Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Heathrow
Long Term Contract
£500 - £650 Day Rate

About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead the commercial management of design-related change across major Heathrow airport programmes. You'll join a multidisciplinary consultancy environment, identifying, pricing, negotiating and agreeing changes that arise from design development, scope evolution and client instructions.

You'll be a trusted commercial partner to engineering, planning, project controls and client teams, challenging and supporting design teams to make sure changes are well substantiated, commercially recoverable and in line with contractual entitlements.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the commercial assessment of design development and change across Heathrow programmes
Work with engineering and design teams to identify change and risk at the earliest stage
Prepare and manage change submissions, compensation events, instructions and variations
Advise on contractual entitlement and maintain compliance with NEC requirements
Negotiate with clients, delivery partners and contractors through to final account settlement
Challenge scope growth and present cost impacts and option appraisals to support decisions
Maintain change registers and governance processesKey Requirements

Significant experience as a Senior QS or in change management on major infrastructure programmes
Strong experience managing the commercial impact of design development and engineering change
Detailed knowledge of NEC contracts, particularly compensation events
Ability to interpret engineering designs, scope documents and technical reports
Experience in multidisciplinary design, consultancy or complex programme environments
Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills
Desirable: Heathrow, aviation, rail or major infrastructure experience, MRICS, MCICES or equivalent, and project controls experience
If you're a commercially astute Senior QS who is comfortable in technical design environments and understands how design drives cost and programme, we'd love to hear from you.

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