Senior Quantity Surveyor (Street Lighting) in Bridgwater

• 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

Based at our Bridgwater depot, this is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join VolkerHighways' Street Lighting team, supporting the delivery of Somerset Council's £20m Street Lighting Term Maintenance Contract. Commencing in October 2024 and running for an initial eight-year term with the potential for a four-year extension, the contract covers the maintenance, renewal and upgrade of more than 59,000 street lighting and highway electrical assets across the county. This includes planned and reactive maintenance, major LED conversion programmes, capital improvement schemes and emergency response services, helping to create safer, more sustainable communities while supporting Somerset's carbon reduction ambitions.

• 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.

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

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 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.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.

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