🚀 Quantity Surveyor (Telco / Utilities)

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor - Telco / Utilities

Location: Leeds (1/2 days per week on-site)

Salary/Rate: Up to £500/£550 per day (Inside IR35)

Start Date: October 2025

Job Type: 13-week contract

Company Introduction:

We are currently representing a global telecommunications client who are recruiting for an experienced Quantity Surveyor. Previous Telecoms / Utilities industry experience is a must have for this role.

Required Skills/Experience:

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Telecoms / Utilities industry experience is a must
• Experienced in NEC3/4 contracts
• CEMAR knowledge
• RICS chartered advantageous
• In depth experience of cost management within complex construction projects
• Use of estimating and cost management systems
• 2 years QS experience in major infrastructure programmes
• Experience of managing NEC project costs through EW/CE/AfP/Final Account process
• Understanding and experience of commercial estimating and benchmarking
• Engineering based degree or equivalent, or working towards a recognised project controls qualification (NVQ level 4) is desirable

Job Responsibilities/Objectives:

The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for undertaking contract and project cost administration on Network Expansion projects

• Provide cost management support on both NEC ECC and DBO contracts.
• Monitor the regional commercial mailbox/CEMAR for incoming payment applications, variations and final accounts from contractors.
• Assess and validate payment applications, variations, and final accounts from contractors to ensure submissions are compliant and claimed sums are accurate.
• Preparation of Work Order Contract Data Part 1 for new build schemes
• Ensure all ECC projects have gone through the Early Contractor Involvement process. This could involve on site visits.
• Support the Commercial Manager in assessing risk allowance estimates for the Early Warning Register.
• Perform spot audits on previously approved payments/variations/final accounts and feedback to Business units. This includes NEC4 TSC work.
• Supporting the Build Manager in reviewing contractor quotations for Compensation Events on ECC projects.
• Support the Commercial Manager in assessing contractor claims.
• Create and maintain cost reports for each project/workstream with regularly updated written narrative providing precise explanations for forecast cost position vs. budget, outstanding variations, WIP and premise number changes.
• Regularly visit site and carry out measurement audits on a sample basis to validate that measures being taken.

Sound like a match? Feel free to apply!