Senior Quantity Surveyor
Turner & Townsend · London, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 25 Oct 2026.
Overview
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Turner & Townsend’s Defence team, you will steer cost management and governance for complex defence projects. You’ll collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to keep programmes on track and within budget, while driving value engineering and accurate forecasts. You’ll operate in a security-conscious environment, supporting MoD-related initiatives and delivering tangible outcomes for flagship programmes. This role offers hybrid working, development opportunities, and exposure to diverse, high-stakes projects.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working
- health and well-being support
- strong professional development
- international exposure
- flexibility
- diverse project portfolio
Responsibilities
- Establish professional relationships with clients and project teams
- Administer contracts per project objectives and policies
- Provide cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting to completion
- Monitor cost variance and cash flow; ensure timely applications
- Collaborate with client and contractor teams on deliverables, KPIs, and value engineering
- Manage contract change ensuring governance and best practice
- Improve forecast and budget accuracy
- Provide commercial support to stakeholders
- Ensure final accounts are negotiated and agreed
- Commission management as needed
Key requirements
- Qualification in Estimating, Quantity Surveying or Cost Engineering
- Experience in the Infrastructure (Rail, air, power, highways) sector
- Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)
- Change management
- Cost Management
- Procurement
- Estimating
- Governance processing
- Collaborative approaches
- Line management
- Commission management
- Excellent MS Office skills
- Strong client-facing communication
- strong communication
- client-facing professionalism
- collaboration
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Estimating and cost forecasting
- Change management
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