Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the Role:

PropPerly is hiring on behalf of a fast-growing UK fire safety and security company. They need an experienced bid professional to own their UK tender process from start to finish: finding the right opportunities, analysing tender documents, writing compelling responses, and submitting compliant, high-scoring bids. Their estimating team handles costing and pricing. You'll own everything else.

What You'll Do​

You will manage the full commercial lifecycle of projects and work closely with Operations, Finance and senior leadership to improve project profitability, strengthen cash performance and maintain robust commercial control.

Key responsibilities

• Manage projects commercially from contract award through to final account.
• Prepare and maintain project budgets, cost plans, CVRs, forecasts and cashflow projections.
• Monitor labour, materials, procurement and subcontract costs against budget.
• Prepare and submit interim valuations, applications for payment, variations and final accounts.
• Identify, price, negotiate and secure approval of project variations and changes.
• Manage subcontract procurement, tender analysis, package recommendations and payment assessments.
• Review contract obligations and support project teams with commercial and contractual guidance.
• Identify, monitor and report commercial risks and opportunities across the project portfolio.
• Maintain disciplined change control and protect project margins.
• Produce accurate monthly commercial reports for senior management.
• Support prompt cash collection through proactive valuation, variation and final-account management.
• Maintain complete, accurate and auditable commercial records.

Essential requirements

• Proven experience operating as a Quantity Surveyor at senior level.
• Strong practical knowledge of JCT contracts and UK construction commercial processes.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Excellent understanding of CVRs, forecasting, cost control and commercial reporting.
• Strong experience preparing valuations, variations, payment applications and final accounts.
• Commercially confident, with strong negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including analysis, reporting and forecasting.
• Experience using CRM, ERP, project-management or commercial systems.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Highly organised, detail-focused and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Proactive, accountable and comfortable taking ownership of outcomes.

Desirable experience

• Experience supporting a UK construction contractor or working with UK clients.
• Passive fire protection, fire stopping or fire-door experience.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Experience using Salesforce, Simpro or similar business systems.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
• MRICS status, or progress towards a recognised professional qualification.

What we offer

• Pay: $9–$12 per hour (approx. ₱82,800–₱111,400/month), depending on experience
• A remote position with a growing UK business.
• Exposure to major construction and fire-safety projects.
• Involvement in improving commercial systems and performance.
• A professional, supportive and results-driven working environment.