Quantity Surveyor

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will have the opportunity to support across a range of exciting Civil Decommissioning projects. Day-to-day, you'll facilitate and coordinate effective corporate governance compliance, implementation and monitoring in line with Group and Cavendish Nuclear requirements. The Quantity Surveyor will work with key internal stakeholders, clients, and suppliers/subcontractors to drive both strategic value and operational excellence through all levels of the business.

• Provide commercial support and expertise to projects being responsible for a range of commercial activities (bid governance, reviews, change management, compensation event, contractual notices etc.)
• Undertake internal compliance, liaising with the relevant Head of Commercial / Senior Quantity Surveyors and customers as required.
• Support Cavendish Nuclear Project Managers with all commercial aspects on the project
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) ensuring alignment of objectives and mutual setting of goals
• Support the construction of and delivers a robust procurement project plan that delivers the objectives of the project, ensuring the deadline and budget are met and that the necessary communications and risk mitigations are in place
This role is full time, thirty seven hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with three days in the office/onsite and two days working from home. Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.


• Good understanding of day to day commercial administration in the Engineering and Construction industries
• General commercial experience
• Evidence of delivering on accountabilities and driving the commercial agenda
• Experience in delivering to project commercial strategy, and to delivering on large and complex contracts and bids
• Experience in supporting large-scale projects and complex change initiatives using appropriate methodologies
• Experience in developing and sustaining positive working relationships including the ability to understand and work in line with the customers commercial strategy
• Excellent NEC3/4 skills
Qualifications for the Quantity Surveyor
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Building Services Quantity Surveying or have a general degree in Quantity Surveying
We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain SSecurity Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Quantity Surveyor, at our Warrington site.

What we offer
• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
Cavendish Nuclear As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.