Quantity Surveyor (Sizewell C)

Job Category:  Construction
Contract Partner Company:  WJ Groundwater Ltd
Employing Company:  WJ Groundwater Ltd

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Quantity Surveyor (Sizewell C) 
WJ Groundwater 
Sizewell C 


Key areas of responsibility:


• Contract & Commercial Administration
• Support the administration of WJ's SZC packages under NEC3/4, and project-specific nuclear framework requirements.
• Prepare and issue contractual notices, early warnings, and programme-impact information in accordance with NEC procedures.
• Work closely with SZC client teams, main contractors and WJ site staff to ensure contractual obligations are understood and met.
• Assist with the preparation of time submissions, compensation events and variations arising from complex groundwater conditions, additional pumping requirements, or drilling changes.
• Maintain accurate and detailed commercial records to satisfy nuclear-sector auditing and compliance standards.
• Financial Management & Cost Control


• Maintain live cost plans, CVRs, and forecasting specific to SZC project scopes.
• Validate and track costs associated with:
• Well drilling/installation
• Pumping systems and energy usage
• Pipework and discharge arrangements
• Water treatment systems
• Monitoring instrumentation
• Subcontractors and specialist plant
• Prepare accurate monthly valuations and applications for payment in line with SZC reporting cycles.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities early and report to the Managing QS.
• Ensure all commercial inputs align with WJ's financial controls and IMS requirements.
• Measurement, Valuation & Change Management


• Regularly attend SZC site to measure progress and verify quantities of completed works.
• Track changes arising from unforeseen ground conditions, productivity variations, layout changes, or extended pumping durations.
• Assist in preparing compensation events, quotations and re-measures, ensuring alignment with nuclear-sector documentation standards.
• Support preparation of interim and final accounts.
• Client & Stakeholder Interface


• Attend SZC progress meetings and commercial reviews at least twice weekly.
• Maintain strong working relationships with EDF/SZC client teams, main contractors, commercial managers, and project stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely commercial updates, ensuring transparency and collaborative commercial behaviour.
• Serve as a consistent on-site commercial presence representing WJ Groundwater professionally.
• Support to Operations & Project Delivery


• Work with Project Managers to ensure operational decisions on site consider commercial implications.
• Support procurement of specialist drilling equipment and water management systems within commercial constraints.
• Ensure compliance with WJ's IMS, quality, environmental and health & safety expectations (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) and with SZC project governance, including security and documentation requirements.
• Promote continuous improvement in commercial processes and reporting.
• Reporting, Forecasting & Governance


• Produce regular commercial updates, CVR data and cashflow forecasts for the Managing QS and Operations Manager.
• Ensure robust, auditable data for nuclear-sector governance and SZC reporting requirements.
• Support month-end reporting with accurate project metrics, cost data and risk management commentary.


Working Conditions:


• Based primarily at Kings Langley Head Office.
• Mandatory minimum of two days per week at Sizewell C site, with flexibility depending on project phase.
• Additional travel to WJ's Bilsthorpe yard or other project locations may be required.
• Routine use of Visual Display Unit (VDU).


Physical Requirements:
The role is predominately office based but does require that the candidate utilises a Visual Display Unit (VDU) as part of their day-to-day activities.


Qualifications & Experience:


Essential


• Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management.
• 2-5 years' experience in construction, civil engineering, M&E, temporary works or specialist subcontracting.
• Experience with NEC3/4 and/or JCT contracts and change management procedures
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with project teams and client stakeholders.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel routinely to a major infrastructure site (SZC).


Desirable


• Experience working on large infrastructure, nuclear, energy, or civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of dewatering, groundwater control, drilling operations or environmental systems.
• Progress toward RICS/ICES or similar professional status.


Qualifications & Experience:


Essential


• Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management.
• 2-5 years' experience in construction, civil engineering, M&E, temporary works or specialist subcontracting.
• Experience with NEC3/4 and/or JCT contracts and change management procedures
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with project teams and client stakeholders.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel routinely to a major infrastructure site (SZC).


Desirable


• Experience working on large infrastructure, nuclear, energy, or civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of dewatering, groundwater control, drilling operations or environmental systems.
• Progress toward RICS/ICES or similar professional status.

 

 

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

The Sizewell C Jobs Service supports local people into exciting, long-term careers across our Project.#SZCJobs

 

Quantity Surveyor (Sizewell C) 
WJ Groundwater 
Sizewell C 


Key areas of responsibility:


• Contract & Commercial Administration
• Support the administration of WJ's SZC packages under NEC3/4, and project-specific nuclear framework requirements.
• Prepare and issue contractual notices, early warnings, and programme-impact information in accordance with NEC procedures.
• Work closely with SZC client teams, main contractors and WJ site staff to ensure contractual obligations are understood and met.
• Assist with the preparation of time submissions, compensation events and variations arising from complex groundwater conditions, additional pumping requirements, or drilling changes.
• Maintain accurate and detailed commercial records to satisfy nuclear-sector auditing and compliance standards.
• Financial Management & Cost Control


• Maintain live cost plans, CVRs, and forecasting specific to SZC project scopes.
• Validate and track costs associated with:
• Well drilling/installation
• Pumping systems and energy usage
• Pipework and discharge arrangements
• Water treatment systems
• Monitoring instrumentation
• Subcontractors and specialist plant
• Prepare accurate monthly valuations and applications for payment in line with SZC reporting cycles.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities early and report to the Managing QS.
• Ensure all commercial inputs align with WJ's financial controls and IMS requirements.
• Measurement, Valuation & Change Management


• Regularly attend SZC site to measure progress and verify quantities of completed works.
• Track changes arising from unforeseen ground conditions, productivity variations, layout changes, or extended pumping durations.
• Assist in preparing compensation events, quotations and re-measures, ensuring alignment with nuclear-sector documentation standards.
• Support preparation of interim and final accounts.
• Client & Stakeholder Interface


• Attend SZC progress meetings and commercial reviews at least twice weekly.
• Maintain strong working relationships with EDF/SZC client teams, main contractors, commercial managers, and project stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely commercial updates, ensuring transparency and collaborative commercial behaviour.
• Serve as a consistent on-site commercial presence representing WJ Groundwater professionally.
• Support to Operations & Project Delivery


• Work with Project Managers to ensure operational decisions on site consider commercial implications.
• Support procurement of specialist drilling equipment and water management systems within commercial constraints.
• Ensure compliance with WJ's IMS, quality, environmental and health & safety expectations (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001) and with SZC project governance, including security and documentation requirements.
• Promote continuous improvement in commercial processes and reporting.
• Reporting, Forecasting & Governance


• Produce regular commercial updates, CVR data and cashflow forecasts for the Managing QS and Operations Manager.
• Ensure robust, auditable data for nuclear-sector governance and SZC reporting requirements.
• Support month-end reporting with accurate project metrics, cost data and risk management commentary.


Working Conditions:


• Based primarily at Kings Langley Head Office.
• Mandatory minimum of two days per week at Sizewell C site, with flexibility depending on project phase.
• Additional travel to WJ's Bilsthorpe yard or other project locations may be required.
• Routine use of Visual Display Unit (VDU).


Physical Requirements:
The role is predominately office based but does require that the candidate utilises a Visual Display Unit (VDU) as part of their day-to-day activities.


Qualifications & Experience:


Essential


• Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management.
• 2-5 years' experience in construction, civil engineering, M&E, temporary works or specialist subcontracting.
• Experience with NEC3/4 and/or JCT contracts and change management procedures
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with project teams and client stakeholders.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel routinely to a major infrastructure site (SZC).


Desirable


• Experience working on large infrastructure, nuclear, energy, or civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of dewatering, groundwater control, drilling operations or environmental systems.
• Progress toward RICS/ICES or similar professional status.


Qualifications & Experience:


Essential


• Degree or equivalent qualification in Quantity Surveying or Commercial Management.
• 2-5 years' experience in construction, civil engineering, M&E, temporary works or specialist subcontracting.
• Experience with NEC3/4 and/or JCT contracts and change management procedures
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with project teams and client stakeholders.
• Strong communication and report-writing skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel routinely to a major infrastructure site (SZC).


Desirable


• Experience working on large infrastructure, nuclear, energy, or civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of dewatering, groundwater control, drilling operations or environmental systems.
• Progress toward RICS/ICES or similar professional status.

 

 

 

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Why Join Us?

For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.

Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.

EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.

Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.

We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.

It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.

Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.

We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.