Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant

Location: Kings Cross, London. Hybrid working supported, with UK / ROI travel typically around 2–3 visits per month depending on project requirements.

Salary / rate: £55,000 – £65,000 per annum + package.

About the role: We are looking for a qualified Quantity Surveyor to support a major national programme of works across a UK and ROI distribution centre portfolio. This is a client-facing cost management role covering a mix of new build, refurbishment, remodelling and live-environment projects. You will manage allocated projects, work with client stakeholders, consultants and contractors, and support accurate commercial reporting across a busy programme of works. The role would suit a Quantity Surveyor with 3+ years’ relevant experience who is confident taking ownership of project deliverables, working at pace across multiple live schemes and producing clear, accurate cost information.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare cost plans, estimates, benchmarking and feasibility budgets.
• Produce cost reports, forecasts, cost-to-complete updates and cashflows.
• Support programme reporting, risk and opportunity tracking, and clear audit trails.
• Support and manage tender processes, including documentation, tender analysis, levelling, recommendations and award reporting.
• Manage valuations, payment processes and contractor / supplier commercial performance where required.
• Assess variations and change, maintain change logs and support robust approval processes.
• Provide clear commercial advice, substantiation and options to client stakeholders.
• Attend and lead project meetings where required, presenting cost and commercial updates clearly.
• Build effective working relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and internal teams.
• Work within client templates, governance structures, reporting requirements and commercial controls.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, consistency and professional best practice.

Requirements:

• Qualified Quantity Surveyor with 3+ years’ relevant experience.
• Consultancy / PQS or client-side cost management background.
• Experience working on construction projects, ideally across commercial, industrial, logistics, warehouse or distribution environments.
• Strong cost planning, reporting, forecasting, procurement, change control, valuation and final account capability.
• Confident working directly with client stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in reporting.
• Strong Excel and cost reporting capability.
• Able to manage multiple live tasks and take ownership with limited supervision.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-led environment with changing priorities.

Desirable / nice-to-have background:

• MRICS or currently working towards MRICS / APC.
• Experience across multi-site, high-volume or programme-based works.
• Experience in new build, refurbishment, remodelling or live-environment projects.
• Familiarity with client-side governance, reporting and commercial controls.
• Background in distribution centres, logistics, warehouses, industrial or commercial estate projects.

About the employer / environment: You will be working on a major national programme across a UK and ROI distribution centre portfolio. The environment is client-led, fast-paced and commercially detailed, with regular interaction across client stakeholders, consultants, contractors and internal delivery teams.

Best-Fit Candidates: This role is likely to suit Quantity Surveyors coming from PQS, cost consultancy, client-side estates, programme management consultancy or construction advisory backgrounds. Strong candidate pools may include people who have worked across logistics, industrial, distribution centres, warehousing, retail roll-out, commercial refurbishment, infrastructure-linked property, live estate works, data centres or multi-site capital programmes.