Senior Quantity Surveyor

Reference no. 2045

Location

West Midlands, England

Salary

£55k - 65k per year + plus package

Type

Permanent

Job Posted

22, Oct 2025

Sector: Commercial, Residential, Healthcare, Education, Public, Industrial & logistics, Regeneration and more.  

Workplace type: Hybrid  

 

Are you an ambitious Quantity Surveyor looking to take the next step in your career?  

 

Would you like to bepart of a forward-thinking business delivering exciting and high-profile projects across a variety of sectors. This is an exceptional opportunity to progress your career within a collaborative and innovative environment. 

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Act as the lead QS on multiple projects, ensuring successful delivery and high levels of client satisfaction. 

  • Chair client meetings and manage multi-disciplinary project teams. 

  • Deliver strategic cost advice across all RIBA stages, from feasibility through to final account. 

  • Facilitate value engineering workshops and align designs to budgets. 

  • Provide insights on the cost implications of design decisions, materials, and construction methods. 

  • Oversee detailed measurement, tendering, evaluation, and robust commercial reporting. 

  • Prepare comprehensive tender and contract documents and lead cost control throughout the construction phase. 

  • Manage change control, resolve disputes, and handle post-contract variations. 

  • Produce detailed monthly cost reports and ensure quality assurance compliance. 

  • Lead cost research, market testing, and data benchmarking initiatives. 

  • Build strong relationships with clients, consultants, and contractors to support business development. 

  • Promote innovation using digital tools, cost modelling, and technology adoption. 

  • Mentor junior staff and support team resource planning. 

 

What we’re looking for: 

We’re looking for a driven, strategic thinker with a passion for delivering excellence in cost management. 

  • Substantial experience in a consultancy environment, with a proven track record in both pre- and post-contract Quantity Surveying. 

  • RICS accredited degree or equivalent qualification. 

  • Ideally MRICS or currently working towards chartership. 

  • Proficient with JCT suite of contracts. 

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and QS software (e.g., CostX, Bluebeam). 

  • UK driving licence holder. 

  • Broad sector and project experience. 

  • Confident communicator with strong client-facing skills. 

  • Commercially astute and highly organised. 

  • Skilled negotiator and report writer. 

  • Proactive, solutions-focused, and forward-thinking. 

 

For more information, please contact me on: Email: cruddock@carriera.co.uk Telephone: 02038174000 Mobile: 07824567907 

 

Carriera Limited values diversity and promotes equality and no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are open to discussing any reasonable adjustments or additional arrangements you may requireto support your application. All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. When advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business for the 

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