Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

We are looking for an MEP Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team in Glasgow. You’ll be joining Soben at an exciting time, playing a key role in helping us achieve our ambitious growth targets. Supporting one of our key Construction clients in the region, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key procurement and commercial strategies across a range of projects in our business.

• Provide pre- and post-contract quantity surveying and commercial support for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems across various projects.
• Develop accurate cost estimates for installations and upgrades, ensuring all system requirements are covered.
• Manage cost and change control processes, adjusting budgets as needed for design or scope changes.
• Communicate with clients to clarify requirements, provide updates, and maintain strong working relationships.
• Prepare and present detailed cost reports focusing on MEP-related expenses, offering financial insights for project tracking.
• Conduct monthly project evaluations to assess progress, identify issues, and implement corrective actions.
• Oversee contract administration, ensuring compliance with terms and tracking deliverables from contractors.
• Handle change management processes, evaluating cost impacts, negotiating adjustments, and updating project documentation.

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or Building Services Engineering
• Experience using cost-estimating software and data modelling tools
• Strong analytical abilities and excellent communication/teamwork skills
• Data Centre industry experience

Soben offers world-class construction consultancy, paired with hands-on commercial experience. We increase certainty in our clients’ investments through cost, schedule, risk, and project management. With a track record of delivering major construction projects, we pride ourselves on going the extra mile and always delivering on our promises.

An obsessive commitment to excellence and forensic attention to detail are the cornerstones of our culture. They help our clients deliver on time, on budget and with certainty, every time.

• We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small
• We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it
• We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen
• We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to “proceed until apprehended”
• We have a business owner mentality to cost management
• We are open, honest, and direct in our communications
• We have a growth mindset
• We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term

Founded in 2011, Soben is an award winning, international consultancy providing ‘cradle-to-grave’ procurement, cost, contract, commercial, project and programme management services for blue chip national and international contracting organisations. Our purpose is to ensure that our clients are commercially successful whilst delivering large scale and complex construction, infrastructure, and energy projects.