Freelance Senior Quantity Surveyor

SearchCo Ltd

Leicester

The business

This is a contractor that consistently features among the most active in the UK market -a business with a strong civils and infrastructure pedigree, a healthy forward order book, and a reputation for delivering complex, high-value schemes. They're well-regarded in the industry, retain good people, and have a pipeline that gives freelancers a genuine route to extended and repeat engagements.

The role

You'll be taking commercial ownership of a sizeable civils package - primarily earthworks with associated drainage and surfacing works. It's a standalone, site-based position reporting into a visiting Managing QS, so you'll need to be comfortable managing the day-to-day commercial output independently.

What's involved

* Full commercial management of the civils package from current stage through to completion

* Subcontractor procurement, management, and account finalisation

* CVIs, early warnings, and compensation events under NEC

* Cost reporting and forecasting

* Keeping the Managing QS fully sighted without needing to be chased

What they're looking for

* A civils QS background - earthworks, drainage, or highways experience preferred

* Solid NEC contract experience (NEC3 or NEC4)

* Someone who can operate autonomously on site without day-to-day oversight

* Available in the near term and able to commit through to December, with a strong possibility of extension beyond that

The detail

* Outside IR35

* Based on site

* Contract to December, with extension likely subject to both parties

Posted 2026-04-22

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