building Inspector
- Essex, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £68,000/annum
Senior / Principal / Building Control Surveyor
- North London, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £75,000/annum
Scheme Supervisor
- City of London, England
- Contract
- £260 - £300/day
plumber/pipefitter
- West End, England
- Contract Into 2026
- £27 - £30/hour
Site Agent
- Gloucestershire, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £500 - £550/day
Health Safety And Facilities Manager
- London, England
- Contract 12 months
Electrician
- South East London, England
- Temporary 3 weeks
- £240 - £250/day
Machine Operator
- Reading, England
- Contract 6 months
- £23 - £24/hour
Principal Mechanical Design Engineer (Building Services)
- Wolverhampton, England
- Permanent
- €70,000 - €80,000/annum
Senior Planner
- Ipswich, England
- Permanent
- £40,000 - £65,000/annum
Slinger/Lift Supervisor
- Corby, England
- Contract 6 months
- £24 - £25/hour
Section Engineer
- South London, England
- Contract
- £400 - £450/day
2 X Pit Bottom Slingers
- Coventry, England
- Contract 12 months
- £22 - £23/hour
PTS Electrician x2
- Hemel Hempstead, England
- Contract 5 months
- £250 - £270/day
Interceptor gangs x 2
- North London, England
- Contract 10 months
- £25 - £30/hour
Support Driver
- Farnham, England
- Permanent
- £13 - £14.29/hour
Associate Planner
- Bedfordshire, England
- Permanent
Planning Director
- Gloucestershire, England
- Permanent
Senior Estates Surveyor
- South West England, England
- Permanent
- £43,693 - £46,731/annum
Quantity Surveyor (SHEPD)
- Stirling, Scotland
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Maintenance Technician (CCTV, Access Control) Mid Wales
- Llandrindod Wells, Wales
- Permanent
- £35,000 - £38,000/annum
Maintenance Operative
- Lymington, England
- Contract 3 month initial
- £17.30/hour
Registered Building Inspector - SWECO Berkshire
- Berkshire, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £65,000/annum

Section Engineer
- Huntingdon, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £400 - £450/day
Vice President - Safety
- Ontario, Canada
- Permanent
Lead Planner
- Wiltshire, England
- Contract Ongoing
Health, Safety and Assurance Manager
- Wolverhampton, England
- Permanent
Construction Assurance Manager
- Birmingham, England
- Contract 12 Months
- £450 - £451/day
Site Engineer
- Buckinghamshire, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £320 - £350/day
Registered Building Inspector
- Southampton, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £60,000/annum
Remote Plan checker
- England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
PTS Electrician
- Sutton Coldfield, England
- Temporary Intially 1 week
- £270/day
Registered Building Inspector
- Berkshire, England
- Permanent
- £55,000 - £65,000/annum
Resource Co-Ordinator
- London, England
- Permanent
- £30,000 - £35,000/annum
Mechanical Construction Manager
- Helsinki, Finland
- Permanent
- €80,000 - €100,000/annum
Mechanical Project Manager
- Kettering, England
- Permanent
- £50,000 - £70,000/annum
E&I Project Manager
- Warrington, England
- Permanent
- £60,000 - £75,000/annum
Project Manager (HV/Electrical)
- Dartford, England
- Permanent
- £65,000 - £70,000/annum
Operations Manager
- London, England
- Permanent
- £70,000 - £100,000/annum
Control Systems Lead Engineer
- Northamptonshire, England
- Permanent
- Pension
Fluidrive Engineer
- Croydon, England
- Permanent
Assembly Technician
- Leamington Spa, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £17.61 - £24.10/hour
PFMEA Facilitator
- Coventry, England
- Contract 6
- £30 - £34.50/hour
Senior Mechatronics Engineering
- Gaydon, England
- Contract
- £22 - £33/hour
Electrician
- Braintree, England
- Contract 6 months
- £26/hour
Assistant Engineers
- Havant, England
- Permanent
- £45,000 - £55,000/annum
Gasoline Calibration Engineer
- Shoreham-By-Sea, England
- Contract 6 Months
- £40 - £55/hour
Welder
- Birmingham, England
- Contract
- £26/hour
EICA Engineer
- Bristol, England
- Permanent
- £36,000 - £48,000/annum
Senior Civil Engineer
- Leeds, England
- Permanent
- £35,000 - £60,000/annum
Quantity Surveyor
Reference: BHN586808
Job details
- Start date: ASAP
- Employment type: Permanent
- Salary: £55,000 - £65,000/annum
- Date published: 2 May 2025
Job description
Our Water sector contractor client are seeking a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor to be based out of their Preston office on a full time permanent basis working on United Utilities projects.
Our client provides water and wastewater solutions and services, also working across Utilities and Highways.
Your role will be to support Commercial best practice to maximise value and minimise risk and cost for our client and their customers. Accurately value works undertaken and where necessary provide records to substantiate cost, ensure change control process is managed effectively in both Main and Subcontract. Manage client relationships at contract level.
Responsibilities
- Review Commercial processes to ensure they stay relevant and make recommendations for necessary changes.
- Experience under NEC contract 3/4 from option A through to E
- Contractual knowledge to communicate with relevant parties ensure understanding the terms of project/contract.
- Work efficiently and calmly to tight deadlines or other stress factors as they arise.
- Ensure maximum recovery of all contractual entitlements.
- Use of performance data to identify opportunities and implement commercial processes to ensure contractual entitlements and opportunities are realised.
- Support Operational team in daily commercial and contractual aspect.
- Ensuring proper contractual administration of contract/project assigned, including value and cost control, and maintenance of contemporaneous records.
- Accurately value works undertaken and where necessary provide records to substantiate cost to allow prompt issue of Application for payment/invoice in line with contractual timescales.
- Ensure change control process is managed effectively, including production of Early Warnings/Variations, maximizing entitlement.
- Preparation of financial statements in respect to projects/contracts assigned, working with operational teams to confirm understanding of financial position, proactively instilling commercial awareness throughout the wider business.
- Support development of individuals within the commercial team.
- Management of Subcontract Accounts.
- Able to travel and spend occasional nights away.
Skills/experience/qualifications
- HNC/degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or similar
- Minimum 5 years' experience in utilities or civils industry desirable
- Experience in QS role or existing SQS
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products, excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Strong knowledge of contracts
- Strong desire to maintain client relationships whilst not compromising contractual entitlement
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank Holidays
- Life Assurance
- Auto enrolment pension scheme;
- Friendly working environment;
- Company car/car allowance depending on level of experience
- This role will require site and office working, supporting other commercial staff so remote working is not the right fit for this role.