Details:
- Salary: £270 - 320 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Maidstone Kent
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
We are partnering with a leading highways maintenance and civil engineering contractor to appoint an experienced Freelance Quantity Surveyor.
This role sits within a busy, fast-paced highways reactive and term maintenance environment. You will take commercial ownership of regional reactive repairs, emergency call-outs, routine maintenance works, and minor capital improvement schemes.
Key Responsibilities
* Commercial Management: Manage day-to-day commercial and contractual tasks across a portfolio of highways reactive and term maintenance work. [1]
* Applications & Valuations: Prepare, submit, and negotiate interim applications for payment and final accounts with the client. [1]
* Cost Control & CVRs: Produce accurate Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs), financial forecasts, and budget tracking. [1, 2]
* Variations & Compensation Events: Identify, value, price, and negotiate variations, compensation events, and extra works under the relevant form of contract (e.g., NEC / ICE). [1, 2]
* Supply Chain Management: Procure, value, and settle sub-contractor accounts, measurements, and payments. [1]
* Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Site Agents, Project Managers, and client representatives to ensure commercial compliance.
Requirements
* Experience: Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within UK highways maintenance, civil engineering, or street lighting sectors.
* Contract Knowledge: Strong practical working knowledge of NEC contracts (Option A, B, C or Term Service Contracts).
* Qualifications: HNC, HND, or Degree in Quantity Surveying (or equivalent commercial discipline).
* Cards & Tickets: Valid CSCS card preferred
Rate is up to £320 per day outside IR35.
Please apply today to hear more