Senior Quantity Surveyor North East

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training and professional development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor to actively shape the commercial delivery of major UK infrastructure projects. You will lead cost control, change management, risk assessment, and value realization within integrated delivery teams, contributing from day one.

You will work across rail, water, highways, defence, and nuclear programmes, applying NEC guidance and fostering strong client relationships. The role offers hybrid working and opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• Experience in quantity surveying or commercial management within infrastructure, construction, or a related built-environment sector.
• A good understanding of commercial delivery, contract administration, cost management, change control, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts, or a willingness to continue developing your expertise in this area.
• NEC project manager accreditation highly desirable but not essential.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues.
• A collaborative mindset, with an interest in supporting others and contributing to a healthy, high-performing team culture.
• Professional membership, or progress towards membership, with a relevant body such as RICS or CICES is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the commercial delivery of complex infrastructure projects, helping to manage cost, change, risk, value, and contractual performance.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and project teams through clear communication, proactive engagement, and practical commercial advice.
• Apply your knowledge of the NEC suite and wider commercial processes to support well-informed decisions and disciplined project delivery.
• Contribute to procurement, contract administration, forecasting, reporting, and commercial governance activities across commissions.
• Support, coach, and develop colleagues, helping to create an inclusive team environment where people can grow, contribute, and thrive.
• Work with senior leaders to strengthen our service offering, identify opportunities, and enhance the value we bring to clients.

Skills

Quantity surveying

NEC contracts

Communication

Collaboration

Job description

Job Description Overview The Senior Quantity Surveyor will play a hands-on role in shaping the delivery of some of the UK's most exciting and nationally significant infrastructure projects - from transforming rail networks and modernising water systems to developing major highways, defence facilities, and nuclear programmes. As part of integrated project delivery teams, you'll learn how large engineering schemes come together by supporting the development of project timelines, tracking progress on live work, and helping teams make informed decisions that keep complex projects moving. This is a role where you won't just observe - you'll contribute directly to planning real engineering outcomes, gaining valuable experience, insight, and responsibility from day one. This will allow you to gain unparalleled exposure by learning and developing on some of the UK's most significant engineering and infrastructure projects, with cross industry rotations and hands on experience that will accelerate your growth and set you apart in the early stages of your career.

Your role

Lead and support the commercial delivery of complex infrastructure projects, helping to manage cost, change, risk, value, and contractual performance. Build trusted relationships with clients and project teams through clear communication, proactive engagement, and practical commercial advice. Apply your knowledge of the NEC suite and wider commercial processes to support well-informed decisions and disciplined project delivery. Contribute to procurement, contract administration, forecasting, reporting, and commercial governance activities across commissions. Support, coach, and develop colleagues, helping to create an inclusive team environment where people can grow, contribute, and thrive. Work with senior leaders to strengthen our service offering, identify opportunities, and enhance the value we bring to clients.

About you

• Experience in quantity surveying or commercial management within infrastructure, construction, or a related built-environment sector.
• A good understanding of commercial delivery, contract administration, cost management, change control, and risk management.
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts, or a willingness to continue developing your expertise in this area.
• NEC project manager accreditation highly desirable but not essential.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive working relationships with clients, partners, and colleagues.
• A collaborative mindset, with an interest in supporting others and contributing to a healthy, high-performing team culture.
• Professional membership, or progress towards membership, with a relevant body such as RICS or CICES is highly desirable.

Rewards & benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Employee rewards
• Brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices
• Opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise
• Hybrid working culture
• Flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life
• Be rewarded

About AtkinsRéalis

AtkinsRéalis is 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.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

Additional information

Security clearance This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Equal Opportunities and Diversity

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

We strongly believe 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.

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