Quantity Surveyor - Telecoms/Utilities Sector

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor - Telecoms/Utilities
Location: Leeds (1/2 days per week on-site)
Salary/Rate: Up to£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 or 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

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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