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Senior Quantity Surveyor
| Posting date: | 21 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40000-60000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kentish Town Office (2021000049), - |
| Company: | J Murphy & Sons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22515-43399579 |
Summary
Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. #MoreToMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Confident working within a design-led environment and familiar with NEC4 contracts (primarily PSC and ECS options), as well as internal recharging mechanisms and supporting consultancy frameworks.
- Support pre-contract commercial engagement and pricing of design packages
- Manage commercial performance across internal and external projects
- Lead Compensation Event (CE) preparation, valuation and submission under NEC4 contracts
- Monitor and report on cost, value, and change for a portfolio of multi-disciplinary design packages
- Support time-based cost recovery (Option E), including timesheet validation and Defined Cost substantiation
- Collaborate with discipline leads, planners, and finance teams to maintain cost forecast accuracy
- Contribute to internal recharge processes and cost-to-complete tracking for MAE resource deployment
- Ensure contract compliance with NEC4 and client requirement
- Assist in the development of commercial procedures and governance for the growing business unit
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Demonstrable experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior QS under NEC3/4 contracts
- Strong commercial awareness in a design-led or multidisciplinary engineering environment
- Proven ability to manage time-based cost recovery and support project cost controls
- Understanding of internal cost recharge models and consultancy frameworks
- Proficient in cost reporting, forecasting and value management
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to liaise across engineering, delivery, and commercial teams
- High level of attention to detail and organisational ability
- Experience with internal and external consultancy models
- Familiarity with NEC4 PSC Option E and ECS Option A/B
- Chartered or working towards MRICS/MICES or equivalent
- Experience with project cost tools (e.g., CEMAR, Aconex, Excel trackers)
- directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. #MoreToMurphy
A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Quantity Surveyor
- Confident working within a design-led environment and familiar with NEC4 contracts (primarily PSC and ECS options), as well as internal recharging mechanisms and supporting consultancy frameworks.
- Support pre-contract commercial engagement and pricing of design packages
- Manage commercial performance across internal and external projects
- Lead Compensation Event (CE) preparation, valuation and submission under NEC4 contracts
- Monitor and report on cost, value, and change for a portfolio of multi-disciplinary design packages
- Support time-based cost recovery (Option E), including timesheet validation and Defined Cost substantiation
- Collaborate with discipline leads, planners, and finance teams to maintain cost forecast accuracy
- Contribute to internal recharge processes and cost-to-complete tracking for MAE resource deployment
- Ensure contract compliance with NEC4 and client requirement
- Assist in the development of commercial procedures and governance for the growing business unit
Still interested, does this sound like you?
- Demonstrable experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior QS under NEC3/4 contracts
- Strong commercial awareness in a design-led or multidisciplinary engineering environment
- Proven ability to manage time-based cost recovery and support project cost controls
- Understanding of internal cost recharge models and consultancy frameworks
- Proficient in cost reporting, forecasting and value management
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to liaise across engineering, delivery, and commercial teams
- High level of attention to detail and organisational ability
- Experience with internal and external consultancy models
- Familiarity with NEC4 PSC Option E and ECS Option A/B
- Chartered or working towards MRICS/MICES or equivalent
- Experience with project cost tools (e.g., CEMAR, Aconex, Excel trackers)