Project Quantity Surveyor

Jacobs Employee Networks; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Quantity Surveyor with consultancy experience, to deliver significant infrastructure projects across energy, transportation, and water sectors. The role involves managing procurement, client relationships, and project delivery while working within a diverse team. They offer a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and professional development opportunities, ensuring a supportive work environment focused on safety and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangements

24 days holiday

Robust pension contributions

Comprehensive health coverage

Family planning support

Enhanced parental leave

Life assurance

Income protection

Wellbeing hub

Professional development

Community engagement

Qualifications

• Experience in consultancy work and project delivery in the construction industry.
• Experience delivering early cost estimates and cost plans to manage client budgets.
• Understanding of measurement techniques and market factors.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver infrastructure programmes across energy & power, transportation, and water.
• Participate in the procurement process including tendering and contract awards.
• Drive client value through effective project management and negotiation.

Skills

Experience in consultancy work

Cost estimating

Risk assessment

Procurement management

Negotiation skills

Client-facing experience

Proficiency in computerised measurement packages

Education

Degree in quantity surveying or relevant qualification

Tools

CostX

Job description

Responsibilities

• Experience in consultancy work and project delivery in the construction industry, specifically in energy and power, transportation, and/or water projects
• Experience delivering early cost estimates, cost plans and estimating to support management of client budgets
• An understanding of measurement techniques, market factors, risk allowances and preliminaries assessments
• Experience managing end-to-end procurement, including developing procurement and contracting plans, tendering, evaluation, and contract award, all in alignment with NEC principles and industry standards
• Ability to assess contractors and suppliers for financial stability, cost competitiveness, and delivery capability to support informed decisions and risk mitigation
• Ability to lead price negotiations using market data, scenario modeling, and cost analysis to secure best-value terms and resolve disputes
• Proficiency in computerised measurement packages (e.g. CostX)
• Client facing experience, driving value into the projects through value engineering
• Degree in quantity surveying or a relevant qualification and Chartered Quantity Surveyor or working towards (MRICS or equivalent) preferred

Job Description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission‑critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting‑edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

You will shape and deliver infrastructure programmes across energy & power, transportation, and water - supporting groundbreaking work that impacts communities and reshapes our built environment.

Working within a dynamic and diverse team, you'll have a clear career path to success. Working in multiple sectors you will grow your experience, your capabilities and your CV. Working on the most exciting programs and projects in the UK & Ireland you'll really have job satisfaction, joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You'll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well‑being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you'll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain talent from a wide range of backgrounds. For greater online accessibility visit https://www.vercida.com/uk/employers/jacobs to view and access our roles.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in‑person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.

Benefits

• Competitive salary reflecting your skills and experience
• Flexible work arrangements – hybrid, part‑time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations
• 24 days holiday + option to buy a further 10 days
• Robust pension contributions – enhanced pension contributions up to 10% to secure your future
• Comprehensive health coverage – single medical cover and Digital GP service, with options to add your partner and family
• Family planning support – access to fertility healthcare and family planning services
• Enhanced parental leave – enhanced parental leave pay and free membership to employee assistance and parental programs
• Life assurance – 4× your salary
• Income protection – financial security in case of long‑term illness or injury
• Wellbeing hub – free access to wellbeing apps like Calm and Daily Burn
• Professional development – we cover professional membership fees and provide continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities
• Community engagement – participate in charity matched‑funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations

Opportunity

As a passionate and experienced Quantity Surveyor with NEC experience and time served working in highways, water, energy and power or transportation and infrastructure schemes; you will have the drive to deliver some of the most influential projects in the country.

You might be involved in short term local projects or long‑term national programs –

• Large scale and impactful Local Authority transportation schemes
• Transformational clean energy programmes
• Influential and strategic water programmes
• Advanced facilities, science and technological estates

You might also get to work on prestigious civil infrastructure projects such as

• Lower Thames Crossing
• King Salman International Airport