Quantity Surveyor - #2148875

Sphere Solutions


Date: 2 hours ago
City: Birmingham
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 / year
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Sphere Solutions

Quantity Surveyor

Permanent salary + benefits package

West Midlands

You’ll be joining our Highways team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. 

What will you be doing?

  • Support cost and value management, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
  • Collaborate with Operations to prepare clear and reliable quarterly forecasts.
  • Identify and manage contract variations, early warnings, and compensation events.
  • Ensure all work meets M Groups Infrastructure standards and commercial procedures.
  • Build strong client relationships, keeping budgets and year‑end targets on track.
  • Oversee sub‑contract procurement, monthly reconciliations, and final accounts.
  • Carry out site visits and maintain progress within agreed deadlines.
  • Provide flexible support with ad‑hoc commercial duties as needed.

What you’ll bring

  • Degree (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying or related construction field – preferred, not essential
  • Proven commercial experience in the construction industry
  • Effective negotiator and communicator
  • Good organisational and people skills
  • Highways and civil engineering experience (preferably with contractors)
  • Knowledge of NEC contracts
  • IT proficient

What’s in it for you?

  • Matched or contributory pension scheme
  • Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Employee assistance programme
  • My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
  • Life assurance
  • Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
  • Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

  • Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
  • My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Personal Accident Cover

If you are interested and want further details, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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