Quantity Surveyor | Manchester, UK

About The Role

Wanting to make your impact felt? Apply to join TSA Riley. At TSA Riley, we bring together diverse expertise, strong technical capability, and a shared commitment to improving outcomes across the built environment. We are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our Manchester cost management team, contributing to the successful delivery of complex, high-value projects across multiple sectors. This role offers exposure to a broad and challenging portfolio, working alongside a high-performing, collaborative team and partnering with an established client base built on long-standing relationships and trust. As a growing global consultancy, we value ambition, accountability, and intellectual curiosity. We offer an environment where individuals are trusted to take ownership, empowered to perform at their best, and supported to deliver meaningful, measurable impact. Candidates will bring experience from a client-facing consultancy environment, with strong technical capability across complex projects. Progress toward chartership is expected at this level; TSA Riley provides a structured, in-house APC programme to support and accelerate achievement of this milestone.

How You'll Contribute

Quantity Surveyors manage the commercial delivery of projects, including cost planning, procurement, contract administration, and variation assessment, while coordinating inputs from consultants, contractors, and internal and external stakeholders. They play an essential role in ensuring commercial accuracy and performance throughout the project lifecycle and supporting strong client outcomes. The work is varied, and you’ll contribute by:

• Taking ownership of cost planning, estimating, procurement, and contract administration to ensure commercial quality.
• Leading valuations, variations, payment recommendations, and monthly financial reporting.
• Monitoring commercial performance, identifying risks or opportunities, and supporting corrective actions.
• Tracking contractual obligations, project changes, and financial risks, escalating when required.
• Resolving contractual queries, addressing challenges, and mitigating potential commercial disputes.
• Maintaining cost data, contract records, and reports using TSA Riley systems and templates.
• Maintaining clear, responsive communication with clients and delivery partners.
• Managing client expectations to support satisfaction and build strong, trusted relationships.
• Collaborating with project teams to support performance, share knowledge, and contribute to a positive team culture.
• Managing commercial compliance and contributing to risk management practices in line with TSA Riley standards.
• Contributing to proposals, benchmarking, sector initiatives, and continuous improvement activities.

About You

Skills

Quantity Surveyors bring a strong foundation of commercial knowledge, delivery coordination experience, and collaborative drive to manage the cost and contractual aspects of project delivery. They thrive in dynamic environments, communicate clearly, and contribute to a positive team culture while supporting strong client outcomes. Quantity Surveyors bring to the role a combination of the following experience, skills, and attributes:

• A tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or a related discipline. Ideally accredited by the RICS.
• Several years of experience in delivering quantity surveying or commercial services in a consulting or client-side environment.
• Progressing toward or already holding professional accreditation with the RICS.
• Exposure to working on a variety of complex projects across multiple sectors within the built environment.
• Solid understanding of cost planning, estimating, procurement, and contract administration.
• Curiosity and adaptability to work across sectors, client accounts and different delivery contexts.
• Proficiency with digital tools to support financial tracking, documentation, and reporting.
• Known reputation for high-quality work, and a collaborative, effective working style.
• Brings critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support effective commercial delivery.
• Experience working in agile environments and contributing to cross-functional teams.
• Prior experience of operating the Employers Agent role would be advantageous.

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 Asia Pacific we trace our roots back to the 1980s through the merging of several respected, small project management and advisory firms. Now, 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. Deliver. Optimise. We call this project consulting. We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations 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.

Our Values

• We win together: Collaborate openly, learn from each other and succeed as one global team.
• We own it, always: Act with integrity and take responsibility to deliver with purpose.
• We focus on what matters: Striving for high standards to create meaningful, lasting and sustainable impact.
• We are curious: Embrace agility and change, explore ideas and turn our curiosity into progress.

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 would require forms of flexible working. Additionally, we provide hybrid working as standard practice. We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.