Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager

TED Recruitment Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TED Recruitment Ltd seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager for our client in New York, USA. The candidate should have MRICS status and a BSc in Quantity Surveying with roughly eight years of post‑graduate experience in pre and post‑contract work.

Role focuses on cost planning, cost estimating, and client-facing activities within a UK firm with US expansion. Visa or passport requirements may apply for relocation.

Qualifications

• Around eight years or more post graduate experience in pre and post contract work.
• BSc in Quantity Surveying and MRICS qualification.
• Excellent communication skills, written and spoken.
• UK PQS or US PQS experience desirable with visa ability.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre and post contract quantity surveying tasks.
• Prepare cost plans and cost estimates for projects.
• Interact directly with clients and project teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Cost planning

Cost estimating

Pre/post contract

PQS experience

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

MRICS

Job description

THE ROLE

My client seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor / Cost Manager to join them in NEW YORK, USA

They are seeking someone either at Senior level with around eight years experience working for a firm of PQS in the U.K.or in the USA.

My client works on a good range of high value projects for known clients including head offices, retail and more.

This is a good opportunity to join a British firm of PQS with a US office which is expanding and offering good opportunities for promotion.

THE COMPANY

My client is an established U.K.firm of PQS with an office in the USA.

They work on a good range of projects for known clients.

THE CANDIDATE

You will be a Senior Quantity Surveyor who is currently working for a UK firm of PQS or you will already be working for another firm of PQS in the USA and be keen to move on for better prospects.

My client would like someone who has around eight years or more post graduate experience doing pre and post contract work as a quantity surveyor.

You will need to have a BSc in Quantity Surveying and you must be fully MRICS qualified.

You will need to have excellent experience of both pre contract and post contract work with excellent experience of cost planning, cost estimating and more.

You should have excellent communication skills, both written and spoken to deal with people at all levels as you will be dealing directly with clients.

You must have a British passport if you are moving from the UK or already have a visa i.e.Green card if you are already in the USA.My client can only organise a visa if you are from the UK.

Salary is around US$145000 to US$160000 per annum plus medical and dental insurance, pension, bonus, RICS fees.