Senior/Managing Quantity Surveyor

Senior/Managing Quantity Surveyor

About the role

Be the essence of collaboration. Join AtkinsRéalis, a collaborative and forward‑thinking consultancy delivering some of the UK's most prestigious and complex infrastructure projects. As a Senior/Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will help shape major programmes across utilities, defence, aviation, energy, highways, and rail. You'll work directly with client teams—often through secondments of six months to several years—aligned to your professional ambitions.

At AtkinsRéalis, you'll be part of a diverse global organisation where collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. With more than 40,000 employees operating across 50+ countries, we value every voice and empower our people to thrive.

Our well‑established flexible working practices allow you to balance time between the office and home, with options such as reduced working weeks, additional purchased leave, workplace adjustments, and supported returns after career breaks. We pride ourselves on being big on expertise and small on hierarchy. You'll take on responsibility quickly and receive the support you need to excel.

Through a blend of company‑sponsored and self‑led development, you'll continue building the skills, knowledge, and professional accreditation needed to lead positive, inclusive, and high‑performing teams.

Key responsibilities

Collaboration – Working in the client team and liaising with leadership, project managers, contractors, and internal teams to maintain strong relationships.

Cost Management - Monitor and control project costs to ensure the project is delivered within budget. Validate and manage contractor and supplier costs & payments.

Reporting - Provide regular financial reports to ensure our clients have confidence in their project outcomes. Present financial performance and risk updates to stakeholders.

Procurement – Undertaking procurement or supporting the procurement team in evaluating and appointing contractors.

Contract Administration - Administer various contract types, ensuring compliance with all terms and conditions. Manage contract change reviewing validity, quotations and ensuring timely submissions and agreement. Work closely with the Project Manager to maintain accurate and comprehensive project records.

Risk and Value Management - Identify, analyse, and mitigate commercial risks. Assist in value engineering to optimise project performance.

Developing Colleagues – Working closely with your team to encourage development and advance your colleagues' career progression.

About you

• Member, or working towards membership, of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent, recognised body
• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Experience in civil infrastructure projects
• Extensive experience with common forms of UK Construction contracts such as NEC, ICC, FIDIC, or JCT
• Experience in managing, coaching and mentoring more junior colleagues

Rewards & benefits

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

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.

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.

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems.

We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

Commitment to diversity

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. 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. 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.

Job details

• Worker Type: Employee
• Job Type: Regular