Senior Project Surveyor (Construction Consultancy)

AECOM; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Surveyor to join our South West team, based in Bristol or Cardiff. You will lead cost management for diverse projects (£5m–£100m) and mentor junior staff while partnering with clients and consultants across Higher Education, Public Sector, Defence, Residential and Infrastructure sectors.

You’ll drive cost management outputs, manage teams, and ensure quality and timely delivery, contributing to a sustainable, safe and collaborative workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring junior staff.
• Knowledge of contracts (JCT/NEC).
• Supports social responsibility activities and positive workplace.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.
• CSCS card holder.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cost Management commissions and delivery.
• Ability to lead and manage teams.
• Mentor Graduates and Apprentices.
• Develop relationships with clients and project team members.
• Manage delivery of cost management outputs to timescales and quality standards.
• Deliver full Cost Management duties to clients.

Skills

Resource management

Contracts knowledge

CSR advocate

Driving licence

CSCS card

Education

QS/Cost Management degree

RICS/Chartered status preferred

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

As a Senior Project Surveyor you will work as part of the team to help deliver all aspects of quantity surveying from inception of a project through to completion. You will work on a number of projects, varying in complexity, ranging in value from £5m – £100m. These projects will be from a range of sectors, with our current active sectors being Higher Education, Public Sector, Defence, Residential and Infrastructure.

Approach to all projects requires a high degree of flexibility and creativity, excellent presentational skills and an ability to communicate effectively with clients and consultants. The successful candidate shall be charged with the delivery of Cost Management Services within our Client focused and highly motivated professional team.

Joining our South West team, this role can be based from either our Bristol or Cardiff offices.

Your tasks will include but not be limited to the following:

• Lead Cost Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery.
• Have the ability to lead and manage teams.
• Provide effective support and mentoring to Graduates and Apprentices.
• Develops strong reciprocal relationships with clients and members of the project team.
• Manage the delivery of cost management team outputs, in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Provide full Cost Management duties to AECOM clients.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry!

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

As the successful applicant you will have the following experience and qualifications.

• Previous experience of managing internal resources, including the training and mentoring of more junior staff members.
• Good Understanding of contracts (JCT and NEC).
• Supporter of social and CSR activities, promoting a positive and enjoyable workplace.
• Full UK driving licence and a willingness to travel.
• CSCS card holder

Preferred Qualifications

• Professionally Qualified – Chartered Status with the RICS or other equivalent institution is preferred.
• Degree Qualified – BSc or MSc – in Quantity Surveying/Cost Management or similar construction related undergraduate degree.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly trawed firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.