Senior Quantity Surveyor

We’re Ambitious!

That’s why we’re keen to hear from determined and motivated people like you, to help deliver commercial excellence for our clients and ourselves!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our South East Water framework, based in Lenham. This role plays a key part in supporting the successful commercial delivery of essential infrastructure projects that help maintain and improve vital water services for local communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking team, helping us deliver infrastructure that is sustainably built and maintained while driving strong commercial performance across our projects.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in…

• Leading commercial management activities across infrastructure delivery projects
• Working alongside commercial leadership to ensure contract obligations, risks and opportunities are fully understood and effectively managed
• Managing and mentoring a team of commercial professionals to drive development, performance and delivery of contract requirements
• Building strong working relationships with internal teams, clients, supply chain partners and key stakeholders
• Contributing to the development of project budgets, forecasts and cost control measures
• Supporting weekly and monthly cost value reconciliation processes to enable informed business decisions
• Managing project cash flow by maximising income recovery and reducing work in progress exposure
• Identifying, pricing and negotiating variations in line with contract requirements
• Overseeing subcontract procurement, ensuring packages are placed on appropriate commercial terms and administered in line with company procedures
• Providing commercial guidance and expertise to operational delivery teams
• Managing final account negotiations and commercial close-out activities
• Driving continuous improvement in commercial processes and project delivery performance
• You bring strong commercial experience working within civil engineering, utilities or infrastructure contractor environments and have operated at Senior Quantity Surveyor level managing complex contract arrangements, alongside strong technical construction knowledge.

We would love to hear from you if…

You have a solid understanding of construction contracts, particularly NEC forms of contract, and experience managing contractual compliance and commercial risk. You will be confident preparing and managing cost value reconciliations, cost forecasting and financial reporting, with proven experience managing project cash flow and supporting final account negotiations. You will also demonstrate excellent negotiation skills when working with subcontractors, suppliers and clients, ensuring best value outcomes while maintaining strong working relationships.

Strong communication and organisational skills are essential, along with the ability to build effective working relationships across multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders at all levels. You will be proactive, detail-focused and comfortable working within fast-paced project environments, managing competing priorities while maintaining high standards of accuracy and performance. Experience mentoring and supporting the development of junior commercial team members, alongside providing commercial guidance to operational delivery teams, is also highly valued.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.