Quantity Surveyor
About the Role
Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for cost management and construction excellence? Join OCU, the UK’s leading energy transition and utilities contractor, as a Quantity Surveyor and play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, cost-effective infrastructure projects.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll manage all aspects of cost and contractual control across a range of exciting projects. From cost estimation to procurement, contract administration, and risk management, your expertise will ensure our projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Cost Estimation & Budgeting: Prepare accurate estimates and develop detailed budgets.
- Tendering & Procurement: Manage tender processes and negotiate with suppliers/subcontractors.
- Contract Administration: Draft and manage contracts, variations, and claims.
- Cost Control & Monitoring: Track expenditures and produce regular cost reports.
- Measurement & Valuation: Quantify work and certify payments.
- Risk Management: Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
What We’re Looking For
- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or related field.
- Chartered status (RICS/CICES) or working towards it.
- Proven experience in the construction or utilities sector.
- Strong knowledge of contracts, procurement, and cost control.
- Proficiency in QS software and Microsoft Office.
- Excellent analytical, communication, and negotiation skills.
Company Information:
OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
Company Information:
OCU leads the way in end-to-end infrastructure engineering in the utilities, digital, and energy markets, specialising in safely and efficiently delivering complex client requirements. Our breadth of capabilities and depth of operational capacity, paired with our cutting-edge technology, ensure that we are not just part of the market; we are leading it.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
- Division
- OCU Services
- Locations
- Eggborough
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Employment Status
- PAYE/Staff
Eggborough
Our People, our Culture, our Values
As a business, we pride ourselves on operating a ‘People First’ culture, striving to constantly deliver on our 5 core company values.
1. We Care about Safety - It is our goal for everyone working on our behalf to go home healthy and safe at the end of each and every day.
2. We lead with Integrity - Integrity is central to everything we do. Without it, we wouldn’t have the relationships with our clients, nor would we have built an enviable reputation within the industry.
3. We strive to be Better everyday - We take pride in everything we do. This involves a meticulous approach to our work, endeavouring to make each day better than the last.
4. We make a Positive Impact - We want to make the places we work in better; leaving a lasting infrastructure and social legacy. We believe in proactivity to maximise impact.
5. We Deliver to Grow - The successful delivery of frameworks and contracts feeds our ability to grow strategically and strengthen OCU to expand the business and capabilities even further.
About OCU
Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.
Working directly with many of the country’s leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.
We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.
We believe that being successful is a choice.
We choose to be successful.
We are OCU, ‘One Company United’.
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