Senior Project Surveyor

Overview

As a Senior Project Surveyor at AECOM, you will oversee cost management across healthcare, life sciences, defence, and tertiary education projects from inception to post-delivery. You join a Norwich-based team, collaborating to deliver projects on time and to client satisfaction while mentoring juniors. You will shape cost strategy, ensure timely outputs, and maintain strong client relationships. This role offers exposure to varied lifecycle stages and a culture that supports growth and innovation.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid work options
• Flexible working
• Development programmes
• Competitive compensation and wellbeing programs
• Global firm exposure
• Equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Support or lead on cost management activities for medium to large projects
• Manage cost management outputs within agreed timescales and quality standards
• Provide full cost management services to clients
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with project team members
• Ensure commissions are managed efficiently and meet client satisfaction
• Communicate effectively with clients and consultants and present cost-related insights
• Mentor and guide junior staff and graduates where possible
• Work as part of an integrated team across the project lifecycle (inception to defects management)

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in construction-related discipline (e.g., Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to build long-term relationships and balance people and processes
• Experience in a consultancy or client organisation providing full Cost Management services (Pre-Contract Estimating; Procurement; Contract Administration; Cost Reporting; Final Account)
• Solid core measurement skills and experience with quantified procurement routes
• Experience managing internal resources and mentoring junior staff (advantageous)
• Good understanding of contracts (JCT and NEC)
• Preferred: Chartered Quantity Surveying status (RICS CIOB or equivalent), full UK driving license, willingness to travel, CSCS card
• Interpersonal communication
• Relationship-building
• Presentational skills
• Cost management
• Pre-Contract Estimating
• Procurement

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