Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this Quantity Surveyor role, you will drive commercial performance on a major live healthcare project in Birmingham. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to maximise value, manage subcontractor relationships and ensure financial controls, while maintaining business continuity in a highly operational environment. You will tackle cost reporting, risk management and change control to support project milestones. This opportunity suits a commercially focused professional who thrives in constrained or live settings and aims to make a tangible community impact.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote working
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• family friendly policies including maternity/adoption leave and paternity/partner leave
• pension
• share incentive plan
• volunteering leave

Responsibilities

• Manage all commercial activities within your area of responsibility in line with governance and processes
• Measure, value and report on works, plus cost reconciliations and value reports
• Prepare Bills of Quantities, schedules of rates and estimates from first principles
• Coordinate with project, design and delivery teams to align commercial activities with programme milestones
• Administer subcontract accounts, including measurement, applications, and final accounts
• Support procurement by preparing tender docs, evaluating enquiries and assisting contractor appointments
• Maintain customer and stakeholder relationships to support project objectives and client expectations
• Contribute to delivery of a complex project in a live healthcare environment balancing commercial and operational needs
• Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities, including delay/disruption/change management
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure safe, efficient delivery with minimal disruption to operations
• Apply experience from live/operational environments to ensure business continuity
• Support commercial delivery of MEP and construction packages to drive value and quality

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying (BSc/MSc) or equivalent commercial experience
• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor on major projects, ideally in live/constrained environments (healthcare, airports, education, data centres)
• Experience delivering commercial aspects of construction or MEP packages
• Strong knowledge of contracts, reporting, change management and risk/delay/disruption management
• Ability to build relationships with clients, stakeholders and subcontractors in a high-profile environment
• Experience working with project delivery, design and operations teams to meet programme/cost/quality goals
• Proficiency with digital commercial management systems and data analysis for decision support
• Understanding of delivering works in live environments with stakeholder management and business continuity requirements
• CSCS Card ( Academically Qualified/Professionally Qualified Person ) or equivalent
• Chartered status (MRICS, MCIOB or MCInstCES) or working towards accreditation
• Proactive, commercially astute with strong communication, attention to detail and career development focus

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• team collaboration
• cost control
• value management
• subcontract administration

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