Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor (Infrastructure)
📍 Birmingham| Boutique Consultancy | Client-Side Secondment | Major Infrastructure Programme

Are you a commercially driven Senior Quantity Surveyor with strong infrastructure experience looking for something more embedded and strategic than traditional consultancy work?

We are working with a respected boutique cost consultancy delivering major infrastructure schemes across transport, utilities, and regeneration. We are seeking a Senior QS to join our team and be seconded directly into a client organisation, playing a key role within a flagship infrastructure programme.

This is a unique opportunity to combine the agility and progression of a boutique practice with the influence and stability of a client-side position.

The Role

You will act as a trusted commercial advisor within the client’s organisation, supporting the successful delivery of a high-value infrastructure portfolio. Working closely with programme managers, contractors, and stakeholders, you will ensure robust commercial governance and value protection across the lifecycle of projects.

Key Responsibilities

* Provide commercial leadership across infrastructure packages

* Manage contract administration (NEC Contracts)

* Review and challenge contractor valuations and change control

* Prepare cost reports, forecasts, and risk assessments

* Support procurement strategy and tender evaluations

* Ensure compliance with governance frameworks and reporting standards

* Uphold professional standards in line with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

About You

* Proven infrastructure experience (transport, utilities, highways, rail, energy, etc.)

* Strong NEC contract knowledge

* Experience working client-side or in embedded/secondment roles desirable

* Confident communicator able to operate within large stakeholder environments

* Commercially astute with strong analytical skills

Why Join?

* Long-term secondment within a high-profile client organisation

* Major infrastructure exposure

* Clear progression within a growing boutique consultancy

* Competitive salary + bonus

* Supportive, collaborative team culture

* Flexible working arrangements

If you’re looking to step into a more strategic, client-facing infrastructure role while retaining the backing of a specialist consultancy, we’d love to hear from you