Managing Quantity Surveyor

Managing Quantity Surveyor

Location: Bristol or Warwick

Salary: Paying up to £80,000 + Annual bonus of up to 15% + Company Car

Are you ready to step into a senior commercial leadership role where your expertise will directly shape the future of the UK’s energy infrastructure?
 
At National Gas, we’re looking for an experienced Managing Quantity Surveyor to lead, inspire, and drive commercial excellence across our West region. This is more than just a role—it’s an opportunity to influence strategic decisions, deliver real value, and mentor a high-performing team.

About the role

As Managing Quantity Surveyor, you’ll play a pivotal leadership role overseeing commercial activity across multiple projects within the West region. You won’t be tied to a single project—instead, you’ll operate at a regional level, ensuring consistency, performance, and value across a diverse portfolio of programmes.

This role is critical to our success, helping us meet regulatory commitments while driving efficiencies, innovation, and cost savings across our operations.

 
What You’ll Be Doing
 

• Leading and mentoring a team of 6–7 Quantity Surveyors, providing guidance, support, and professional development
• Driving commercial strategy and performance, with a clear focus on delivering measurable savings
• Ensuring robust contract management, with the right agreements in place to support delivery
• Overseeing commercial delivery across multiple projects and workstreams within the West region
• Supporting and influencing commercial leads and wider stakeholders
• Bringing insight into how works are delivered under utilities frameworks (e.g. MPA environments)
• Ensuring alignment with regulatory and funding frameworks, including innovation and efficiency drivers
• Embedding best practice across commercial processes, governance, and reporting

About you

You’re a collaborative, people-focused leader with a deep understanding of commercial delivery within the utilities sector. You’re comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels, and you know how to get the best out of your team.
 
You bring credibility, energy, and a strong commercial mindset, combined with the ability to navigate complexity and drive results in a regulated environment.

 
Key Requirements & Experience
 

• Strong experience within the utilities sector (e.g. gas, water, electricity transmission/distribution)
• Proven track record of managing and developing Quantity Surveying teams
• Solid understanding of how projects operate within regulated frameworks
• Experience delivering cost efficiencies and commercial savings
• Strong knowledge of contract and commercial management practices
• Ability to influence, lead, and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Experience working across multiple projects or programmes simultaneously
• RICS  – highly beneficial for supporting and developing the team

Desirable:
 

• Experience within organisations such as National Grid, water companies, or similar utilities environments
• Broader understanding of funding models, regulatory drivers, and innovation frameworks

What we can offer you

• Enjoy a company car when you meet our 10,000 annual mileage policy
• Earn an annual bonus of up to 15% based on your impact and our success
• 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy even more
• Our standout pension scheme matches £2 for every £1 you save (up to 12%)
• Choose from private healthcare, dental cover, tech plans, travel
• Life assurance worth 10x your salary
• Financial support if illness or injury keeps you away from work
• Enhanced, family-friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Ongoing development and real opportunities to progress
• 24/7 confidential counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme
• We’ll help cover the cost of relevant professional memberships
  
  

Inclusive recruitment

At National Gas, we are disability confident and signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need.

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