Job Description:

Quantity Surveyor (CAPEX)

Contract: Government
Location: Birmingham, B37 7YN, with hybrid working and occasional site visits
Hours of Work: 40 per week
Contract Type: Permanent

Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, is seeking a Quantity Surveyor (CAPEX) to support the Commercial Manager in delivering effective commercial and cost management across a portfolio of capital projects.

Job Overview

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the commercial delivery of capital projects, ensuring effective cost planning, contract administration, financial governance, and commercial assurance throughout the full project lifecycle.

Working closely with Project Managers, suppliers, and key stakeholders, you will provide commercial insight, maintain robust cost control, manage contractual obligations, identify risks and opportunities, and contribute to the successful delivery of projects within a complex facilities management environment. This role is critical in ensuring transparency of financial performance, contractual compliance, and value for money across the project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and review project scopes of work alongside Project Managers and stakeholders following receipt of project orders.
• Undertake quantity take-offs and measurement of drawings, specifications, and project documentation to support estimating and cost planning activities.
• Prepare cost estimates, pricing models, commercial assessments, and tender documentation in line with NEC contract requirements and governance standards.
• Evaluate returned tenders and provide commercial recommendations to support supplier selection and project delivery.
• Maintain accurate project cost control, forecasting, valuations, reporting, and profitability management throughout project delivery.
• Administer Compensation Events, change control processes, and contractual correspondence through CEMAR or similar systems.
• Review and approve supplier applications, invoices, variations, and final accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Identify commercial risks, opportunities, value engineering initiatives, and cost-saving measures while ensuring project close-out obligations are completed.

Person Specification

• Demonstrable experience in quantity surveying, cost management, estimating, valuations, forecasting, and commercial reporting across the project lifecycle.
• Proven ability to undertake quantity take-offs, measure drawings, prepare cost estimates, and develop pricing models from technical specifications and project documentation.
• Strong understanding and practical application of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, including Compensation Events, Early Warning Notices, activity schedules, and change control.
• Experience preparing, evaluating, and negotiating tenders, subcontract packages, and supplier proposals.
• Strong commercial and financial management skills, including cost control, forecasting, accruals, final accounts, and profitability management.
• Ability to interpret architectural, M&E, security systems, and construction drawings to identify commercial risks, opportunities, and cost implications.
• Experience using CEMAR or similar contract management systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience within facilities management, construction, engineering, lifecycle, or capital projects environments.