Quantity Surveyor in England

Location: Reading, Berkshire - Hybrid Working.

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time.

Salary: Competitive salary, open to discussion depending on candidate experience.

Company Overview

Join our client, who are a collaborative and forward-thinking consultancy, delivering some of the UK's most prestigious and complex infrastructure projects. As a Quantity Surveyor, you will help shape major programmes across utilities, defence, aviation, energy, highways, and rail. You'll work directly with client teams, often through secondments of six months to several years, aligned to your professional ambitions. You’ll take on responsibility quickly and receive the support you need to excel. Through a blend of company-sponsored and self-led development, you'll continue building the skills, knowledge, and professional accreditation needed to lead positive, inclusive, and high-performing teams. This opportunity is to join the South West East, Complex Projects, Commercial & Procurement team. This role is a secondment to join a client's team, with client and internal offices based in either Reading, Oxford, Swindon or in the Thames Valley region. The preferred location can be aligned to suit your career aspirations.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboration – Working in the client team and liaising with leadership, project managers, contractors, and internal teams to maintain strong relationships.
• Cost Management – Monitor and control project costs to ensure the project is delivered within budget. Validate and manage contractor and supplier costs and payments.
• Reporting – Provide regular financial reports to ensure clients have confidence in their project outcomes. Present financial performance and risk updates.
• Procurement – Undertaking procurement or supporting the procurement team in evaluating and appointing contractors.
• Contract Administration – Administer various contract types, ensuring compliance with all terms and conditions. Manage contract change reviewing validity, quotations and ensuring timely submissions and agreement. Work closely with the Project Manager to maintain accurate and comprehensive project records.
• Risk and Value Management – Identify, analyse, and mitigate commercial risks. Assist in value engineering to optimise project performance.
• Developing Colleagues – working closely with your team to encourage development and advance your colleagues' career progression.

About you

• Member, or working towards membership, of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent, recognised body.
• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
• Experience in civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with common forms of UK Construction contracts such as NEC, ICC, FIDIC, or JCT.
• Experience in mentoring more junior colleagues.

What you'll get

You’ll be part of a diverse global organisation where collaboration is at the heart of everything they do. With more than 40,000 employees operating across 50+ countries, they value every voice and empower employees to thrive. Their well established flexible working practices allow you to balance time between the office and home, with options such as reduced working weeks, additional purchased leave, workplace adjustments, and supported returns after career breaks.

Equality and Diversity

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.

Legal Notices

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.