1,169 Quantity Surveying jobs in the United Kingdom

CK - Director of Quantity Surveying

Winchester - Salary: £80,000 – £20,000 DOE + Bonus + Benefits Package

***Exclusive to Kingsley***

Lead. Build. Elevate.

Are you a senior Quantity Surveyor ready to shape a new chapter in your career? This is a new opportunity to lead and expand a cost management function within an established, multi-disciplinary consultancy—right at the heart of the South.

Our client is a national consultancy with a strong heritage and an entrepreneurial spirit. With continued growth across their UK offices, they are now looking to appoint a Director-level Quantity Surveyor to lead the cost management team in Winchester .

About the Role

You will be joining a thriving business, already delivering across residential , commercial , healthcare , education , leisure , and public sector schemes. With an enviable client base and a strong pipeline of work, this role provides a platform to build something special.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and growing the Winchester-based QS team
• Driving project delivery across both public and private sector clients
• Winning and developing new business opportunities
• Shaping the cost management service offering in line with wider business goals
• Mentoring and developing future talent within the business

This is a strategic leadership appointment , with clear influence at regional and national levels.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll be an experienced Associate Director or Director with:

• MRICS accreditation
• A minimum of 15 years’ experience , including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
• A strong consultancy background, ideally across both professional and employer’s agent services
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams , manage clients, and win work
• Deep sector knowledge in at least two of the following: residential (including housing associations and developers), healthcare, education, commercial or leisure
• Experience with JCT Design & Build contracts and acting as Employer’s Agent
• A collaborative, strategic mindset with a passion for building lasting client relationships

What’s On Offer

• Competitive base salary (£80k – £100k D plus benefits
• Annual bonus scheme
• Car allowance
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Hybrid working environment
• Full autonomy to shape your team and services
• The backing of a well-resourced, national consultancy

Next Steps

This is a confidential and exclusive appointment with Kingsley. For an informal, confidential discussion, please contact:

Caroline Kingsley –

️

If you’re considering a move but this isn’t quite right, please get in touch regardless. Kingsley are specialists in built environment recruitment and we’re handling several senior-level assignments across the UK.

CK - Director of Quantity Surveying

Winchester - Salary: £80,000 – £20,000 DOE + Bonus + Benefits Package

***Exclusive to Kingsley***

Lead. Build. Elevate.

Are you a senior Quantity Surveyor ready to shape a new chapter in your career? This is a new opportunity to lead and expand a cost management function within an established, multi-disciplinary consultancy—right at the heart of the South.

Our client is a national consultancy with a strong heritage and an entrepreneurial spirit. With continued growth across their UK offices, they are now looking to appoint a Director-level Quantity Surveyor to lead the cost management team in Winchester .

About the Role

You will be joining a thriving business, already delivering across residential , commercial , healthcare , education , leisure , and public sector schemes. With an enviable client base and a strong pipeline of work, this role provides a platform to build something special.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading and growing the Winchester-based QS team
• Driving project delivery across both public and private sector clients
• Winning and developing new business opportunities
• Shaping the cost management service offering in line with wider business goals
• Mentoring and developing future talent within the business

This is a strategic leadership appointment , with clear influence at regional and national levels.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll be an experienced Associate Director or Director with:

• MRICS accreditation
• A minimum of 15 years’ experience , including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
• A strong consultancy background, ideally across both professional and employer’s agent services
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams , manage clients, and win work
• Deep sector knowledge in at least two of the following: residential (including housing associations and developers), healthcare, education, commercial or leisure
• Experience with JCT Design & Build contracts and acting as Employer’s Agent
• A collaborative, strategic mindset with a passion for building lasting client relationships

What’s On Offer

• Competitive base salary (£80k – £100k D plus benefits
• Annual bonus scheme
• Car allowance
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Hybrid working environment
• Full autonomy to shape your team and services
• The backing of a well-resourced, national consultancy

Next Steps

This is a confidential and exclusive appointment with Kingsley. For an informal, confidential discussion, please contact:

Caroline Kingsley –

️

If you’re considering a move but this isn’t quite right, please get in touch regardless. Kingsley are specialists in built environment recruitment and we’re handling several senior-level assignments across the UK.

Director - Quantity Surveying
Location: London | Sector : Commercial, Residential & Mixed-Use Developments
Client : Independent Construction Consultancy

A rare and compelling opportunity has arisen for an accomplished Director-level Quantity Surveyor to join a highly respected independent construction consultancy in London.

This is an opportunity for a proven commercial leader to take a seat at the table of a flourishing, design-led practice that continues to attract an enviable portfolio of work across commercial, residential, and mixed-use development sectors .

Unlike the constraints of a large corporate, this environment offers the freedom to influence, shape, and drive strategic direction -while remaining close to the clients, projects, and people that define the firm's reputation for excellence.

The Opportunity:
You will take full responsibility for leading major projects and client accounts, overseeing the performance and delivery of a dedicated QS team, and contributing to the broader business plan. The role is both strategic and hands-on - ideal for a Director seeking greater visibility, ownership, and long-term potential within a consultancy poised for its next stage of growth.

The Individual:

• A proven Quantity Surveyor at Director or Senior Associate level within a leading consultancy.
• Strong technical foundation across commercial, residential, and mixed-use schemes .
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of cultivating client relationships and driving business growth.
• Leadership presence, commercial acumen, and a genuine interest in helping shape a growing practice.

This is a notable leadership opportunity within a business that values excellence over size, authenticity over hierarchy, and long-term relationships over short-term gains.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Andreea Hudson .

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Director - Quantity Surveying
Location: London | Sector : Commercial, Residential & Mixed-Use Developments
Client : Independent Construction Consultancy

A rare and compelling opportunity has arisen for an accomplished Director-level Quantity Surveyor to join a highly respected independent construction consultancy in London.

This is an opportunity for a proven commercial leader to take a seat at the table of a flourishing, design-led practice that continues to attract an enviable portfolio of work across commercial, residential, and mixed-use development sectors .

Unlike the constraints of a large corporate, this environment offers the freedom to influence, shape, and drive strategic direction -while remaining close to the clients, projects, and people that define the firm's reputation for excellence.

The Opportunity:
You will take full responsibility for leading major projects and client accounts, overseeing the performance and delivery of a dedicated QS team, and contributing to the broader business plan. The role is both strategic and hands-on - ideal for a Director seeking greater visibility, ownership, and long-term potential within a consultancy poised for its next stage of growth.

The Individual:

• A proven Quantity Surveyor at Director or Senior Associate level within a leading consultancy.
• Strong technical foundation across commercial, residential, and mixed-use schemes .
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of cultivating client relationships and driving business growth.
• Leadership presence, commercial acumen, and a genuine interest in helping shape a growing practice.

This is a notable leadership opportunity within a business that values excellence over size, authenticity over hierarchy, and long-term relationships over short-term gains.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Andreea Hudson .

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

• Development of project cost control data structures to accurately track and control actual costs
• Establishing and setting the project control budget aligned with agreed baselines
• The tracking of actual costs both for internal and external expenditure against the cost controls structures
• The tracking and control of project accruals and commitments against set budget constraints
• The build of project forecast to include estimate to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (EAC)
• The accurate and timely reporting of all cost related project information
• Working with the planning function to accurately apply Earned Value Management rules.
• The tracking of project contingency and exposure associated with risk events and remaining risks on the project
• The tracking of project change control to ensure alignment with agreed baselines and control data structures
• The tracking of key project trends and actioning as appropriate.

• Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle including program, risk and reporting for major programs such as rail, highways etc.
• Worked across the full project lifecycle including for pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.
  
• Has experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.
  
• Highly conversant with cost management systems such as Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle.  The cost engineer would have an appreciation of business rules, and how project funding and performance aligns with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.
  

• Development of project cost control data structures to accurately track and control actual costs
• Establishing and setting the project control budget aligned with agreed baselines
• The tracking of actual costs both for internal and external expenditure against the cost controls structures
• The tracking and control of project accruals and commitments against set budget constraints
• The build of project forecast to include estimate to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (EAC)
• The accurate and timely reporting of all cost related project information
• Working with the planning function to accurately apply Earned Value Management rules.
• The tracking of project contingency and exposure associated with risk events and remaining risks on the project
• The tracking of project change control to ensure alignment with agreed baselines and control data structures
• The tracking of key project trends and actioning as appropriate.

• Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle including program, risk and reporting for major programs such as rail, highways etc.
• Worked across the full project lifecycle including for pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.
  
• Has experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.
  
• Highly conversant with cost management systems such as Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle.  The cost engineer would have an appreciation of business rules, and how project funding and performance aligns with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.
  

• Development of project cost control data structures to accurately track and control actual costs
• Establishing and setting the project control budget aligned with agreed baselines
• The tracking of actual costs both for internal and external expenditure against the cost controls structures
• The tracking and control of project accruals and commitments against set budget constraints
• The build of project forecast to include estimate to complete (ETC) and the development of the estimate at complete (EAC)
• The accurate and timely reporting of all cost related project information
• Working with the planning function to accurately apply Earned Value Management rules.
• The tracking of project contingency and exposure associated with risk events and remaining risks on the project
• The tracking of project change control to ensure alignment with agreed baselines and control data structures
• The tracking of key project trends and actioning as appropriate.

• Proven experience in project controls coordination in all phases of the project lifecycle including program, risk and reporting for major programs such as rail, highways etc.
• Worked across the full project lifecycle including for pre-investment decision, design development, execution, and commissioning phases.
  
• Has experience in working to cost engineering procedures and processes, and the ability to define project cost procedures and standards to which the project and/or programme will adhere to.
  
• Highly conversant with cost management systems such as Ecosys, including for the interface with corporate ERP systems such as SAP and Oracle.  The cost engineer would have an appreciation of business rules, and how project funding and performance aligns with business financial account requirements within the project or programme environment.