Senior Quantity Surveyor – Energy & Natural Resources

Turner & Townsend; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join our Energy & Natural Resources team on iconic commissions. You will own cost planning, contract administration, and value engineering across major programmes, delivering accurate forecasts and final accounts within governance.

This full-time on-site role offers career progression within a global firm, with opportunities to drive project performance and commercial leadership across diverse energy sector projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or HNC level qualification
• NEC3/4 or FIDIC experience
• Cost / commercial management experience on Energy (nuclear, renewables, transmission & distribution, oil & gas, low carbon) or Infrastructure (water / utilities / rail / roads/ aviation) projects
• Experience of working on major programmes or project portfolios
• Professional Chartership (preferable)

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of performance and quality, applying strong analytical and problem‑solving skills while delivering reliable, client‑focused outputs.
• Plan and execute work effectively, identifying opportunities to add value and knowing when to act independently or escalating for support.
• Collaborate positively with colleagues and clients, contributing to team discussions, building strong working relationships and maintaining a professional, respectful approach.
• Communicate clearly and constructively, supporting productive ways of working and addressing challenges professionally.
• Administer and manage contracts confidently, ensuring accurate cost monitoring, forecasting, reporting, change management, and control of variances and cashflow.
• Work closely with client and contractor teams to deliver on KPIs, programme performance, cost control and value engineering, ensuring projects remain within governance and best practice.
• Provide sound commercial leadership, driving improvements in forecast accuracy, offering clear commercial advice, and ensuring the timely agreement of final accounts.
• Contribute to internal excellence, including capturing lessons learned, supporting knowledge management and recommending improvements to internal systems and processes.

Skills

Cost management

Forecasting

Contract management

Value engineering

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Degree or HNC level qualification

NEC3/4 or FIDIC experience

Professional Chartership (preferable)

Job description

Turner & Townsend is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join our Energy & Natural Resources team on iconic commissions. You will own cost planning, contract administration, and value engineering across major programmes, delivering accurate forecasts and final accounts within governance.

This full-time on-site role offers career progression within a global firm, with opportunities to drive project performance and commercial leadership across diverse energy sector projects.