QUANTITY SURVEYOR

Overview

In this role you will manage day-to-day cost control for a multi-phase data center program, ensuring accuracy and commercial discipline. You will partner with project teams, contractors, and consultants to keep costs aligned with budgets and schedules. You will lead cost reporting, change management, and procurement support to drive value and mitigate risk. This is an opportunity to shape financial governance on a mission-critical, large-scale construction program and mentor junior cost professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day cost management activities for a multi-phase data center program across packages and stages.
• Prepare and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and estimates; support scheduling and forecasting.
• Act as key client interface to coordinate with project teams, contractors, and consultants.
• Support procurement activities including issuing RFPs, reviewing proposals, scope reviews, and assisting in negotiations.
• Lead cost reporting, cash flow forecasting, commitment tracking, and risk reviews.
• Oversee change management processes: review, negotiate, and reconcile change orders.
• Support value engineering and design-to-budget initiatives throughout design and delivery.
• Provide cost input into scheduling, risk, and project controls processes.
• Maintain benchmarking, cost databases, and historical records.
• Mentor junior cost managers and quantity surveyors as needed.

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field
• 6–8+ years of cost management, quantity surveying, or project controls experience
• Experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical, industrial, or complex commercial construction projects
• Strong skills in cost estimating, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and cost control systems
• Good understanding of procurement processes, construction contracts, and commercial risk
• RICS accreditation or progress toward certification preferred
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Solid analytical abilities with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Proficiency with industry-standard cost management tools and software

• Strong communication and negotiation abilities
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail and analytical mindset
• Cost estimating
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Financial reporting

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