Quantity Surveyor

Plymouth, Devon
Certain Advantage
Quantity SurveyorSouth West, UKCertain Advantage is partnering with a key client to recruit a Quantity Surveyor on a contract basis. You’ll be responsible for delivering robust cost management across the full engineering project lifecycle, ensuring accurate financial control, commercial compliance and high-quality reporting.What will you be doing?

• Collaborate with the client to shape and develop future Quantity Surveying (QS) capability.
• Support portfolio-level projects and contribute to strategy for QS deployment and site-wide supportability.
• Develop robust cost plans, engineering estimates, and expenditure profiles.
• Maintain accurate budgets, forecasts, and commercial performance reporting.
• Lead contract administration activities, including variation management and change control.
• Support procurement processes through cost evaluation, tender assessments, and supplier reviews.
• Monitor project expenditure against baseline costs and proactively identify potential risks.
• Produce structured cost models, pricing schedules, and supporting commercial documentation.

A couple of things you should know:

• Experience supporting commercial, cost, or contract management within engineering, construction, or technical project environments.
• Strong understanding of cost planning, estimating, and financial control across engineered scopes of work.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, contract terms, and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of procurement processes, supplier evaluation, and contractor management within engineering supply chains.
• Highly analytical with strong numerical capability and a keen attention to detail.

During an interview, you may be asked about:

• Your experience in Defence, Nuclear, Rail, Energy, or infrastructure environments.
• Your familiarity with engineering cost management tools, ERP systems or project controls platforms.

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