Commercial - Senior Quantity Surveyor
New Yesterday
About the role
Due to growth Avove are looking to appoint a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team, working on our Severn Trent Framework.
Location: Derby ( we do operative a hybrid work policy)
Company Car or Car Allowance
Responsibilities:
Ensuring contract compliance with Avove’s systems, processes, and procedures.
Managing financial monitoring and reporting across assigned contracts.
Supporting the preparation, negotiation, and administration of construction contracts.
Managing contract variations, commercial records, claims, EOTs, and valuations.
Overseeing subcontractor procurement, appointments, and ongoing management.
Preparing and submitting timely applications and invoices to clients.
Supporting business development activities including PQQs and tender submissions.
Skills/Experience required:
Strong experience working with NEC3/NEC4 contracts (target cost, fixed price, cost reimbursable).
Background in both infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects, ideally within the water/utilities sector.
Strong commercial acumen and experience managing contract frameworks.
Proven ability to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.
Full UK driving licence (regional site visits required).
Please note that candidates with qualifications that do not fully match the above criteria but have relevant equivalent experience are invited to apply.
What’s in it for you…
We offer a rewarding salary that is tailored to your skills and experience. But that’s not all! We celebrate hard work and give recognition to our colleagues. In addition to this, we understand that one size doesn’t fit all so everyone has access to a variety of flexible benefits that work for you.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Company car or cash allowance
Company pension scheme
Life assurance
Family friendly policies
A selection of lifestyle benefit options
Financial wellbeing programme
Employee assistance program for health and wellbeing and onsite mental health first aiders to support our colleagues
We love to give back so we offer you volunteering days in your community and charity matched giving where we will boost your fundraising.
About us:
We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We provide cutting-edge and sustainable engineering solutions and play a critical role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.
We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to water and power sectors. We work closely with our clients to help protect and improve their assets, enhance customer experience and protect the natural environment. Everything we do is designed to drive continual improvement and move life forward.
We are proud to work in partnership with leading utility providers, including Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, Northern PowerGrid, Northumbrian Water Group, and Scottish Power Energy Networks.
We are an equal opportunities employer:
We welcome applications from candidates of all races, genders, disabilities, religions, ages and sexual orientations. We know that having a diverse workforce encourages new perspectives, inspires creativity and creates an engaging workplace and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where all colleagues can thrive. When it comes to inclusion, we’re making sure we keep up the progress with our Communities of Practice, who help us do just that.
What next:
We encourage you to apply for this role as soon as you can. We recognise talent waits for no one, so we progress candidates individually through all stages of recruitment process.
If you have any questions, please reach out for an informal discussion
- Location:
- Derby
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Other
