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 partners 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.
At TSA Riley, we’re a forward-thinking, growing business committed to excellence and innovation. Our team thrives on collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in construction consultancy. With a strong pipeline of high-profile projects, we offer meaningful career development opportunities for professionals who share our ambition and values. We support flexible working as standard. Team members enjoy the autonomy to balance time between our Cambridge office, project sites, and remote work.
If you’re looking to take the next step in your career with a company that values your expertise and supports your growth, we’d love to hear from you.
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.
* Ensure 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.
* Attend and/or chair meetings with client.
* Prepare financial reports and oversee those of junior staff within the business.
* Lead on the communication of project statuses with the client.
* Provide advice on contractors, specialists, procurement routes, cost and programme solutions.
* Provide advice on suitability and preparation of contract documents.
* Prepare management reports.
* Monitor performance milestones and deliverables.
* Administer cost/variation procedures.
* Carry out full post-contract surveying duties including establishing the effect of variations, settlement of accounts and disputes.
* Provide day-to-day cost management of projects from estimate preparation and cost planning through to final account settlements.
* Take an active role in managing, mentoring and supporting the development of junior staff within the Cambridge office.
* Build strong relationships and seek 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 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 what may not be shown on a drawing but needs to be considered for work being carried out on historic buildings.
* Strong client facing and stakeholder engagement skills are essential and demonstrable experience of acting in the lead role to the client, providing traditional cost management services.
* Familiar 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. We provide expert strategic, commercial and operations advice; project and cost management; carbon advice; and dispute resolution. This broad range of services – across the project lifecycle – means we understand the interdependencies at every stage.
What makes us different
* Partnerships for positive impact: Standing side-by-side with our clients, we shape our collective future.
* Growth – together: Our strength lies in our global reach, wide range of sectors and services, and how we grow and develop our people.
* Connected intelligence: We are a business of 1,000 connected and collaborative project consultants. Our leaders are diverse and experienced and we challenge and learn from each other to deliver positive outcomes.
* Integrity in everything: We do the right thing by each other, our clients and our communities.
* And a lot of fun along the way: We celebrate success and embrace our culture of camaraderie, while valuing our differences.
Equal Opportunity
TSA Riley is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working with us but may require flexible working arrangements. We provide hybrid working as standard practice. If you require any adjustments during our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@tsariley.uk.
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