Senior Quantity Surveyor

Fm Conway Ltd; Sevenoaks; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Sevenoaks is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial activities within major projects. Candidates should have a degree in Quantity Surveying and experience in construction or civil engineering. This full-time position offers excellent benefits including 25 days holiday, healthcare, and a car allowance. Join a company with over 60 years of experience known for innovation and integrity in the transportation solutions sector.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Contributory pension scheme

On-site gym

Subsidised restaurant

Qualifications

• Previous experience in construction, civil engineering or highways industry.
• Essential to have a CSCS card.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk, value management and cost control activities.
• Lead procurement strategy and cost value analysis.
• Monitor and report forecast against cost and value.
• Oversee commercial team and their development.

Skills

JCT knowledge

ICE knowledge

NEC knowledge

Risk management

Cost control

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our successful Major Projects division. As part of our commercial team, you’ll play a key role in our major projects portfolio empowering decision-making, providing expert advice, managing all commercial activities, and overseeing the change control process. This is a permanent, full time position based at our Head Office in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Responsibilities

• Performing risk, value management and cost control activities to benefit the contract
• Leading and driving the procurement strategy including cost value analysis and procurement of sub-contractors
• Maintaining awareness of different contracts in current use, ensuring all current legislations and document control is adhered to
• Monitoring and reporting forecast against cost and value and the management of cashflow
• Overseeing and managing the commercial team on your contracts and supporting their development

Qualifications

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Senior Quantity Surveyor with previous experience working in the construction, civil engineering or highways industry. You will have a degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent and you will have excellent knowledge of JCT, ICE and NEC contracts. A CSCS card is essential for this role.

Benefits

As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, we will offer you a range of fantastic benefits including career and professional development, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a car allowance, private healthcare, contributory pension scheme and life assurance. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our in-house mental health first aiders. Based from our Sevenoaks Head Office you will have free access to our on-site gym and subsidised restaurant. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders.

About FM Conway and Major Projects

FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Major Projects team provide our clients with engineering excellence from design through to completion, across new-build works, heavy structural engineering, deep drainage schemes, earthworks and public realm improvements. From small works to complex projects, our multi-disciplinary capability requires meticulous planning and the delivery of sustainable solutions across the full spectrum of transport and urban infrastructure.

So if you would like to Join our Family as our Senior Quantity Surveyor then please click ‘apply’ today.

Closing Date: 09/03/2026

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We believe in people, not algorithms. That’s why every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team - never by AI.

We look forward to receiving your application!