Senior Quantity Surveyor
Highways & Civil Engineering Infrastructure | West Yorkshire (Hybrid) | Step Up to Management

The Opportunity

We're working confidentially with an established civil engineering contractor specialising in highways infrastructure, from major National Highways framework contracts through to privately secured subcontract work with several tier one national contractors.

This is a genuine step-up opportunity for a strong Senior Quantity Surveyor ready to move into their first (or next) leadership role. The business has grown rapidly, turnover has roughly doubled over recent years, with further growth planned, and is building out its commercial team to match.

Full company details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

The Role

• Take on people-leadership for the first time (or build on early experience), initially supporting and developing a Commercial Assistant, with scope to take on wider team responsibility as the department grows.
• Manage commercial delivery on NEC Option C / target cost contracts for a major public-sector client, plus privately secured subcontract work with tier one contractors.
• Work closely with a supportive Director who is actively building a leadership pipeline, this role has a clear, discussed route toward Managing Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager responsibility as the team and estimating function are integrated.
• Get involved beyond your own patch, pricing input, cost control, value engineering, and reporting, with visibility across the wider commercial picture rather than a narrow slice of it.

What We're Looking For

• A strong Senior Quantity Surveyor within a civil engineering or infrastructure environment, highways, rail, water and energy backgrounds all genuinely considered.
• Solid working knowledge of NEC contracts, ideally with target cost / Option C experience.
• Experience dealing with Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors, producing applications and agreeing final accounts.
• Exposure to monthly CVR reporting and commercial governance processes.
• Proactive and tenacious, someone who chases down commercial extras rather than waiting for them to be flagged.
• Genuinely ambitious and ready for the step up into managing others and taking on more ownership.
• Full UK driving licence.

Why Make the Move

• A defined, realistic path into a management role, not a vague promise, but a role that's already being built around this progression.
• Join a business that's growing fast enough that career development happens through opportunity, not just tenure.
• A small, close-knit, well-regarded team, with genuine autonomy over how you manage your week.
• A strong, competitive package including car allowance, private healthcare, and a bonus scheme based on targets and company performance.

Package Details

Salary: circa £75,000–£80,000 (up to £85,000 for candidates who meet sector/contract requirements), + a bonus scheme based on targets and company performance
Package: £7,200 car allowance, 3% pension, private healthcare, retail discounts scheme
Location: West Yorkshire, hybrid working, office-based while embedding, moving to c.3 days/week
Travel: Minimal is occasional, client visits, rarely overnight

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