Quantity Surveyor

Role Overview

This is a newly created role, designed to enhance the speed, consistency, and commercial accuracy of project pricing across a diverse client portfolio. The Quantity Surveyor will play a key role in moving from a traditional multi-quote approach to a more data-driven pricing model, building and maintaining a robust cost database to enable faster turnaround and improved cost certainty.

Working across four business units, the role will support a growing project team and contribute to delivering high-quality, commercially sound solutions in a fast-paced and evolving sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive cost database to support rapid and reliable pricing across projects and clients
• Produce accurate cost estimates, budgets, and benchmarking data to improve speed of response to client requests
• Review and analyse subcontractor pricing, reducing reliance on multiple quotations where appropriate
• Manage project costs throughout the full lifecycle, ensuring commercial control from inception to completion
• Administer contracts in line with JCT and NEC forms, including managing variations with accuracy and rigour
• Monitor project financial performance, ensuring alignment with agreed budgets and profitability targets
• Work closely with project managers, engineers, and operational teams to ensure commercially viable project delivery
• Support procurement strategies and subcontractor engagement to achieve best value outcomes
• Identify and mitigate commercial risks across projects
• Contribute to continuous improvement of commercial processes and pricing methodologies
• Provide clear and timely reporting on project financial status

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver fast, accurate, and commercially robust pricing to meet client expectations
• Maintain strong cost control and governance across multiple projects and business units
• Support the division’s growth by improving pricing efficiency and commercial insight
• Contribute to profitability through effective cost management and value engineering

Experience & Skills

• Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within construction, fit-out, M&E, or facilities management environments
• Strong working knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts, including managing variations
• Experience managing costs across multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to improve pricing processes or implement cost systems/databases
• Commercially astute with strong understanding of cost drivers and value engineering
• Experience contributing to or managing P&L performance is advantageous
• Background in fast-paced or client-facing environments preferred

Desirable Background

• Experience in critical environments, lifecycle projects, or technical facilities
• Exposure to fit-out, refurbishment, or construction projects
• Individuals with strong commercial awareness and accountability

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Able to work at pace without compromising accuracy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders
• Proactive, self-motivated, and results-driven
• Strong relationship builder, capable of working across multiple teams and clients
• Commercially minded with a focus on delivering value

About the Team & Opportunity

The project team is undergoing significant growth, expanding rapidly to meet increasing client demand. This role offers the opportunity to join at an exciting stage of development, supporting a division that has built strong client relationships and a reputation for delivery.

With a growing focus on construction, fit-out, and broader project capabilities alongside facilities management, this position provides an excellent platform for someone looking to make a tangible impact and help shape commercial best practices within a dynamic and evolving environment.

Additional Requirements

• Flexibility to work across multiple business units
• Travel is required