Quantity Surveyor (Government Projects)

Posted 08 December 2025
Salary £40000 - £50000.00 per annum + + package
LocationBelfast
Job type Permanent
Discipline Built Environment
ReferenceRAQS081225_1765190210

Job description

  • Job Reference: RAQS081225
  • Job Title: Quantity Surveyor (Government Projects)
  • Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 + package
  • Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland


Quantity Surveyor
Are you looking for a Quantity Surveyor role? Interested in playing a leading role within a market leading employer?

VANRATH are recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to work for a market leading employer, working alongside a large public sector body.

Remuneration:
£40,000 - £50,000 + package

Overview of Role:
To manage commercial processes required by the business and the Client, responsible for controlling, monitoring and forecasting financial performance as well as having contractual responsibilities for providing key deliverables on behalf of the Client.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the commercial function within the contract leadership team
  • Implement all Company finance processes and policies
  • Implement the Clients finance processes and policies where applicable
  • Ensure implementation of all contract obligations
  • Assist with the re-procurement strategy for the clients supply chain and Company internal supply chain
  • Implement, manage, forecast, control and report on contract financial management processes
  • Identify efficiencies and improvements in internal and client financial reporting processes/products
  • Act as an ambassador of the contract team and collaborate with the client's financial team
  • Ensure contract compliance
  • Ensure all commercial and financial processes are implemented
  • Effective management of commercial risk and opportunities


Ideal Background:

  • Degree Qualified
  • Chartership is advantageous
  • Strong background in Quantity Surveying
  • Excellent commercial skills and awareness
  • Sound interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients, employees and other key stakeholders at all levels
  • Ability to ensure projects are delivered to time and within budget
  • Highly numerate with financial analytical skills, adept at complex financial modelling, with Excel skills to an advanced level
  • Ability to interpret and utilise complex and varied financial and commercial information
  • Excellent negotiation skills with a proven track record delivering complex commercial negotiations
  • Effective presentation and communication skills with the mental agility to 'think on feet' and provide convincing answers with innovative or practical solutions
  • Ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders both internally and externally
  • Manage multiple workloads and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively
  • Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative within a team environment
  • Experience of working with government contracts and clients and contract frameworks desirable
  • Integrity, honesty and have transparent and strong moral principles which establishes trust between, Client, employees and all other key stakeholders
  • Communicate concisely and effectively at all levels and the ability to listen and take any necessary action
  • Client focused with excellent customer relation management skills



For further information on this vacancy, or any other Built Environment job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Robert Apps for a confidential discussion