Quantity Surveyor

TSL; Chalfont St. Peter; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

TSL is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to provide day-to-day commercial support across live project packages. You will manage subcontractor accounts, maintain accurate cost and valuation records, and help ensure work is delivered in line with contractual, programme, quality, and budget requirements.

You will work within a fast-moving environment, coordinating with project teams to resolve commercial issues and protect TSL’s position.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor within construction on fast-track or complex projects.
• Experience managing subcontractor packages and commercial processes on live projects.
• Ability to handle large volumes of work accurately in a fast-paced setting.
• Good commercial awareness, numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of COINS and familiarity with JCT/NEC contracts is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial activity across live work packages from procurement to final account.
• Administer subcontractor accounts including valuations, payments, variations and final accounts.
• Review, measure, value and process large volumes of work accurately and efficiently.
• Support procurement, tender analysis, subcontract documentation and negotiations.
• Maintain clear cost reports, forecasts, cash-flow information and risk registers.
• Collaborate with project teams to resolve commercial issues early.

Skills

Quantity Surveying

Subcontractor management

Cost control

Valuation

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's in Quantity Surveying

Tools

COINS

MS Excel

Job description

TSL is a leading international technical engineering and construction partner operating across the UK, Ireland, and Mainland Europe. We focus on design and build contracts for end user clients, specialising in the Food, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, Data Centre and Advanced Manufacturing sectors.

TSL is committed to creating the spaces that enable the fourth industrial revolution, whilst ensuring we leave a positive environmental and social legacy for communities across the world. Our team work with our valued clients and supply chain partners to create a simple agenda concentrated on getting things done. Above all, we are focused on delivering first class projects, executed efficiently, without compromising on safety or quality.

TSL’s recent growth has created several exciting new opportunities for the organization to address. One of these is investing in steadily growing TSL’s Finance Team core capability and influence across the organization to support the rapid expansion across the globe.

The role

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will provide day-to-day commercial support across live project packages. You will manage subcontractor accounts, maintain accurate cost and valuation records, and help ensure work is delivered in line with contractual, programme, quality, and budget requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage commercial activity across live work packages, from procurement through final account.
• Administer subcontractor accounts, including valuations, payment applications, variations, compensation events, and final accounts.
• Review, measure, value, and process high volumes of work accurately and efficiently.
• Support package procurement, tender analysis, subcontract documentation, and commercial negotiations.
• Maintain clear cost reports, forecasts, cash-flow information, and risk registers.
• Work with project, design, procurement, and delivery teams to resolve commercial issues early.
• Apply JCT and NEC contract knowledge to support compliant, well-documented project delivery.
• Build productive, professional relationships with subcontractors while protecting TSL’s commercial position.
• Contribute to TSL’s systematic, technically focused approach to safe, high-quality delivery.

What you’ll bring

• Quantity Surveying experience within construction, ideally on fast-track or technically complex projects.
• Experience managing subcontractor packages and commercial processes on live projects.
• Confidence processing large volumes of work accurately in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong commercial awareness, numerical accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Experience using COINS is highly beneficial.
• Working knowledge of JCT and/or NEC contracts is helpful.
• Data centre, industrial, food, or pharmaceutical project experience is highly advantageous.
• The adaptability to respond to changing project demands while maintaining control of priorities and detail.

How you’ll work

This role suits someone who brings persistence under pressure, enjoys the momentum of a fast-moving project environment, and actively looks for opportunities to take ownership. You will need the drive to progress issues, the discipline to maintain accurate commercial records, and the flexibility to work across evolving packages and stakeholders.

Why TSL

TSL is committed to creating spaces that enable the fourth industrial revolution while leaving a positive environmental and social legacy. Based on your Organization Context, this role offers a strong route into TSL’s expanding data centre and industrial delivery work, alongside opportunities to learn within a collaborative team known for strong chemistry and shared ownership.

You will work within a business that values safety, quality, schedule certainty, sustainability, and long-term client partnerships, with the chance to develop alongside experienced teams delivering turnkey projects across global markets.