Managing Quantity Surveyor

Middlesbrough, Cleveland, United Kingdom and 1 more

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Role - Managing Quantity Surveyor

Location -Middlesbrough

We're looking for a proactive and collaborative Managing Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial leadership across a diverse portfolio of work and contribute to our continued growth

What you'll be doing:

As our Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will be a valued commercial partner within the business, helping to drive performance, improve processes, and support high quality project delivery. Your responsibilities will include:

Championing safety and promoting a positive, safe working environment across all projects.

Working closely with the Operations Manager to shape project strategy and deliver successful outcomes.

Leading, supporting and developing a commercial team, ensuring best practice and consistent processes.

Preparing monthly Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs) and commercial reports for presentation to Directors.

Overseeing forecasting across projects to maintain commercial accuracy and control.

Leading subcontract procurement, including negotiations on terms, pricing and programme.

Managing weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with clients and subcontractors.

Supporting estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise.

Implementing and maintaining effective cost control processes across the portfolio.

Identifying, preparing and submitting contractual claims while promoting dispute avoidance.

Leading commercial and contractual negotiations with clients.

Advising on procurement strategies for current and future projects.

Conducting staff training, coaching and development reviews.

Providing commercial support to planning and project controls teams.

Collaborating with the Commercial Director on new cost systems and reporting tools.

Acting with integrity and professionalism, ensuring value and responsible profit are delivered.

About you:

We're looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and inspirational leadership, including:

• A relevant degree or strong experience in a commercial role within construction.
• Experience managing large individual schemes or multiple smaller projects.
• CSCS card (appropriate to role).
• Experience leading and developing teams.
• A strong understanding of standard forms of contract.
• Good IT skills, including Excel, Word and cost/contract management systems (CEMAR, Oracle).
• Effective communication, stakeholder management and negotiation abilities.
• A good understanding of construction processes and project delivery.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Professional membership (MCIOB/MRICS) or working towards it is desirable.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

Job Info

• Job Identification 2771
• Job Category Commercial
• Posting Date 02/27/2026, 08:40 AM
• Apply Before 03/15/2026, 12:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations AVRS Systems Limited, Middlesborough, TS2 1BY, GB