Quantity Surveyor
Cardiff, Wales, GB, CF3 0LT
| Job Requisition Number | 9508 |
| Work Type | Permanent |
| Job Function | Cost Management |
| Salary Range | £47,492.00 -£54,618.00 |
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Base Closing Date |
South East Hub (Hybrid 3 days per week in South or North Wales office base - to be agreed at interview). 23:59 on 22 November 2026 |
What you’ll be responsible for
- Provide professional commercial and cost management across multiple capital projects, supporting project managers and project engineers within Welsh Water Frameworks.
- Support procurement and allocation of capital work to framework contractors, including detailed cost analysis of tender returns.
- Prepare works orders, ensuring Welsh Water project approval processes are followed, and agree contract values and target costs with framework contractors.
- Identify, analyse and manage commercial project risks, ensuring risks are understood, valued and correctly allocated.
- Carry out monthly valuations, recommend completed work for payment and manage financial information between Finance, SAP teams, project managers and contractors.
- Provide advice on contractual claims, early warning notices and compensation events, supporting dispute resolution between third parties and Welsh Water.
- Agree and sign off final accounts at contractor and project level, ensuring accurate and timely management information.
- Complete lessons learnt analysis to support continuous improvement following project completion.
- Understand and apply relevant Health and Safety Regulations, undertaking other duties where required to meet business needs.
About you
Essential Experience, Qualifications and Skills
- Qualified to degree level (or equivalent considerable relevant experience) and working towards chartered status.
- Knowledge, experience or understanding of NEC and other contract administration.
- Excellent analytical and data interrogation skills with an ability to extract relevant information and present it in a logical and structured manner.
- Cost management experience, demonstrating an excellent track record in the commercial delivery of projects ranging from £25k to £2m.
- Excellent communicator and team player who understands the importance of ownership and accountability.
- Experience and understanding of Health and Safety Legislation.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplined engineering delivery team environment.
- The ability to work to tight regulatory and project timelines.
- A valid UK driving licence.
Good to know
There are two positions available.
- Location: This role can be based in North or South Wales, which will be discussed during the interview process and based on your current location.
- Working Pattern: Hybrid working, with a minimum of three days per week spent on site or in the office, and two days working remotely. This arrangement can typically be agreed directly with the successful candidate, although occasional travel will be required to attend meetings at various locations across Wales.
- Travel: Regular travel to sites within the agreed region will be required. Business mileage and fuel expenses can be claimed in line with company policy.
Closing Date
- We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and this vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed.
- We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received, or to extend the closing date if required.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: Colin.Evans3@dwrcymru.com and enter the job ID in the subject title line.
Benefits
As well as a market competitive salary, 34 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:
• Variable pay schemes (your salary band will remain the same, but performance depending, you could receive an incremental within-band increase and a yearly incentive)
• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year
• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
• Free Mortgage Brokering Services
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops
• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites
• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service
• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
• Many more can be found on our website!
Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
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