Senior Quantity Surveyor

This role is an exciting opportunity to help deliver major infrastructure projects, including works to service and enable land, highways projects and new community amenities, to help create an ambitious, sustainable and vibrant new community of 8,500 homes at the Gilston Park Estate in East Hertfordshire.

Gilston Park Estate is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver six distinct new villages bound together by landscape and community to the north of Harlow. It is unique in its design and infrastructure-led approach, with six distinct villages, each with their own character, buffered by accessible green spaces and, crucially, linked by a sustainable transport network which will enable residents' direct access to Harlow's economic opportunities and infrastructure plus accessibility by road and rail to elsewhere to achieve ambitious 60% modal shift targets. The infrastructure to be delivered includes major highways projects including new bridges over a river and railway, new country parks, community amenities and works to service and enable land for 8,500 new homes and supporting amenities including a leisure centre, sports facilities and a health centre.

At Places for People, we hire People, not numbers! So, if you like the sound of one of our jobs, please apply - you could be just who we're looking for! Of course, experience and track record are important, but we're more interested in hiring someone that embodies our People Promises.  That's someone that does the right thing, is enthusiastic and motivated to grow, believes in Community spirit, is respectful and enjoys their work. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise we're dedicated to creating inclusive and thriving Communities for both our Customers and Employees.

More about your role
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in delivering major infrastructure programmes as part of the ambitious Gilston Park Estate development -a new, sustainable community of 8,500 homes in East Hertfordshire.

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of complex infrastructure including highways, bridges, utilities, landscaping and community amenities. From project inception through to completion, you'll ensure full compliance with health, safety, environmental and quality standards, including CDM regulations.

You'll lead on budget management, forecasting and programme control, securing planning and technical approvals, and overseeing procurement activity. The role also involves managing multidisciplinary teams, administering contracts and tendering processes, and driving value engineering to deliver cost efficiencies. Strong stakeholder engagement, robust recordkeeping, and clear reporting to senior leadership will be essential to ensure projects remain on track and aligned with business objectives.

More about you
We're looking for an experienced Senior QS with a strong background in delivering largescale infrastructure projects such as highways, civils, drainage and utilities. You'll bring indepth knowledge of construction methodologies, cost management, contract administration (NEC / JCT) and regulatory compliance.

You'll be confident leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex stakeholder relationships and navigating highvalue schemes. Exceptional communication, leadership and negotiation skills are key, along with the ability to influence outcomes and support the successful delivery of major strategic projects.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%

• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave including bank holidays with the option to buy or sell leave

• Bonus Scheme

• Company Car/Allowance

• Training and development

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team [email protected]

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected] .

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities