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If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable - please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.\nTitle: Quantity Surveyor\nLocation: Kent\nAs a Quantity Surveyor, you will support the Senior Quantity Surveyor and wider commercial leadership team in delivering successful projects while promoting collaboration, professional development, and commercial excellence across the business.\nWhat you will be doing:\nSupport the Senior Quantity Surveyor in communicating company strategy, objectives, and values between senior leadership and project delivery teams.\nFoster effective collaboration between commercial, operational, delivery, design, and other project disciplines\nProvide coaching, mentoring, and development support to any direct reports, helping individuals reach their full potential.\nSupport the Senior Quantity Surveyor and Managing Quantity Surveyor in developing the wider commercial team and encouraging continuous professional development.\nAssist in ensuring the commercial team has the resources, guidance, and support required to perform effectively.\nContribute to developing technical and leadership capability across the commercial function to support future business growth.\nSupport the continuous improvement of commercial processes and help ensure consistent application across the business.\nBuild and maintain positive relationships with clients, suppliers, and wider stakeholders to enhance project outcomes and company reputation.\nEstablish clear and effective communication channels across project teams to support informed decision-making and problem-solving.\nPromote and support sustainability initiatives within project planning and delivery, aligning with environmental and social responsibility objectives.\nPrepare and maintain accurate, reliable cash flow forecasts.\nMonitor and explain variances against projected and budgeted cash forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities where appropriate.\nEnsure supply chain notifications are issued, managed, and closed out in a timely manner, with responsibilities and risks appropriately transferred.\nWork collaboratively with Project Managers to prepare cost and time quotations.\nHelp secure entitlement to additional cost and time recovery in accordance with contractual requirements and project timescales.\nMaintain accurate and up-to-date commercial registers and project records.\nAttend client, subcontractor, and supply chain meetings as required.\nPrepare and issue commercial communications, including progress reports, meeting minutes, action trackers, and related documentation.\nAbout You:\nDegree, HNC/HND, or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience \nGood working knowledge of standard forms of contract, with experience of NEC, PPC, and/or JCT contracts desirable.\nStrong commercial awareness, organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities across live projects.\nProficiency in Microsoft Excel and confidence using commercial management systems, reporting tools, and project documentation platforms.\nWhat We Can Offer in Return:\nWith 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.\nWe 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.\nWe 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.\nOur 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.\nOur 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.\nOur benefits:\nWe 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.\nGenerous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays\nA wide range of corporate discounts\nCycle to Work schemes\nComprehensive pension plan\nRegular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme\nPrivate 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\nPaid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role\nAbout us:\nOur 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.\nWe 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.\nFor information about this role or any other roles within our Buildings Divisions including Morrison Construction please contact Jack Allford on \nAdditional Information:\nGalliford 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.\nWe encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.\nDon’t meet every requirement of the role? 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