Quantity Surveyor

Accenture UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK is seeking an experienced cost manager/quantity surveyor to lead day-to-day cost management for a multi-phase data center program. The role involves detailed cost planning, budgeting, and interfacing with project teams, contractors, and consultants.

You will drive cost reporting, change management, and value engineering across design and delivery phases. The ideal candidate brings 6–8+ years in cost management or project controls, with strong procurement, negotiation, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day cost management activities for a multi-phase data center program.
• Prepare and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and estimates across packages and stages.
• Act as a key client interface, supporting communication and coordination with project teams, contractors, and consultants.
• Support procurement activities, including issuing RFPs, reviewing contractor proposals, conducting scope reviews, and assisting in commercial negotiations.
• Lead cost reporting, including monthly reports, cash flow forecasts, commitment tracking, and risk reviews.
• Oversee change management processes: review, analyze, 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 accurate benchmarking, cost databases, and historical cost records.
• Mentor junior cost managers and quantity surveyors as needed.

Job description

ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY

Manage day-to-day cost management activities for a multi-phase data center program, ensuring commercial rigor and compliance with project requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage day-to-day cost management activities for a multi-phase data center program.
• Prepare and maintain detailed cost plans, budgets, and estimates across multiple packages and stages.
• Act as a key client interface, supporting communication and coordination with project teams, contractors, and consultants.
• Support procurement activities, including issuing RFPs, reviewing contractor proposals, conducting scope reviews, and assisting in commercial negotiations.
• Lead cost reporting, including monthly reports, cash flow forecasts, commitment tracking, and risk reviews.
• Oversee change management processes: review, analyze, 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 accurate benchmarking, cost databases, and historical cost records.
• Mentor junior cost managers and quantity surveyors as needed.

ABOUT YOU

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or a 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.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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