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Highways Quantity Surveyor
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Posted:
4 August 2026 (29 days ago)
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Application Deadline:
1 November 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
12 months contract with a local authority
Summary
- We are seeking an experienced Highways Quantity Surveyor to provide specialist commercial and contractual support across a portfolio of highway and transportation capital projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring robust financial management effective cost control and successful delivery of transport infrastructure schemes within approved budgets and programme timescales.
Responsibilities
- Manage the financial and contractual aspects of highway and transportation infrastructure projects from inception through to completion.
- Prepare detailed cost estimates budgets forecasts and cash flow projections for capital projects.
- Monitor project expenditure and provide regular financial reporting to project teams and senior stakeholders.
- Assess validate and certify contractor applications for payment in accordance with contract requirements.
- Administer and manage NEC and other relevant engineering contracts.
Requirements:
- Significant experience working as a Quantity Surveyor within highways transportation civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
- Proven track record of managing commercial and contractual matters on publicly funded capital programmes.
- Experience in cost planning budget management forecasting and financial reporting.
- Strong experience administering NEC contracts including assessment of compensation events and change management processes.
- Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Quantity Surveying Commercial Management Construction Management Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or working towards chartered status or equivalent professional qualification and experience.
Additional Information
- 12 months contract with a local authority
- Contract Type: Outside IR35
- Duration: Until 31 July 2027 (linked to externally funded projects)
- Rate: 60 per hour Umbrella (43.47 PAYE equivalent)
- Working hours: 40 hours per week
- Must be onsite in Coventry 2 days per week - Various offices across Coventry can be used i.e. Whitley Depot Eastern Green or Friargate.
- We work on a bi-weekly payment schedule.
The role closes soon apply ASAP.
Required Skills:
We require an experienced agency Quantity Surveyor to provide immediate specialist capacity ensure robust commercial management and maintain delivery of our transport capital programme within budget and timescales during a period of peak demand and no in-house resource
Required Education:
We require an experienced agency Quantity Surveyor to provide immediate specialist capacity ensure robust commercial management and maintain delivery of our transport capital programme within budget and timescales during a period of peak demand and no in-house resource
