Freelance Quantity Surveyor

Key Responsibilities

• Manage change across the project
• Manage and progress Compensation Events
• Work through Early Warnings
• Maintain and progress the Compensation Event register
• Review and apply contractual change
• Measure completed works
• Manage commercial applications and associated quantum
• Support final accounts
• Manage subcontractors and subcontractor change
• Review and progress outstanding commercial matters
• Support the commercial management of the supply chain
• Ensure change and Compensation Events are progressed through to sign-off

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor with strong practical commercial and change experience.

Essential

• Strong Quantity Surveying experience
• Strong change control experience
• Compensation Event experience
• Commercial management experience
• Subcontractor management experience
• Ability to work independently and hit the ground running

Desirable

• Clean water experience
• Mains replacement experience
• Previous water company experience
• NEC experience
• Utilities/infrastructure experience

Working Arrangement

The role is based from Fulwood, PR2, with the successful candidate required to attend the office initially to learn the project, systems and processes.

Once established, there is flexibility around hybrid working, with a minimum expectation of 2 days per week in the office, more likely 3 days.

The project covers Lancashire and Cumbria, and candidates based in Cumbria will also be considered. There may be opportunities to work from a suitable site depot.

Why Consider It?

• Major UK infrastructure organisation
• Significant United Utilities project
• 150km clean water mains replacement programme
• Strong commercial/change focus
• Freelance opportunity through to the end of 2026
• Potential to extend into 2027
• Up to 400 per day
• Hybrid working once established
• Immediate start available