Senior Quantity Surveyor (Street Lighting)

About us

VolkerHighways is a market leader in the delivery of highways and street lighting term maintenance contracts. We build strong collaborative relationships with our clients to drive improvements and efficiency in all our activities.

We have the capability to deliver major surfacing and public realm infrastructure projects. Our specialist in-house traffic management division provides expert advice and support across the industry, whilst assisting with our own, in-house contracts.

About the role

Based at our Wimbledon depot, this is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join VolkerHighways' Street Lighting team, supporting the delivery of a £20m long-term contract for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Sutton. Running until 2031, the contract encompasses the maintenance and upgrade of over 26,000 street lighting assets, including major LED conversion programmes, emergency response services, and critical infrastructure improvements that help create safer, more sustainable communities across South London.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the commercial management of the Kingston & Sutton Street Lighting contract, ensuring accurate cost reporting, forecasting and cashflow control.
• Produce monthly CVRs, valuations and commercial reports.
• Manage subcontractor procurement, payments, variations and final accounts.
• Administer NEC contracts and protect VolkerHighways' commercial position.
• Work closely with operational teams to identify risks, opportunities and cost efficiencies.
• Build strong relationships with clients, supply chain partners and key stakeholders.
• Support, mentor and develop junior commercial team members.
• Promote compliance with commercial, contractual, HSEQ and governance requirements.

About you

We're looking for an experienced and commercially strong Senior Quantity Surveyor who can lead commercial functions across complex projects. You will bring:

Experience & Qualifications:

• Degree, HND or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline. Membership of, or working towards, RICS, CIOB or ICES is desirable.
• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within street lighting, highways, local authority infrastructure, utilities or civil engineering environments.
• Strong commercial and contractual knowledge, with experience administering NEC contracts, term maintenance agreements and long-term service contracts.
• Experience managing subcontractors, cost control, variations, applications for payment and financial reporting within operational maintenance and asset renewal programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with clients, operational teams and supply chain partners.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerHighways is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerHighways are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefit
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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