Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor

AtkinsRéalis; Colton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Training & development

Flexible holidays

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor for our Leeds office. You will join the Cost and Commercial Practice, delivering pre- and post-contract commercial management on diverse projects across the UK.

You will collaborate with leadership, manage costs, provide reporting, and support procurement and contract administration while mentoring junior staff. A UK driving licence and willingness to travel are essential.

Qualifications

• BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar.
• Chartered member of the RICS or working towards chartership.
• JCT, NEC contract experience.
• Preferably experience as Employer's Agent as well as traditional QS duties.
• Residential and/or Industrial/Manufacturing experience is beneficial.
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel UK-wide.
• Predominantly based in the Leeds Office.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with client teams and leadership to maintain relationships.
• Estimate, monitor and control project costs pre- and post-contract.
• Provide regular financial reports and update on performance and risk.
• Undertake procurement or support procurement in contractor selection.
• Administer contract types and ensure compliance and timely submissions.
• Act as Employer's Agent, coordinating stakeholders through the project lifecycle.
• Identify, analyse and mitigate commercial risks and support value engineering.
• Support and manage junior QS staff.

Skills

Collaboration

Cost management

Reporting

Procurement

Contract administration

Employer's Agent

Risk management

Leadership

Travel willingness

Education

BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar

Chartered member of the RICS or working towards chartership

Tools

JCT

NEC

Job description

Become a vital member of our Buildings and Places team, proudly taking on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious projects. Join us, and you'll be part of our genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents. We are looking for Quantity Surveyors / Senior Quantity Surveyors who will be responsible for delivering work and are driven to achieve excellence. We are seeking personable, ambitious, enthusiastic, and energetic individuals to join our Cost and Commercial Practice in Yorkshire (Leeds), to support our continuing growth within the local market and beyond. As an intermediate to senior member of the team, you'll work closely with the leadership team to ensure commercial targets are met, risks are managed, and project controls are maintained. You will be working on a variety of residential, education, commercial, defence, industrial, retail, projects to name only a few, primarily in Yorkshire but also the wider UK. A particular emphasis on Residential and Industrial/Manufacturing experience would be advantageous.Your role We are looking for a well-rounded Candidate with Pre and Post Contract experience.

• Collaboration - Working in the client team and liaising with leadership, project managers, contractors, and internal teams to maintain strong relationships.
• Cost Management - Estimate, monitor and control project costs both pre and post contract, to ensure the project is delivered within budget, validate and manage contractor and supplier costs & payments.
• Reporting - Provide regular financial reports to ensure our clients have confidence in their project outcomes, present financial performance and risk updates.
• Procurement - Undertaking procurement or supporting the procurement team in evaluating and appointing contractors.
• Contract Administration - Administer various contract types, ensuring compliance with all terms and conditions, manage contract change reviewing validity, quotations and ensuring timely submissions and agreement, work closely with the Project Manager to maintain accurate and comprehensive project records.
• Employer's Agent - Act as the employer's representative, providing leadership and coordination throughout a project's lifecycle, managing contractual obligations, monitoring programme, cost, quality and risk, facilitating effective communication between stakeholders, and ensuring that project objectives are delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with agreed requirements.
• Risk and Value Management - Identify, analyse, and mitigate commercial risks, assist in value engineering to optimise project performance.
• Support and manage junior staff in the delivery of quantity surveying services.
• BSc in Quantity Surveying or similar.
• Chartered member of the RICS or other industry body or working towards chartership by end of next year.
• Conversant in pre and post contract quantity surveying duties.
• JCT, NEC, contract experience.
• Preferably experienced in the Employer's Agent role as well as the traditional quantity surveying discipline.
• Curious, committed and dedicated individual who strives for excellence in delivery.
• Residential and/or Industrial/Manufacturing experience is beneficial.
• Full UK Driving License and able to travel across the UK as required for project delivery.
• Predominantly based in the Leeds Office.
• 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., 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.
• 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.