Associate - Commercial Management & Quantity Surveying

WSP in India; Dadri; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking an Associate to lead Commercial Management & Quantity Surveying for UK projects delivered from India. You will direct end-to-end cost management, mentor a high-performing QS team, and partner with UK clients and designers to ensure right‑first‑time outputs.

The role demands advanced knowledge of NEC/JCT, NRM/CESMM standards, and experience with 5D/BIM workflows. Strong leadership, analytics, and delivery governance are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying/Civil Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 15–20 years of QS/Cost Management experience with substantial UK project exposure.
• Proven leadership of multi-project teams in a UK–India delivery model.
• Strong knowledge of NEC/JCT; familiarity with FIDIC is an advantage.
• Experience delivering RIBA 0–4 cost planning, CVRs/Forecasting, Procurement and Change Control.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing QS team with resource planning and mentorship.
• Serve as primary commercial interface for UK project leads and designers.
• Lead cost planning, BoQ delivery to NRM/CESMM, and contractual leadership across NEC/JCT/FIDIC.
• Guide procurement strategies, tender documentation and commercial evaluations.
• Promote value engineering, life-cycle costing and risk management; QA/QC governance.
• Support bids, account growth, and data-driven reporting with CostX/Excel/Power BI.
• Develop training and capability uplift aligned with RICS QS / Construction Pathway.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Client interface

QA/QC governance

Cost management

Education

Bachelor’s in Quantity Surveying/Civil Engineering

Master’s preferred

Tools

CostX

MS Excel (Power Query/Pivots)

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Associate - Commercial Management & Quantity Surveying is responsible for providing commercial leadership across UK projects, managing end‑to‑end cost management services, and leading the India QS teams in coordination with UK counterparts. The role demands a balance of technical expertise, team leadership, client interface capabilities, business development support, and capability building. A key expectation is to expand UK workshare, showcase team capabilities, and mentor future QS professionals. The role requires ownership of commercial leadership and full‑cycle cost management for UK commissions delivered from India. It includes leading a high‑performing QS team, supporting bids, and enhancing delivery quality through structured QA/QC frameworks, training, and digital QS adoption across buildings and infrastructure sectors.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Delivery Governance: Build and lead a high‑performing QS team through resource planning, mentorship, performance reviews, and workload allocation. Establish engagement models, SLAs, RACIs,and manage mobilisation and transitions with UK teams. Implement QA/QC gates—checklists, peer reviews, and senior sign‑off—to ensure right‑first‑time outputs. Standardise delivery processes including SOPs, templates, naming conventions, and knowledge repositories.
• UK Client Interface & Capability Showcases: Serve as the primary commercial interface for UK project leads, PMs, and designers. Conduct capability presentations including case studies, sample deliverables, and CostX/5D demos. Define expectations regarding scope, deliverables, assumptions, information exchange, and programme.
• Commercial & Technical Delivery (UK Standards): Lead RIBA Stage 0–4 cost planning with benchmarking, allowances, and risk/optimism bias guidance. Oversee BoQ preparation to NRM/CESMM standards with measurement consistency and quality. Provide contractual leadership across NEC/JCT/FIDIC: compensation events, variations, risk, and change control. Direct cost reporting, CVRs, forecasts, cashflow analysis, and earned value insights. Drive procurement strategies, tender documentation, and commercial evaluations. Guide value engineering, life‑cycle costing, and carbon‑cost trade‑off advisory. Promote risk identification, QRA interpretation, and maintenance of commercial risk registers.
• Business Development & Work Winning: Support bid responses (SQ/PQQ/ITT), fee proposals, scopes, and mobilisation planning. Create account growth strategies with UK partners; track pipeline, revenue, margin, and win‑rate.
• Digital QS & Reporting: Champion CostX (2D/3D/5D), model‑based take‑off, and structured cost databases. Encourage data‑driven reporting using advanced Excel and optional Power BI dashboards.
• Training, Mentoring & Capability Uplift: Develop structured training covering NRM/CESMM, NEC/JCT, CostX, CVR, risk, and reporting standards. Mentor team members on UK standards and high‑quality commercial advice.
• Governance, Quality & Compliance: Align with RICS QS & Construction Pathway competencies. Uphold RICS Rules of Conduct.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying/Civil Engineering (Master’s preferred).

15–20 years of QS/Cost Management experience with substantial 5 years UK project exposure. Proven experience leading multi project teams in a UK–India delivery model and interfacing with UK clients/consultants/contractors. Strong working knowledge of NEC/JCT (FIDIC familiarity is an advantage) and NRM/CESMM measurement norms. Evidence of delivering RIBA 0–4 cost planning, CVRs/Forecasting, Procurement and Change Control.

Tools & Technology

CostX (advanced), MS Excel (Power Query/Pivots), Microsoft suit - PowerPoint, Word.

Exposure to 5D/BIM workflows, Power BI for dashboards.

BGV

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

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