Senior Quantity Surveyor (Construction: Healthcare)

Flagship Consulting; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK consultancy is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their expanding Healthcare team in Cambridge. This role involves delivering Quantity Surveying services for high-value healthcare projects, preparing cost plans, and managing client relationships. Candidates should possess a degree in Quantity Surveying, relevant consultancy experience, and strong communication skills. The position offers flexibility with hybrid working, genuine career progression opportunities, and involvement in significant healthcare frameworks nationwide.

Benefits

Extremely flexible hybrid working structure

Career progression opportunities

Excellent company culture with mentorship

Qualifications

• Consultancy / PQS-side experience required.
• Experience in Healthcare, public-sector or complex built-environment projects preferred.
• Ambition to take on increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre- and post-contract Quantity Surveying services.
• Prepare cost plans, procurement strategies, and risk assessments.
• Liaise with clients and design teams.

Skills

Strong commercial awareness

Excellent communication skills

Team leadership

Client management

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

The Company

Our client is one of the UK s leading consultancies, delivering major projects nationwide across a variety of sectors. Known for their dynamic culture and strong long-term client partnerships, they provide exceptional job security, market-leading development opportunities, and exposure to flagship programmes.

With a growing portfolio of healthcare projects across the country, they are now expanding their cost management team in Cambridge.

The Opportunity

Due to recent project wins in the Healthcare sector, the company is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join its Healthcare team. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated QS to lead on complex, extremely high-value Healthcare schemes while developing both technical and client-facing skills in a supportive consultancy environment.

You will work closely with senior colleagues, gaining exposure to project leadership, client management, and progression routes towards Associate QS level and beyond in a highly supportive and flexible environment.

The Role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be involved in:

• Delivering pre- and post-contract Quantity Surveying services across Healthcare projects
• Preparing cost plans, feasibility studies, procurement strategies, and risk assessments
• Supporting contract administration, change management, and financial reporting
• Working under NEC contracts (essential)
• Liaising with clients, clinical stakeholders, and design teams
• Contributing to commercial management and project delivery from early stages to final account
• Supporting and strengthening client relationships
• Working collaboratively within a growing Healthcare project team

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will bring:

• A degree in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline
• Consultancy / PQS-side experience
• Experience with leading teams
• Experience in Healthcare, public-sector or complex built-environment projects
• Experience working on Capital Projects
• Strong commercial awareness and excellent communication skills
• MRICS status or working toward it (full support provided)
• Experience with NEC forms of contract
• Ambition to take on increasing responsibility, including client-facing and leadership opportunities

Why Join?

• Extremely flexible hybrid working structure ( 2 days per month in office)
• Secure pipeline of long-term healthcare frameworks
• Genuine progression opportunities to Associate QS and future leadership roles
• Chance to work on major, high-profile Healthcare schemes across the UK
• Excellent company culture with mentorship, training, and chartership support
• Work closely with senior leaders and gain exposure to business development

Interested?

Apply in confidence via this advert, or contact Ben Houlihan directly on (phone number removed) for more information.