Lead NEC4 subcontract procurement, administration and cost forecasting as an embedded commercial advisor, working with client delivery teams to solve project challenges and improve commercial outcomes.
Senior Quantity Surveyor
📜 Description
- Act as a commercial advisor embedded within client delivery teams across diverse sectors.
- Lead NEC4 subcontract procurement, administration and cost forecasting.
- Work with client organisations, Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors, and specialist subcontractors.
- Collaborate with the management team and stakeholders to shape solutions and improve ways of working.
- Visit project sites, build relationships and resolve challenges in real time.
🛠️ Requirements
- Degree qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Engineering (HNC/HND considered).
- Full UK driving license and access to a car for business travel.
- Client-focused, commercially astute, and skilled in fostering collaboration and accountability.
- Ideally hold a professional membership (or working towards) with RICS, CIPS, or ICE preferred.
- Strong understanding of NEC4 contracts and contract strategies, or similar contractual forms.
- Effective communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
- Ability and willingness to work collaboratively on-site with project teams to deliver success.
✨ Benefits
- 775 flex allowance
- Usable as monthly pay or towards benefits
- Annual company bonus.
- NEC4-accredited training and elective APC support.
- Structured career development and progression pathways.
- Lake District holiday lodge and wellbeing retreat.
- 25 days' leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
- Matched pension up to 8%
- Life assurance
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
Full job description
Contract: Permanent, PAYEE
Salary: Highly Competitive + Flex Allowance, Company bonus & Unique benefits
Ready to shape the future of NEC project delivery?
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll be a trusted commercial advisor seconded and embedded within client delivery teams. No two secondments are the same — you’ll work with client organisations, Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors, and specialist subcontractors across diverse sectors.
You’ll lead on NEC4 subcontract procurement, administration and cost forecasting, supported by comprehensive training to build confidence and capability.
You’ll collaborate closely with the Solomons management team, sharing insights, shaping solutions, and influencing better ways of working. Expect to tackle complex project challenges, drive commercial clarity, and help clients deliver smarter, stronger outcomes. This role puts you right at the center of project delivery. You’ll be out on site regularly, building relationships, solving problems in real time, and seeing the impact of your work first‑hand.
Shaping smarter ways of working by spotting opportunities, driving process improvements, and collaborating closely with stakeholders to drive better outcomes. It’s a hands‑on, influential position— giving you the chance to be fully immersed in the projects you help to deliver.
At Solomons, you’re never just a number. You’re part of a supportive, inclusive culture where individuality is valued and progression is actively supported.
About Us
If NEC is where you thrive — or where you want to thrive — Solomons Europe is the place to grow, lead, and make a meaningful impact.
For nearly two decades, we’ve championed the NEC principles across Energy, Infrastructure, Processing and Engineering projects. Collaboration, mutual trust and transparency aren’t just words to us — they’re the foundations of how we work, how we support our clients, and how we develop our people.
We’re an NEC4‑specialist Quantity Surveying practice with a bold ambition: to be the UK’s leading NEC consultancy. And we’re investing heavily to make that happen — through NEC4 accredited training, expert‑led workshops, and development pathways shaped by industry bodies including the NEC.
If you’re a passionate, self‑driven Senior Quantity Surveyor who wants to deepen your NEC4 expertise, influence project outcomes, and be part of a progressive, people‑first organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
Why Solomons Europe?
As well as the exceptional NEC4 accredited training and elective APC support, you will also benefit from:
- A competitive salary
- £5,775 Flex Allowance to use as monthly pay or use towards benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- Annual All 4 One! company bonus
- Structured career development and clear progression pathways
- Rest & recharge perks: Lake District holiday lodge, wellbeing retreat, 25 days’ leave + bank holidays, option to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Comprehensive benefits: matched pension up to 8%, electric/hybrid vehicle options, life assurance, private surgery plan, health cash plan and retail discounts
- Enhanced family leave across maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay
What you’ll bring to the role:
- Degree qualified or equivalent in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Engineering (HNC/HND considered).
- Full UK driving license and access to a car for business travel.
- Client-focused, commercially astute, and skilled in fostering collaboration and accountability.
- Ideally hold a professional membership (or working towards) with RICS, CIPS, or ICE preferred.
- Strong understanding of NEC4 contracts and contract strategies, or similar contractual forms.
- Effective communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
- Ability and willingness to work collaboratively on-site with project teams to deliver success.
Apply Now
Join a forward-thinking team shaping the future of NEC4 collaborative project delivery. Be part of Solomons Europe and take your career to the next level!
Solomons Europe is an inclusive employer. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.
You may have experience of the following roles/sectors: Senior Quantity Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Project Surveyor, Claims Consultant, Contract Management, Contract Administration, NEC3/4®, EPC, APC, RICS, power generation, nuclear, renewable energy, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, process engineering, civil engineering.
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