M&E Quantity Surveyor
Pinnacle Recruitment · London, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 20 Oct 2026.
Overview
As an M&E Quantity Surveyor in London, you’ll drive the commercial performance of multiple projects for a leading contractor. You’ll work closely with project managers, manage variations and subcontract orders, and maintain healthy debtor days. The role blends client-facing responsibilities with strong cost control, subcontract administration, and internal cost rationalisation. This is a hands-on, self-motivated position with exposure to diverse PMs and London-based projects.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive salary
- car allowance / expenses
- pension
- medical
- employee benefits package
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of project commercial performance in collaboration with the project manager
- Adapt to different Project Managers and project contexts
- Establish entitlement and substantiate and submit external variations
- Prepare subcontract orders and manage them to project requirements
- Minimise debtor days through effective collections and billing practices
- Prepare and submit internal contract reviews including cost rationalisation
Key requirements
- Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent
- Substantial experience with Sub Contractors and/or client-facing with Main Contractors
- Ability to work on single or multiple projects with self-motivation
- Proven track record of commercial management and variation handling
- self-motivated
- adaptable
- client-facing communication
- subcontract administration
- variation management
- cost control and cost rationalisation
Market data from EasyWorkClub, not from the employer
Typical pay for Quantity surveyor in London: £52,500 – £75,000, from 827 adverts
670 live adverts for Quantity surveyor in London
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