Managing Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Overview

Help us turn vision into reality.

How would you like to work on some of the most exciting and prestigious projects around the globe? Join our collaborative Project & Programme Services team, where everyone has a voice, and together, we deliver excellence for people and the environment. Flexible and remote working are central to our culture. So, talk to us about how we can support you. How about opting for reduced workweeks or purchasing extra leave during school holidays? What about workplace adjustments or a supported transition back after a career break? We value your transferable skills and potential and are ready to invest in your development and progression."

Join us as a Quantity Surveyor, and you'll be part of a team that delivers high-quality expertise and is driven - not just by success - but also by doing what's right. Collaborating with supportive team members, clients, stakeholders, and contractors, you'll enjoy opportunities to mentor co-workers while progressing your career.

Your role

• Lead the delivery of high‑quality projects, setting clear expectations and building trusted relationships with clients through proactive engagement and exceptional service.
• Support and develop emerging talent, contributing to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture where people can grow and thrive.
• Work closely with senior leaders to help shape and strengthen a high‑value, profitable service offering that reflects our commitment to technical excellence, innovation, and client outcomes.
• Apply strong commercial and contractual understanding—particularly of the NEC suite—to ensure projects are delivered with rigour, clarity, and commercial discipline.
• Bring a proactive, commercially minded, and purpose‑driven approach that consistently adds value for clients and enhances the reputation of our business.
• Lead the commercial management of projects, packages or defined workstreams, ensuring robust cost control, forecasting, reporting, change management, and contract administration throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage client, contractor, and stakeholder relationships, providing clear commercial advice and supporting the successful delivery of project outcomes.
• Manage procurement, tendering, valuation, payment, cost assurance, risk, and final account activities in line with contractual requirements .
• Provide technical and contractual leadership, including the application of NEC contracts and infrastructure-sector commercial processes, while promoting commercial best practice across the team.
• Support, mentor, and review the work of Quantity Surveyors and early careers colleagues, helping to build capability, confidence, and consistent delivery standards.

About you

• Member, or working towards membership, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent recognised professional body, with experience supporting and developing junior colleagues.
• Experience operating in client-side and/or contractor-side commercial environments, with the ability to manage the commercial delivery of complex infrastructure projects, packages or workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of cost planning, estimating, procurement, contract administration, change control, valuation, forecasting, and final account processes.
• Good working knowledge of NEC contracts, infrastructure-sector procurement, and commercial management processes, with the confidence to provide clear, practical commercial advice.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, 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.

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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. 

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. 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.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that 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.