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Managing Quantity Surveyor (Route One Infastructure)

Date:

Location:

  • Scotland

Who We Are
We’re a leading civil engineering company specialising in highways infrastructure. From high-speed roads to local improvements, we deliver safe, efficient, and community-minded projects across the UK.

About The Role
The Managing Quantity Surveyor will lead and mentor a team of quantity surveyors at various levels, providing guidance and fostering professional development. They will serve as the key commercial point of contact, managing relationships with clients in a collaborative and fair manner. The role involves ensuring strict commercial control across the business and promoting a culture of financial discipline. The Managing Quantity Surveyor will work closely with the operational team to achieve shared commercial objectives and drive business success.

 

What You’ll Do

  • Work closely with the Pre-Contract Manager to identify and capitalize leads.
  • Liaises with the estimator to ensure prices are competitive whilst delivering the company’s margin objectives.
  • Respond efficiently to client requests during the pre-contract stage to enable projects to progress to delivery stage as quickly as possible.
  • Feedback lessons learnt from the deliver stage into future estimates to ensure the business is always best placed to secure new work.
  • Project cash collection, ensuring timely applications and response to Client queries.
  • Project change management, ensuring submission and agreement of CE’s and maintenance of CE Registers and/or CEMAR.
  • Implementation of cost control measures, identify potential cost-saving opportunities, and provide advice on value engineering.
  • Produce and deliver turnover and margin budgets and forecasts alongside operational peer
  • Work closely with the operational team to provide a commercial service that enables them to deliver project efficiently and to budget.
  • Review terms and conditions of contract and sub-contract ensuring risk are understood and appropriate for the type, size and complexity of project.
  • Lead contract negotiations and manage contract documentation, including bills of quantities, scope of work, and terms and conditions.
  • Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and resolve any disputes or claims that arise during the course of the project.
  • Monitor project performance against contracts, advising on variations and changes to scope.
  • Respond to Client requests promptly, effectively, and professionall
  • Oversee project cash flow management, ensuring that invoicing and payments are managed efficiently.
  • Review and approve interim valuations, final accounts, and ensure timely submission of invoices.
  • Provide comprehensive cost and financial reports to senior management, highlighting risks, opportunities, and project performance.

 

We Are Looking For

  • BSc/MSc in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
  • Extensive experience as a Quantity Surveyor in a Civil Engineering environment
  • Team worker, excellent verbal and written communication skills, enthusiastic and passionate.
  • Excellent organisation and time management skills.
  • Strong knowledge of construction contracts especially NEC
  • Microsoft Office user.
  • Ideally commercial management of highways infrastructure projects and a track record of people management
  • Full UK clean driving licence.

At Carnell we value diversity and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

 

What You’ll Get

  • Generous holiday allowance to help you recharge
  • Pension scheme to support your future
  • Private medical insurance for peace of mind
  • Group income protection & death in service benefit
  • Company Car allowance
  • Access to Carnell Rewards – discounts at 900+ retailers

 

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the application or interview process —such as accessibility support or information in an alternative format—please let us know as early as possible so we can make the necessary arrangements

Carnell are committed to a diverse, inclusive workforce, offering equal opportunity to all. We create an environment where difference is embraced and individuals flourish.

We value passionate, responsive, innovative, trustworthy, and respectful people. These behaviours are embedded across the company; they guide us in all actions both on site and in the office.

We are committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of all our employees; not only ensuring that everybody goes home safely but also giving all a good work life balance

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About the Role:

As a Site Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operations, planning, and delivery of highways projects across Scotland. You’ll manage supervisors and site teams working on drainage surveys, trenchless remediation, Filter Drain Recycling), and wider civils activities on the Strategic Road Network.

You’ll ensure that every project under your supervision runs safely, efficiently, on programme and to the required quality standards — while supporting our broader business strategy to grow our presence in Scotland.

This is a hands-on role requiring site presence across Scotland, working days or nights, and occasionally supporting operations in the North of England.

Location:

Scotland (with some support to Northern England when required across Various sites, working away and night shifts required.

Contract: Full-time

Carnell is on a mission to raise the standard of excellence in highways maintenance, working with passion, innovation and an uncompromising commitment to safety. As we continue to grow our footprint across Scotland, we’re looking for a proactive and experienced Site Manager to join our Operations team.

If you’re motivated by delivering high-quality infrastructure, leading teams, and building trusted relationships with clients, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

What You’ll Do:

You will take responsibility for:

Project Delivery & Site Management

  • Overseeing all aspects of on-site delivery including commercial, programme, resources, safety, quality and environmental performance
  • Ensuring compliance with all SHEQ requirements and site rules
  • Coordinating shift start-ups, close-downs and changeovers
  • Supporting the production of Construction Phase Plans, Project Management Plans and other documentation


Leadership & People Management

  • Leading and developing Supervisors and Operatives
  • Delivering pre-start briefings, toolbox talks and training
  • Conducting appraisals and supporting skills development


Client Relationship Management

  • Acting as a key point of contact for clients and stakeholders
  • Attending site visits to support project development and asset assessment
  • Maintaining positive client relationships and identifying new opportunities


Quality & Performance

  • Ensuring work is delivered Right First Time and meets specification
  • Managing project KPIs and deadlines
  • Making quality adjustments and rejecting work outside specification


Resource & Operational Coordination

  • Ensuring adequate staffing levels
  • Managing working hours and authorising exceedances
  • Overseeing plant, vehicles, equipment and operational paperwork


What You’ll Bring:

We’re looking for someone with:

Experience & Knowledge

  • Previous experience in highways contract management
  • Strong understanding of drainage construction and relevant standards (CDM 2015, MCHW, DMRB, CS 551, CD 535)
  • Experience managing teams on high-speed roads
  • Strong grasp of health & safety legislation
  • Good commercial and business strategy awareness


Skills

  • Excellent communication and relationship building skills
  • Strong organisational and leadership skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with clients, colleagues and supply chain
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word


Qualifications

  • Degree or equivalent (HND/HNC) in construction or project management
  • SMSTS
  • CSCS (manager level preferred)
  • Full UK driving licence.


What We Offer:

  • Company van
  • IT equipment & mobile phone
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Pension scheme
  • Group Income Protection
  • Opportunities to grow within a national, forward-thinking business


Ready to Lead the Way?

If you’re passionate about managing safe, high-quality highways projects and want to play a key role in our growing Scottish operations, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help us deliver excellence across Scotland’s strategic road network.

Carnell is committed to a diverse, inclusive workforce, offering equal opportunity to all. We create an environment where difference is embraced and individuals flourish.

We value passionate, responsive, innovative, trustworthy, and respectful people. These behaviours are embedded across the company; they guide us in all actions both on site and in the office.

We are committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of all our employees; not only ensuring that everybody goes home safely but also giving all a good work life balance.

Carnell is committed to a diverse, inclusive workforce, offering equal opportunity to all. We create an environment where difference is embraced and individuals flourish.

We value passionate, responsive, innovative, trustworthy, and respectful people. These behaviours are embedded across the company, they guide us in all actions both on site and in the office.

We are committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of all our employees; not only ensuring that everybody goes home safely but also giving all a good work life balance.

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