Senior Quantity Surveyor

Warrington, England, United Kingdom

6/26/2025

Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Warrington, Cheshire + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF64991

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, at our Warrington site.

The role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be utilising your commercial expertise in support of the client for a major decommissioning project.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for overseeing commercial activities, such as contract change and administration, amongst provision of commercial advice and guidance.

• Provide commercial management and support to Q.S.’s as may be applicable for each project / contract
• Provide commercial support and expertise to projects being responsible for a range of commercial activities (bid governance, reviews, change management, compensation event contractual notices, etc.)
• Undertake internal compliance, liaising with the relevant Head of Commercial and customers as required
• Support the CNL Project Managers with all commercial aspects on the project
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders ensuring alignment of objectives and mutual setting of goals
• Full understanding of the head contract terms and conditions and how these flow down to the Subcontract supply chain
• Proactively ensures contract compliance exists and proposes and monitors correction plans to ensure any non-compliance is eliminated
  
  
  

This role is full time, thirty-seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home and is based at our Birchwood, Warrington hub.

Essential Experience Of The Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Demonstrable experience in a Quantity Surveying role
• Strong commercial acumen
• Experience in supporting large-scale projects and complex change initiatives using appropriate methodologies
• NEC3 contract experience
• Detailed understanding of business requirements and ensures these are adequately provided for in the overall sourcing strategy
• Good understanding of day to day commercial administration in the Engineering, Manufacturing or Construction industries
  
  
  

Qualifications For The Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Building Services Quantity Surveying or have a general degree in Quantity Surveying
  
  
  

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
  
  
  

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [email protected] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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