Associate Director | Quantity Surveying | Cambridge, UK

Associate Director | Quantity Surveying | Cambridge, UK

TSA Riley is seeking a highly motivated Chartered Quantity Surveyor ready to operate at Associate Director level within our Cambridge office. You will have the capability to lead and deliver a full range of pre and post‑contract services on complex construction projects across the Cambridgeshire region. As one of the most established and respected consultancies in the Cambridgeshire market, TSA Riley is proud to partner with a diverse client base on some of the area’s most prestigious and technically challenging developments. Our recent work includes collaborations with several of Cambridge’s historic university colleges, helping to preserve and enhance some of the UK’s most remarkable buildings. Team members enjoy the autonomy to balance time between our Cambridge office, project sites and remote work.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Working in a leadership role alongside a team of Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers reporting directly into the Executive Director whilst providing a cost consulting role to our clients.
• Ensuring that our clients achieve their stated objectives through close teamwork, proactive cost control and the provision of contractual advice.
• Managing clients and taking an active role in the profit and loss management for individual client accounts.
• Attending and chairing meetings with clients.
• Preparing financial reports and overseeing those of junior staff within the business.
• Leading on the communication of project status with the client.
• Providing advice on contractors, specialists, procurement routes, cost and programme solutions.
• Providing advice on suitability and preparation of contract documents.
• Preparing management reports.
• Monitoring performance milestones and deliverables.
• Administering cost/variation procedures.
• Carrying out full post‑contract surveying duties including establishing the effect of variations, settlement of accounts and disputes.
• Providing day‑to‑day cost management of projects from estimate preparation and cost planning through to final account settlements.
• Taking an active role in managing, mentoring and supporting the development of junior staff within the Cambridge office.
• Building strong relationships and seeking to identify business opportunities with existing and new clients in the local market.

Desired qualifications and experience

• A relevant degree or masters qualification in quantity surveying or a similar equivalent subject.
• Full membership of a relevant professional body such as the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is desired.
• Prior experience of working on historic and/or listed buildings is desirable.
• The ability to autonomously carry out a full range of pre‑ and post‑contract duties from conception through to final accounting.
• Strong cost planning skills and the ability to review technical drawings and fully grasp the complexities of elements that may not be shown on a drawing but need to be considered for work on historic buildings.
• Strong client‑facing and stakeholder engagement skills are essential, with demonstrable experience of acting in the lead role to the client and providing traditional cost management services.
• Familiarity with common forms of contract such as JCT and NEC.

Who we are

TSA Riley has a 130‑year heritage dating back to 1890 when Henry Riley Esq first established a quantity surveying practice in London. In the 21st century, we’re defining and pioneering a new way of helping our clients drive greater value and impact from their built assets. Plan. Procure. Deliver. Optimise. Decarbonise. We call this project consulting. We provide expert strategic, commercial and operational advice; project and cost management; carbon advice; and dispute resolution. This uniquely broad range of services – across the project lifecycle – means we understand the interdependencies at every stage. We combine this with hands‑on experience and personalised service to drive greater value, impact and certainty for our clients’ projects.

What makes us different

• Partnerships for positive impact: standing side‑by‑side with our clients to shape our collective future.
• Growth – together: our strength lies not only in our global reach, wide range of sectors and services but also in how we grow and develop our people.
• Connected intelligence: we are a business of around 1,000 collaborative project consultants. Our leaders are diverse and experienced and challenge and learn from each other to deliver positive outcomes.
• Integrity in everything: we do the right thing for each other, our clients and our communities.
• And a lot of fun along the way: we celebrate success, enjoy the journey and cherish our culture of camaraderie, embracing our differences and celebrating the things that make each of us authentically unique.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TSA Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with us but are not able to commit to a full‑time role and/or require flexible working arrangements. Additionally we provide hybrid working as standard practice. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you throughout your application, please let us know. Contact: recruitment@tsariley.uk. No agencies please.