Posted 23 July 2026
Job ref: 260510
Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Location: Govan, Glasgow City, Scotland
- Salary: £500 - 550 per day + None
- Category
- Sector: Building, Construction and Infrastructure
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Scarlet Wilson
*Candidates must be British nationals and be able to gain both BPSS and SC Clearance*
- Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Location: Govan 5 days per week
- Rate: £500 - £550 p/d
- Duration:
Our client is a leading engineering and design consultancy who require a Senior QS to join their team based onsite at BAE Govan Shipyard.
Responsibilities:
- Contract Administration
- Early Warning review/ response as instructed by Contract Manager
- Compensation Event Notification responses including reviewing entitlement, estimating cost impacts
- Chairing commercial meetings set up to review Compensation Events/ payment certification collectively
- Reviewing, assessing and implementing all Compensation Events (via CEMAR Contract Admin tool)
- Responsible for assessing the Contractors interim Application for Payment and certifying payment
- On-site measurement of works complete (including review of plant and equipment on-site)
- Leading on assessing the impact of revised accepted Programmes
- Submit monthly accrual figures to BAE finance
- Maintain, update and issue monthly forecasts to BAE finance
- Identify trends and forward costs pressure to the Contracts Manager for the internal reporting purposes
Qualifications/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Professional membership or working toward chartered status with a recognized body (e.g., MRICS, CIOB, AIQS, SACQSP, or an equivalent professional institution
- 7–10+ years of quantity surveying experience, with at least 3–5 years in a senior role.
- Strong NEC experience is essential
- CEMAR fluency
For more information, please contact Scarlet Wilson.