Quantity Surveyor
Henderson House Huntingdon
We do what we say - That’s why we need people like you, to help us deliver on our promises. People who enjoy getting things done with a focus on cost controls and profitability.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our high performing commercial team. Supporting delivery teams in Colchester and Whittingham with the central team based in Peterborough
The Role:
Your scope of work as a Quantity Surveyor will be highly varied, exposing you to total financial control of all projects from inception through to final account closure.
You’ll gain invaluable experience and exposure to Capital & Operation Expenditure budgets and the balance between the two, understanding Total Expenditure and the ever-increasing role it plays in the utilities environment
Your role is critical to ensuring our commercial success, allowing us to invest in new technologies, aiming for infrastructure that is sustainable, carbon positive and built/maintained in a way that supports our planet for future generations of all our families.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the activities that you’ll be involved with:
* Generating weekly revenue and cost reports
* Controlling submissions of daily completed jobs
* Producing ‘Schedule of Rates’
* Reconciling Subcontractor costs and preparing payment certificates
* Liaising with Operations and Planning to monitor job progress and scope changes
* Reviewing scheme works to ensure targets are on track to be achieved
* Pricing completed jobs for high volume works
* Developing relationships with clients to 'Work In Progress' days
* Analysing weekly and monthly cost and revenue data
We would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate...
You are an experienced Quantity Surveyor with a strong background in utilities, civil, or mechanical engineering—ideally within the water industry. You should have experience managing high-volume, low-value works, as well as knowledge of NEC contract schemes and subcontractor management.
You’ll need to be enthusiastic, proactive, and a great problem solver, with excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Strong Microsoft Excel expertise is essential, including proficiency in formulas, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs, along with a keen eye for data integrity and financial analysis.
A degree in Quantity Surveying or an HNC/HND in Civil or Mechanical Engineering with commercial management experience would be highly desirable.
Our Company
Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.
Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone’s growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.
We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.
What Next
You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don’t receive feedback within that timescale, please don’t be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!
Benefits
In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.
Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.