Senior Quantity Surveyor

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

At AECOM, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our established and growing Cost Management team in our Belfast office.

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality cost management services across a diverse portfolio of projects. You will work closely with clients, project teams, and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered successfully, providing expert commercial and contractual advice throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver cost management and quantity surveying services from project inception through to completion.
• Prepare and manage cost estimates, cost plans, and financial reports.
• Produce and review Bills of Quantities in accordance with industry standards.
• Support procurement activities, including the preparation of tender documentation and tender evaluations.
• Provide commercial advice on procurement routes, contract strategies, and tendering processes.
• Manage project budgets and monitor cost performance.
• Undertake valuations, variations, and final account negotiations.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
• Mentor and support junior team members where appropriate.

Project Sectors

You will have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of sectors, including:

• Healthcare
• Education
• Residential
• Leisure
• Commercial

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to high-profile projects while supporting the continued growth and success of AECOM's Cost Management team in Belfast.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

Here's what we're looking for:

As the successful candidate, you will have experience working across a range of sectors and will possess the following

qualifications

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline.
• Membership of, or working towards membership of, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or an equivalent professional body.
• Experience administering and working with JCT and NEC forms of contract.
• Experience in measurement and quantification, including the use of CostX software.
• Experience in the preparation of Bills of Quantities and cost planning

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address  View email address on jobs.smartrecruiters.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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