Senior Quantity SurveyorDepartment: CommercialReports to: Commercial ManagerContract Type: Full-time PermanentSalary: £65,000 - £70,000
About Us
Founded in February 2017, Sanper Construction has established a trusted position within the construction industry, delivering a complete range of high-quality building and maintenance services. We operate across retail, residential, and commercial sectors, supported by strong partnerships that enable delivery across projects of varying scale and complexity.Our expertise includes project management, general construction, and maintenance and repair contracts across both public and private sectors. We specialise in security-controlled environments including HM Prisons, hospitals, and educational establishments, requiring high levels of compliance, planning, and operational discipline.
We maintain a strong focus on customer care, delivering a transparent and reliable service from start to finish. Our team is committed to professionalism, safety, and consistent delivery standards.As we continue to expand and achieve new milestones, were thrilled to create fresh opportunities within our team, starting with the highly anticipated Senior Quantity Surveyor position for the South region.
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Role Overview
Youll be responsible for preparing accurate and competitive tender submissions for projects ranging from £50,000 to £2 million.
Your estimates will draw on thorough knowledge of refurbishment, construction, and maintenance scopes across our sectors, including custodial, education, commercial, and residential works. This role is for someone living within the South and surrounding areas.
Senior Quantity Surveyor - Key Responsibilities

• Provide contractual advice to the business and the project team, informing appropriate management of contractual issues and ensure the delivery team understand the contractual conditions
• Day-to-day contract and commercial management including managing communication and notifications to timescales, payment assessment, managing and valuing change and early warnings and review of claims to and from Sanper Construction
• Cost planning, budget estimating, review and challenge contractor estimates, feedback into benchmarking and lessons learnt
• Monitor actual costs against budget and prepare contract forecasts, identification of commercial risks and opportunities
• Lead on regular cost and contract audits to ensure contractor compliance with contract conditions
• Manage own portfolio of works including generally the larger & more complex projects
• Lead on all commercial matters in meetings and collaborative planning sessions
• Ensure all commercial and contractual issues are resolved and dealt with in a timely manner
• Manage relationships with the supply chain and work on growing the supply chain
• Review completed designs for Commercial and Contractual compliance
• Assist other departments as and when required
• Accurate reporting of job CVR positions to Commercial Manager

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Person SpecificationEssential

• A minimum of five years UK-based experience in the construction sector
• Knowledge of UK building regulations and industry standards
• Experience of using different forms of contract (NEC3 & NEC4 Option A and JCT 2016 preferable)
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Effective communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work safely and proactively in a site environment
• Competent IT skills (e.g., MS Office, project management tools)
• UK Rights to Work documentation
• Proven experience estimating for refurbishment and general construction projects (tenders between £50K-£2M)
• RICS, BSc, BEng or CIOB qualification
• Strong numerical, analytical, and attention-to-detail skills
• Full UK driving licence
• Strong Communication skills upstream and downstream
• Excellent time management skills
• Hold a CSCS card
• Willingness to travel

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Desirable

• Thorough understanding of Sanpers sector mix (custodial, education, commercial, residential, maintenance)

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Pension scheme
• Supportive, collaborative working environment
• Bonus Scheme

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We believe that diversity makes us stronger and that everyone deserves to feel respected, valued and able to thrive.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process in line with the Equality Act 2010.
We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support applicants with disabilities at any stage.

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