Job Title:                     Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location:                     Warrington, Cheshire or Moor Row, Cumbria + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:            Up to £80,000  + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                        SF67424 

Shape the Future of Nuclear Construction

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Quantity Surveyor at our Warrington, Cheshire or Moor Row, Cumbria site.

The role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you are at the heart of a multi-million-pound international project, supporting the construction of a sodium treatment facility. This is a unique opportunity to work within a regulated environment on a long-term programme that expands your expertise in commercial management and construction.

Day-to-day, you’ll

• Manage NEC4 contracts, particularly post-contract activities
• Support procurement and supply chain management
• Advise on budget control, risk and change management
• Provide strategic reporting and forecasting to the client
• Ensure commercial transparency and value for money

This is a permanent position, based in Warrington (Cheshire) or Moor Row (Cumbria) with a 37-hour working week. You benefit from hybrid working arrangements, spending two days per week in the office, with travel to the client site expected once a week.

Essential experience of the Senior Quantity Surveyor:

• Experience managing NEC contracts, ideally post-contract phase
• Previous Quantity Surveying experience within a regulated environment
• Construction experience

Qualifications for the Senior Quantity Surveyor:

• A degree in a relevant field is desirable but not essential

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish Nuclear

As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date:   15/10/2025 

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