Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location Hook Norton
Discipline: Principal Contractors
Job type: Freelance
Salary: ££350 - £450 per day
Contact name: Michael Ogunyankin

Contact email: michael@borneltd.com
Job ref: V-65431-2
Published: about 7 hours ago
Startdate: 2026-02-16
Senior Quantity Surveyor | High-End Residential | Oxford | Freelance | Immediate
 
Join a contractor delivering an £15m high-end residential scheme in Oxford that’s… let’s say keeping everyone on their toes.
 
For the right person, it’s less “firefighting” and more “commercial problem-solving with influence.”
 
It’s a project that’s reached that stage where it needs a confident Senior QS to step in, organise the paperwork, tidy up the moving parts, and steer the ship back into calm waters.
 
If you’re after a quiet, maintenance-mode role where nothing changes… this probably isn’t that.
 
But if you enjoy getting stuck in, bringing structure to complexity, and turning hard-fought contractual discussions into tangible commercial wins - this is a genuinely interesting opportunity to make a visible impact, quickly.
 
The Role
• Take control of a live £11m high-end residential scheme
• Build up and substantiate a significant variation account (with plenty of backtracking required)
• Deal with claims, contract changes, and revision management (20 revisions and counting)
• Get properly stuck into subcontractor accounts and drive final accounts to closure
• Work alongside an Assistant QS, with the Project Lead fronting the client
 
This is a hands-on, commercially sensitive role - more firefighting and commercial recovery than clean-slate delivery.
 
What they’re looking for
• Strong Senior QS from a main contractor background
• Proven experience navigating difficult contracts or strained project environments
• Confident dealing with claims, variations, and change management
• Comfortable operating in challenging client-facing scenarios (even if you’re not leading that interface here)
• Calm under pressure - someone who doesn’t panic when things get… interesting
 
High-end residential experience isn’t essential. Experience managing complex commercial situations absolutely is.
 
The Business
An established contractor delivering high-quality residential schemes — builder-led, delivery-focused, and needing someone commercially sharp to bring order to a tricky situation.
 
It’s not an easy environment. But for the right operator, this is a chance to step into a live scheme, clear a backlog, stabilise the commercial position, and genuinely add value from day one.
 
Interested?
Michael Ogunyankin | 07551 155 789 | michael@borneltd.com
 
If you’ve ever walked into a project and thought, “Right… let’s sort this out,” we should talk.