Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Sub Division: Defence

Location: High Wycombe

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

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Purpose of Role

VINCI Facilities is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to take a leading commercial role within a major Defence and Critical Infrastructure programme based in High Wycombe. This is a unique opportunity to oversee a programme of construction and refurbishment works valued at approximately £110 million, supporting one of the UK's most secure and strategically important Defence environments.

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work, candidates must meet strict security criteria:

Must be a sole UK national.

Must be willing and eligible to undergo high-level security clearance processes.

Job Description

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for providing commercial leadership across a wide range of reactive works, planned projects, construction works, and refurbishment programmes within the Defence Sector.

You will manage the full commercial lifecycle of projects, ensuring robust contract compliance, effective subcontractor management, accurate valuations and payments, cost control, and revenue recovery. The role is critical in protecting and enhancing commercial performance while supporting the safe and successful delivery of high-profile Defence projects.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial management of a £110 million programme of works.
• Manage multiple construction and refurbishment projects valued between £500,000 and £15 million.
• Provide commercial leadership and contractual governance across the Defence portfolio.
• Assess and manage subcontractor applications, valuations, and payments.
• Ensure effective cost control, commercial reporting, forecasting, and risk management.
• Manage procurement activities and subcontractor relationships.
• Identify and maximise recoverable revenue opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with client contracts and internal commercial procedures.
• Work closely with operational, FM, finance, and project delivery teams.
• Support project delivery through all relevant RIBA stages.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships with clients, military personnel, consultants, and supply chain partners.

Essential Qualifications/Skills

• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Project Quantity Surveyor within construction environments.
• Background in Construction, Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of commercial management and contract administration.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, valuations, procurement, and contract compliance.
• Understanding of RIBA project phases.
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills.

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.