Quantity Surveyor

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be responsible for facilitating and coordinating effective corporate governance compliance, implementation and monitoring in line with Group and Cavendish Nuclear requirements. Day-to-day, you'll work with key internal stakeholders, client, 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, e.g., bid governance, reviews, change management, compensation event, contractual notices.
• Supports 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.
• Utilise sourcing and tendering processes that meet and exceed project / programme deliverables.
• Ensure work packages are well defined, procured on suitable terms and conditions, with quantified risk.
• Manage the post contract commercial management of subcontracts during project execution phases and mitigating the business exposure to subcontractor claims.
This role is full time, 37 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.


• Demonstratable infrastructure, engineering and / or construction experience.
• Good understanding of day-to-day commercial administration in the Engineering and Construction industries.
• Experience in supporting large-scale projects and complex change initiatives using appropriate methodologies.
• Proven experience of NEC3 / NEC4 Contracts (Professional Services Contract knowledge is preferable).
Qualifications for the Quantity Surveyor:
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management.
Security Clearance The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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 Glasgow 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 10-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
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met.
• Autonomy to perform the role.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
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.