Quantity Surveyor

• Job Description

Overview

Build a reputation for high‑quality delivery.

Join our Transportation Project Delivery Practice (PDP), where everyone pulls together to get the job done. As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in small, specialised schemes as well as the most high‑profile projects in the country. You'll be trusted with leadership faster and supported to develop your career in a way that works for you. This role can be based at any of our regional offices (circa 2‑3 days per week) but may require occasional travel to sites or offices across the UK, to meet the requirements of our clients and project teams.

Your role

• Cost Management - Monitoring and controlling project costs to ensure the project is delivered within budget. Validating and managing contractor and supplier costs & payments.
• Reporting - Providing regular input to financial reports to ensure our clients have confidence in their project outcomes.
• Presenting financial performance and risk updates.
• Procurement – Undertaking procurement or supporting the procurement team in evaluating and appointing contractors.
• Contract Administration - Administering various contract types, ensuring compliance with all terms and conditions.
• Managing contract change reviewing validity, quotations and ensuring timely submissions and agreement.
• Working closely with the Project Manager to maintain accurate and comprehensive project records.
• Risk and Value Management - Identifying, analysing, and mitigating commercial risks. Assisting in value engineering to optimise project performance.
• Collaboration – Working in the client team and liaising with leadership, project managers, contractors, and internal teams to maintain strong relationships.
• Developing Colleagues – Working closely with your team to encourage development and advance your colleagues' career progression.

About you

• Track record of successful delivery within the engineering and construction industry.
• Experience across a range of common forms of contract (particularly, expertise in NEC).
• Degree level qualification in Quantity Surveying.
• Professionally qualified or working towards/ keen to commence.
• Excellent analytical skills and consistent attention to detail with the ability to solve complex problems and mitigate risks.
• Excellent verbal and written communication including report writing, presentations and contractual correspondence.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Rewards and benefits – Careers at AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.