Senior Quantity Surveyor
3 days ago
Exeter
Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) 📍 Exeter (On-site) 🏥 Project: Hospital, Plymouth I’m currently recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor (MEP) to join a flagship healthcare project at a Hospital in Plymouth. This is a fantastic opportunity to take full commercial ownership of an MEP package on a major Emergency Care Building development. Working with the contractor, you’ll report directly to the Commercial Manager and play a key role in ensuring the successful commercial delivery of this complex, high-value installation. This position offers genuine responsibility, autonomy, and exposure to a major regional healthcare scheme. The Role You will take ownership of all day-to-day commercial activities on site, ensuring strong governance, compliance, profitability and performance across the MEP package. Key responsibilities include: • Managing robust commercial governance and maintaining transparency throughout the project lifecycle, • Preparing and submitting accurate applications, invoices and CVRs, • Pricing, negotiating and securing variations, loss & expense claims and entitlements, • Supporting budgeting, forecasting, reporting and overhead reviews, • Managing subcontract procurement, tender assessments and subcontract account administration, • Producing subcontract documentation and overseeing supply chain performance, • Measuring works, agreeing variations and assessing claims including prolongation and L&E, • Building strong relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and end users, • Mitigating commercial risk and managing potential disputes, • Providing commercial support to operations teams, • Mentoring and supporting junior commercial staff, • Degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management, • RICS accredited or working toward chartership (desirable), • Minimum 5 years’ experience in an MEP QS or Senior QS position, • Experience delivering projects of similar scale and complexity, • Strong contract administration background, • Proven success securing time- and cost-based variations, • Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills, • High attention to detail and strong commercial acumen, • Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with Payapps or similar systems beneficial Why Apply? • Work on a major healthcare development of significant regional importance, • Take ownership of a MEP package on a complex installation, • Join a high-performing commercial and MEP delivery team, • Access strong career progression and development opportunities