Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

At ScottishPower, we're working hard to deliver a smarter, more resilient energy network for our customers. As we continue to invest in the transition to Net Zero, we're strengthening our commercial and contract management capability across the SP Manweb licence area.

We're now looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our SPM Commercial & Performance team, providing robust commercial control, audit oversight and supplier performance management across our Welsh districts. Based in Wales, you'll also provide support across Cheshire, Wirral and Merseyside from time to time.

In this key role, you'll maintain strong commercial governance of our term contractors, ensuring cost efficiency, accurate forecasting, adherence to NEC4 processes and compliance with regulatory, technical and safety standards.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing and developing a small team of Quantity Surveyors, fostering continuous improvement and commercial best practice.
• Managing contract expenditure through effective scope control, change management and cost verification processes.
• Auditing contract administration and ensuring delivery teams comply with NEC4 Work Order processes.
• Measuring supplier performance against contractual KPIs, preparing reports and driving improvement actions.
• Challenging contractor costs where required, using benchmark data and commercial judgement.
• Leading negotiations on tender returns, pricing, risk allocation and interim valuations.
• Representing ScottishPower at negotiation meetings with senior delivery partners.
• Providing accurate financial forecasts, budgets and commercial reports to support business planning.
• Carrying out site and operational audits across the Manweb area.

What You'll Bring

• Strong commercial and quantity surveying experience, ideally within utilities, infrastructure or construction.
• Excellent numeracy, analytical and financial management skills.
• Strong knowledge of current OFGEM regulatory policy.
• Knowledge of SAP, purchase order procurement & invoicing would be advantageous.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience in negotiation, cost management and contract administration (NEC4 & FIDIC desirable).
• Strong stakeholder management skills - both internally and with contractors.
• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent professional experience.
• Good working knowledge of H&S legislation, financial controls and commercial risk management.

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy several other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At Scottish Power, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future, and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow.

That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Business mileage claimed at £0.45/mile upto 10,000 miles, £0.25 thereafter.
• Holiday purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in - pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to 'nudge' financial wellbeing support
• Plus, shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously.

We're investing over £5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

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Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.