Senior Quantity Surveyor

Skanska Uk Plc

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Salary Not Specified

Skanska Uk Plc, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 13 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: c9bd09d4b3574c5ea9a13e2fb0da2502

Full Job Description

  • Lead and develop the efficient and effective management and issue of accurate, timely and contract compliant documentation.

  • Work closely with project management and engineering teams and liaise with Employers commercial team and client team.

  • Produce documentation / evidence to demonstrate KPI achievement.

  • Progress continuous own professional development.

  • Competent in the application of IT skills to commercial management and the production of project documentation.

  • Demonstrate and maintain commercial and technical knowledge and work closely with technical staff to develop appropriate techniques and solutions for the project.

  • Assist with preparation of periodic progress valuations and claims for work completed.

  • Produce monthly cost reports, forecasts, and contract budget reports.

  • Maintain effective, accurate cost control.

  • Ensure contractual and commercial risks and opportunities for realising efficiencies are identified to the Project and Commercial Managers.

  • Ensure risk registers and contingency are accurately maintained.

  • Review value management proposals.

  • Effective and consistent implementation of the SCS Commercial Policy and procedures.

  • Identify and provide appropriate, timely information to support change control process.

  • Support procurement team through tenders including producing subcontract documentation.

  • Manage subcontracts from initial placement of order to final account.

  • Prepare, review and complete sub-contract documentation.

  • Prepare and agree interim applications for payment.

  • Prepare and agree final accounts with subcontractor.

  • Maintain registers of variations, delay, extension times and claims.

  • Understand the Client and Joint Venture Partners' Environment and Sustainability Policies, Processes and statutory requirements as they affect the company's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are implemented on the project.

    We're seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be self-motivated, disciplined and commercially astute with the ability to identify, analyse and develop responses to commercial risks. The role will require excellent communication and customer facing skills along with working as part of a team promoting our culture and values. You will consider problems as a challenge, collect information relevant to the problem, be disciplined in ascertaining the root cause, identify and develop a practical solution, communicate the findings and implement action to resolve the problem., Relevant Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent relevant industry experience.

  • Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.

  • Right to Work in the UK.

  • Strong contract experience.

  • Experience with Power BI.

  • Experience in rail or infrastructure projects.

  • Problem solving can-do approach.

  • Proactive.

    Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.


  • Known for working on major projects such as HS2 - the UK's new high-speed railway, we are building, upgrading, and maintaining the country's infrastructure for future generations.

    Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative, and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.