Quantity Surveyor - Rail

Ganymede Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Healthcare

Travel allowances

Flexible working

Job summary

Ganymede Solutions is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to support a major rail redevelopment programme in the South East. The role involves pre-contract cost estimating, budget development, and commercial input across Civils and M&E disciplines, with involvement from outline designs through procurement.

The ideal candidate will have rail/infrastructure experience, strong estimating skills, and a good grasp of NEC contracts, enabling robust business cases and procurement strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience in rail infrastructure and cost estimating.
• Strong pre-contract commercial experience.
• Ability to interpret designs and produce accurate cost estimates.

Responsibilities

• Preparing cost estimates from outline designs.
• Developing project budgets and supporting business cases.
• Providing commercial input during the pre-contract stage.
• Supporting procurement and tender activities.
• Reviewing contractor quotations and cost submissions.
• Cost forecasting and commercial reporting.
• Working across civils and M&E asset projects.

Skills

Rail/Infrastructure experience

Estimating experience

Pre-contract commercial experience

Stakeholder management

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Quantity Surveyor (Rail)

Location: South East

Rate: £(phone number removed)

Duration: Up to 12 months

Are you looking for a QS role with a difference? Working across multiple disciplines, managing a cross disciplinary project in a specialist sector from design through to delivery?

We're working with a large UK businessto recruit a Quantity Surveyor to support a major programme of station redevelopment and asset investment across a busy rail network. This will cover a variety of disciplines from Civils to M&E.

They're looking for someone with strong pre-contract and estimating experience who can take outline designs and develop robust cost estimates that help shape business cases, budgets and procurement strategies before projects move into delivery.

If you've worked within rail infrastructure and enjoy the commercial planning side of projects rather than purely post-contract delivery, this is an excellent opportunity.

The Role:

• Preparing cost estimates from outline designs


• Developing project budgets and supporting business cases


• Providing commercial input during the pre-contract stage


• Supporting procurement and tender activities


• Reviewing contractor quotations and cost submissions


• Cost forecasting and commercial reporting


• Working across a range of civils and M&E asset projects


• Supporting project teams through the commercial lifecycle where required

What We're Looking For:

• Quantity Surveying experience within rail or infrastructure


• Strong estimating and pre-contract commercial experience


• Ability to interpret designs and produce accurate cost estimates


• Experience across both Civils and M&E projects
  
• Good understanding of NEC contracts


• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills

What's on Offer:

• Competitive Permanent Salary


• Excellent benefits including enhanced pension, healthcare, travel allowances and flexible working.


• Hybrid working (typically 2 days in the Central London office with travel to sites as required)


• Opportunity to support a significant long-term redevelopment and asset investment programme

Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation