Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Turner & Townsend’s Defence team, you will steer cost management and governance for complex defence projects. You’ll collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to keep programmes on track and within budget, while driving value engineering and accurate forecasts. You’ll operate in a security-conscious environment, supporting MoD-related initiatives and delivering tangible outcomes for flagship programmes. This role offers hybrid working, development opportunities, and exposure to diverse, high-stakes projects.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• health and well-being support
• strong professional development
• international exposure
• flexibility
• diverse project portfolio

Responsibilities

• Establish professional relationships with clients and project teams
• Administer contracts per project objectives and policies
• Provide cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting to completion
• Monitor cost variance and cash flow; ensure timely applications
• Collaborate with client and contractor teams on deliverables, KPIs, and value engineering
• Manage contract change ensuring governance and best practice
• Improve forecast and budget accuracy
• Provide commercial support to stakeholders
• Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed
• Commission management as needed

Key requirements

• Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
• Experience in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways) sector
• Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)
• Change management
• Cost Management
• Procurement
• Estimating
• Governance processing
• Collaborative approaches
• Line management
• Commission management
• Excellent MS Office skills
• Strong client-facing communication

• strong communication
• client-facing professionalism
• collaboration
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Estimating and cost forecasting
• Change management

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